Here are the results for Day 17 of the G1 Climax tournament:
Jay & Mark Briscoe b. Yoshitatsu & Captain New Japan – The Briscoes win when Mark hits a diving elbow drop on Captain New Japan inside 4 minutes
Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakaishi, Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask IV b. Tomoaki Honma, Ryusuke Taguchi, Juice Robinson & David Finlay – Liger took the win with a ground cobra twist
Katsuyori Shibata, Michael Elgin, Satoshi Kojima & KUSHIDA b. Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Atsushi Kotoge – Kojima took the win with a Lariat on Kotoge
Kenny Omega, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi & Hangman Page b. Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, BUSHI & Jay Lethal – Page took the win for Bullet Club following a Rite of Passage on BUSHI
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G1 Tournament A Block Results
SANADA b. Hiroyoshi Tenzan – While both men were mathematically eliminated this was a hard fought bout that SANADA won with the Skull End.
Final Totals:
SANADA – 4 Wins, 5 Losses for 8 Points
Tenzan – 2 Wins, 7 Losses for 4 Points
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Tomohiro Ishii b. Togi Makabe – Ishii takes the win with the Vertical Fall Brainbuster
Final Totals:
Ishii 4 Wins, 5 Losses for 8 Points
Makabe 4 Wins, 5 Losses for 8 Points
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Tama Tonga b. Bad Luck Fale – Tonga teased twice that he would take the fall so that Fale would have a chance to get to the final, he took the win with the Gun Stun
Final Totals:
Tonga 4 Wins, 5 Losses for 8 Points
Fale 5 Wins, 4 Losses for 10 Points
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Hirooki Goto b. Naomichi Marufuji – Goto took the win with the GTR to keep himself alive in the tournament, he just needed a draw or a double DQ/double count out from Okada/Tanahashi
Final Totals:
Goto 6 Wins, 4 Losses for 12 Points
Marufuji 5 Wins, 4 Losses for 10 Points
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Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada – DRAW
Tanahashi and Okada went to a 30 minute time limit draw, this is a match that you have to go out of your way to see as it is easily one of the greatest matches in G1 tournament history. Due to the result Goto wins A block and advances to the final on Sunday.
Final Totals:
Tanahashi 5 Wins, 1 Draw, 3 Losses for 11 Points
Okada 5 Wins, 1 Draw, 3 Losses for 11 Points
Goto Wins A Block
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