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NJPW G1 Climax 23 - Day 1
| Date: Wed, Jul 31st 2013 | Pay Per View: yes |
| Venue: Act City Hamamatsu, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka | Promotion: NJPW |
| Attendance: unknown |
Matches for G1 Climax 23 - Day 1
| no. | match | duration | match type | title(s) | rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kota Ibushi | def. (pin) | Toru Yano | 07:32 | |||
| 2 | Lance Archer | def. (pin) | Tomohiro Ishii | 10:43 | |||
| 3 | Shelton Benjamin | def. (pin) | Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 08:20 | |||
| 4 | Katsuyori Shibata | def. (pin) | Davey Boy Smith Jr. | 09:06 | |||
| 5 | Yujiro Takahashi | def. (pin) | Tetsuya Naito | 09:30 | |||
| 6 | Yuji Nagata | def. (pin) | Minoru Suzuki | 14:34 | ***¾ | ||
| 7 | Togi Makabe | def. (pin) | Hirooki Goto | 11:20 | |||
| 8 | Karl Anderson | def. (pin) | Shinsuke Nakamura | 12:54 | ***½ | ||
| 9 | Satoshi Kojima | def. (pin) | Hiroshi Tanahashi | 16:07 | **** | ||
| 10 | Prince Devitt | def. (pin) | Kazuchika Okada | 12:56 | ***½ | ||