New Japan
  • Main
  • IWGP Quick!
  • Archived News
  • Fighters
  • History
  • Old News (1997~1999)
  • Old News (3/03~4/04)
  • Results & Schedule
  • Wallpaper

  • PREMIUM
  • Results & Schedule

  • LOCK UP
  • Results & Schedule
  • What Is It?

  • Contact Me
  • Interviews
  • Japanese Venues List
  • Miscellaneous
  • New Japan Discussion
  • Old SSS Archives
  • Result Flashes
  • SSS @ MySpace

  • Affiliates
  • 3... 2... 1... Hustle! Hustle!
  • DGUSA
  • Dramatic Fantasia
  • GET RAVE 3000
  • Green Destiny
  • Joshi Queendom
  • Osaka Holiday Paradise
  • Shining Road

  • 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.

    Copyright © 2001-2008 Strong Style Spirit