Here are the results from Day 8 of the G1 Climax tournament:
Ryusuke Taguchi b. David Finlay – Taguchi took the win with the Dodon
Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi b. Satoshi Kojima, Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan – Yujiro hit the Pimp Juice on Captain New Japan to secure the win for his team
SANADA & BUSHI b. KUSHIDA & Juice Robinson – SANADA pinned Juice Robinson for the win
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask IV b. Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto, Gedo & Naomichi Marufuji – Tiger Mask took the win with a Reverse Double Armbar on Gedo
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G1 Climax Tournament B Block Results
Toru Yano b. Tomaoki Honma – Yano won with a backslide to take his first win of the tournament, he is now 1-3 while Honma is 2-2
YOSHI-HASHI b. EVIL – YOSHI-HASHI hit the Karma to take his scorecard up to 2-2, EVIL is now 1-3 for the tournament
Katsuhiko Nakajima b. Yuji Nagata – Nakajima hit the Vertical Spike to take his 3rd win of the tournament, he is now 3-1. This is Nagata’s first loss of the tournament and he too is currently on 3-1
Michael Elgin b. Kenny Omega – Elgin took the pinfall win with the Elgin Bomb to take his 2nd win of the tournament, he is now 2-2. Omega records his second loss of this year’s G1 and is also on 2-2
Katsuyori Shibata b. Tetsuya Naito – After a brutal back and forth encounter Shibata took the win with a Sleeper, both he and Naito are now on 2-2 for the tournament
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Here are the results for Day 9:
Yuji Nagata & Tiger Mask IV b. Michael Elgin & David Finlay – Tiger Mask took the win with an Avalanche Double Arm Suplex on Finlay
Katsuyori Shibata, Satoshi Kojima, Manabu Nakanishi & Jushin Thunder Liger b. Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI, Gedo & Katsuhiko Nakajima – Kojima hit the Lariat on Gedo for the win
Kenny Omega & Yujiro Takahashi b. Ryusuke Taguchi & Captain New Japan – Yujiro hit the Pimp Juice on Captain New Japan to take the win for his team
Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & BUSHI b. Tomoaki Honma, KUSHIDA & Juice Robinson – EVIL took the win via pinfall on Juice Robinson
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G1 Climax Tournament B Block Results
Tama Tonga b. Tomohiro Ishii – Tonga recorded his second win of the tournament to make his scorecard 2-3, this is now Ishii’s 3rd loss and he too is 2-3
Bad Luck Fale b. SANADA – Fale hit the Back Luck Fall to secure his 2nd win of the tournament, he and SANADA are now both 2-3
Naomichi Marufuji b. Togi Makabe – Marufuji took his scorecard up to 3-2 with the Shiranui, Makabe records his 1st loss of the tournament and is now 4-1
Kazuchika Okada b. Hiroyoshi Tänzen – Okada hits the Rainmaker to take his total up to 4-1, Tenzan is now at 2-3
Hiroshi Tanahashi b. Hirooki Goto – Tanahashi hits the High Fly Flow to bring him up to 2-3, Goto is also at 2-3
Here are the updated standing for the tournament:
A BLOCK
- Makabe – 8 Points
- Okada – 8 Points
- Marufuji – 6 Points
- Goto – 4 Points
- Tenzan – 4 Points
- Sanada – 4 Points
- Ishii – 4 Points
- Fale – 4 Points
- Tonga – 4 Points
- Tanahashi – 4 Points
B BLOCK
- Yuji Nagata – 6 Points
- Katsuhiko Nakajima – 6 Points
- Yoshi-Hashi – 4 Points
- Naito – 4 Points
- Omega – 4 Points
- Honma – 4 Points
- Elgin – 4 Points
- Shibata – 4 Points
- EVIL – 2 Points
- Yano – 2 Points
