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Shows: 11
Total attendance: 56,926
Average attendance: 5,175
Highest attendance: 12,800 on 9/23/97 (headlined by Shinya Hashimoto vs. Zane Frazier)
Lowest attendance: 2,000 on 9/11/97 (headlined by Great Muta, Masahiro Chono & nWo Sting vs. Shinya Hashimoto, Junji Hirata & Tadao Yasuda)
Longest match: Great Muta, Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, nWo Sting & Hiro Saito vs. Kensuke Sasaki, Shinya Hashimoto, Junji Hirata, Takashi Iizuka & Tadao Yasuda on 9/15/97 at 27:46
Shortest match: Yutaka Yoshie vs. Shinya Makabe on 9/21/97 at 5:57

NJPW "GRAPPLE CLIMAX", 9/23/97 (WPW)
Tokyo Nippon Budokan
12,800 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (10:36) when Kojima used an Ace Crusher on Hiro.
2. Buff Bagwell & nWo Sting beat Takashi Iizuka & Tadao Yasuda (8:48) when Bagwell used a Blockbuster on Iizuka.
3. Jushin Thunder Liger, Wild Pegasus World Championship Wrestling & El Samurai beat Koji Kanemoto, Chris Jericho World Championship Wrestling & Dr. Wagner Jr. (16:15) when Liger used an avalanche-style brainbuster on Wagner.
4. Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura & Akira Nogami beat Tatsutoshi Goto, Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito (9:57) when Fujita used a Cobra Twist on Goto.
5. Different Style Fight: Don Frye beat Kazuyuki Fujita (6:02) with a sleeper hold.
6. J Crown: Shinjiro Otani (c) beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa (15:01) with a Dragon suplex hold (2nd defense).
7. Great Muta & Masahiro Chono beat Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki (17:56) when Muta used a moonsault press on Sasaki.
8. Different Style Fight: Naoya Ogawa beat Brian Johnston (11:41) with a sleeper hold.
9. Different Style Fight: Shinya Hashimoto beat Zane Frazier (R3 0:05) with a triangle choke hold.

NJPW, 9/22/97
Niigata City Gymnasium
4,000 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Norio Honaga beat Shinya Makabe (8:54) by pinfall.
2. Yutaka Yoshie beat Akitoshi Saito (9:08) with a crab hold.
3. Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Black Cat (10:31) by pinfall.
4. Michiyoshi Ohara beat Tadao Yasuda (6:55) by pinfall.
5. Shinjiro Otani, Koji Kanemoto, Chris Jericho World Championship Wrestling & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Wild Pegasus World Championship Wrestling, El Samurai & Kendo Kashin (16:16) when Takaiwa pinned Samurai.
6. Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura & Akira Nogami beat Kazuo Yamazaki, Osamu Kido & Takashi Iizuka (10:52) when Fujinami used a ground Cobra Twist on Iizuka.
7. Great Muta & nWo Sting beat Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (11:15) when Muta used a face crusher on Kojima.
8. Kensuke Sasaki, Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata beat Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Buff Bagwell (11:53) when Hashimoto used a vertical drop brainbuster on Bagwell.

NJPW, 9/21/97
Hamamatsu City Gymnasium
3,350 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Yutaka Yoshie beat Shinya Makabe (5:57) with a crab hold.
2. Osamu Kido beat Norio Honaga (7:22) with a cross armbreaker.
3. Wild Pegasus World Championship Wrestling & Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Chris Jericho World Championship Wrestling & Black Cat (13:28) when Pegasus pinned Cat.
4. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Kuniaki Kobayashi & Michiyoshi Ohara (12:07) when Kojima pinned Ohara.
5. Shinjiro Otani, Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Kendo Kashin (15:29) when Otani used a German suplex hold on Kashin.
6. Shinya Hashimoto & Tadao Yasuda beat Kengo Kimura & Akitoshi Saito (7:06) when Hashimoto pinned Saito.
7. Great Muta & nWo Sting beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Akira Nogami (7:59) when Sting used a diving lariat on Nogami.
8. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Buff Bagwell beat Kensuke Sasaki, Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka (10:25) when Bagwell used a wakigatame on Iizuka.

NJPW, 9/20/97 (WPW)
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
9,500 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Akitoshi Saito beat Yutaka Yoshie (9:57) by pinfall.
2. Osamu Kido & Tadao Yasuda beat Kuniaki Kobayashi & Michiyoshi Ohara (9:37) when Yasuda pinned Kobayashi.
3. Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Dr. Wagner Jr. (12:12) by pinfall.
4. Wild Pegasus World Championship Wrestling beat Koji Kanemoto (16:33) by pinfall.
5. Jushin Thunder Liger beat Chris Jericho World Championship Wrestling (13:45) by pinfall.
6. Shinjiro Otani beat El Samurai (12:45) by pinfall.
7. Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura & Akira Nogami beat Junji Hirata, Takashi Iizuka & Kendo Kashin (12:08) when Fujinami used a Dragon sleeper on Kashin.
8. Masahiro Chono, Buff Bagwell & nWo Sting beat Shinya Hashimoto, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (15:34) when Chono pinned Nakanishi.
9. G1 Climax Special Tag Tournament - Final: Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki beat Great Muta & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (15:21) when Yamazaki used a cross armbreaker on Tenzan.

NJPW, 9/19/97
Okayama City Gymnasium
3,800 Fans - No Vacancy

1. Black Cat beat Yutaka Yoshie (10:37) with a Scorpion Deathlock.
2. Kendo Kashin beat Kuniaki Kobayashi (8:17) with a cross armbreaker.
3. Chris Jericho World Championship Wrestling beat Dr. Wagner Jr. (10:58) by pinfall.
4. Junji Hirata & Takashi Iizuka beat Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito (11:50) when Iizuka pinned Saito.
5. Shinjiro Otani, Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Wild Pegasus World Championship Wrestling & El Samurai (16:12) when Otani used a German suplex hold on Samurai.
6. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Buff Bagwell beat Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (12:32) when Tenzan pinned Kojima.
7. Great Muta, Masahiro Chono & nWo Sting beat Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura & Akira Nogami (10:23) when Sting pinned Nogami.
8. G1 Climax Special Tag Tournament - Semi Final: Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki beat Shinya Hashimoto & Tadao Yasuda (11:35) when Yamazaki used a wakigatame on Yasuda.

NJPW, 9/18/97 (WPW)
Tokuyama Sports Center
6,500 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Black Cat beat Dr. Wagner Jr. (11:44) by pinfall.
2. Kendo Kashin beat Akitoshi Saito (8:10) by pinfall.
3. Wild Pegasus World Championship Wrestling & Norio Honaga beat Chris Jericho World Championship Wrestling & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (13:26) when Honaga used a la magistral on Jericho.
4. Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura & Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Takashi Iizuka, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (8:37) when Fujinami used a Dragon sleeper on Iizuka.
5. Shinjiro Otani & Koji Kanemoto beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (19:00) when Otani used a Dragon suplex hold on Samurai.
6. Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki beat Akira Nogami & Michiyoshi Ohara (7:58) when Choshu used a Scorpion Deathlock on Ohara.
7. G1 Climax Special Tag Tournament - Semi Final: Great Muta & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Osamu Kido & Junji Hirata (11:17) when Muta used a face crusher on Kido.
8. Masahiro Chono, Buff Bagwell & nWo Sting beat Shinya Hashimoto, Kazuo Yamazaki & Tadao Yasuda (13:55) when Chono pinned Yasuda.

NJPW, 9/17/97 (WPW)
Osaka Maishima Arena
4,800 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Chris Jericho World Championship Wrestling beat Yutaka Yoshie (7:15) by pinfall.
2. Kengo Kimura & Akitoshi Saito beat Osamu Kido & Takashi Iizuka (10:35) when Kimura pinned Iizuka.
3. Hiro Saito beat Michiyoshi Ohara (9:31) by pinfall.
4. Wild Pegasus World Championship Wrestling beat Dr. Wagner Jr. (7:16) by pinfall.
5. Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat El Samurai (11:58) with a Death Valley bomb.
6. Shinjiro Otani & Koji Kanemoto beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin (12:25) when Otani used a German suplex hold on Kashin.
7. Masahiro Chono, Buff Bagwell & nWo Sting beat Kensuke Sasaki, Kazuo Yamazaki & Junji Hirata (12:11) when Sting used a face crusher on Hirata.
8. G1 Climax Special Tag Tournament - Round 2: Great Muta & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Akira Nogami (9:44) when Muta used a moonsault press on Fujinami.
9. G1 Climax Special Tag Tournament - Round 2: Shinya Hashimoto & Tadao Yasuda beat Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (14:01) when Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Kojima.

NJPW, 9/15/97
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,026 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Akitoshi Saito beat Yutaka Yoshie (10:18) by pinfall.
2. Osamu Kido beat Akira Nogami (7:55) with the Kido clutch.
3. Koji Kanemoto beat Kendo Kashin (11:06) with a Tiger suplex hold.
4. Jushin Thunder Liger beat Dr. Wagner Jr. (10:58) by pinfall.
5. El Samurai & Norio Honaga beat Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (13:55) when Honaga used a la magistral on Takaiwa.
6. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Kazuyuki Fujita (6:41) with a cross armbreaker.
7. Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (11:32) when Ohara pinned Kojima.
8. Elimination Match: Great Muta, Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, nWo Sting & Hiro Saito beat Kensuke Sasaki, Shinya Hashimoto, Junji Hirata, Takashi Iizuka & Tadao Yasuda (27:46). Chono pinned Hirata (2:21). Sting pinned Iizuka (8:36). Hiro pinned Yasuda (11:45). Sasaki pinned Hiro (17:00). Muta pinned Sasaki (19:43). Chono used an STF on Hashimoto (27:46).

NJPW, 9/13/97 (WPW)
Gunma Arena
4,000 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Yutaka Yoshie beat Black Cat (13:07) by pinfall.
2. Kendo Kashin beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa (13:16) with a cross armbreaker.
3. Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Akitoshi Saito (9:25) by pinfall.
4. Shinjiro Otani & Koji Kanemoto beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (16:59) when Kanemoto pinned Liger.
5. G1 Climax Special Tag Tournament - Round 2: Osamu Kido & Junji Hirata beat Takashi Iizuka & Kazuyuki Fujita (13:14) when Kido used a wakigatame on Fujita.
6. G1 Climax Special Tag Tournament - Round 2: Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki beat Masahiro Chono & nWo Sting (10:56) when Sasaki used the Strangle Hold Gamma on Sting.
7. Great Muta beat Tadao Yasuda (11:07) with a diving chop.
8. Tatsumi Fujinami & Akira Nogami beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (8:53) when Fujinami used a Dragon sleeper on Hiro.
9. Shinya Hashimoto, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Kengo Kimura, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (14:59) when Hashimoto pinned Ohara.

NJPW, 9/12/97
Miyagi Sports Center
4,150 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Kazuyuki Fujita beat Yutaka Yoshie (7:36) with a cross armbreaker.
2. Takashi Iizuka beat Osamu Kido (7:58) with a Blizzard suplex.
3. El Samurai & Norio Honaga beat Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (14:20) when Samurai pinned Takaiwa.
4. Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin beat Koji Kanemoto & Dr. Wagner Jr. (12:38) when Liger pinned Wagner.
5. G1 Climax Special Tag Tournament - Round 1: Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Kengo Kimura & Akitoshi Saito (10:46) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Saito.
6. G1 Climax Special Tag Tournament - Round 1: Shinya Hashimoto & Tadao Yasuda beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (11:06) when Hashimoto pinned Goto.
7. Masahiro Chono & nWo Sting beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Akira Nogami (11:06) when Chono pinned Nogami.
8. Kensuke Sasaki, Kazuo Yamazaki & Junji Hirata beat Great Muta, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (11:38) when Sasaki used the Strangle Hold Gamma on Hiro.

NJPW, 9/11/97
Atsugi City Hagino Movement Park Gymnasium
2,000 Fans - No Vacancy

1. Yutaka Yoshie beat Black Cat (9:23) with a cross armbreaker.
2. Kendo Kashin & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat El Samurai & Dr. Wagner Jr. (10:49) when Takaiwa used a cross armbreaker on Samurai.
3. Takashi Iizuka beat Akitoshi Saito (10:53) with a reverse figure-four kneelock.
4. Manabu Nakanishi beat Kazuyuki Fujita (7:14) with an Argentine backbreaker.
5. Jushin Thunder Liger & Norio Honaga beat Shinjiro Otani & Koji Kanemoto (13:55) when Honaga pinned Otani.
6. Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (11:18) when Ohara pinned Hiro.
7. Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura & Akira Nogami beat Kensuke Sasaki, Kazuo Yamazaki & Satoshi Kojima (11:07) when Fujinami used a figure-four leglock on Yamazaki.
8. Great Muta, Masahiro Chono & nWo Sting beat Shinya Hashimoto, Junji Hirata & Tadao Yasuda (14:43) when Muta pinned Hirata after a baseball bat attack.