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NJPW G1 Climax '01 - Day 1
| Date: Sat, Aug 4th 2001 | Pay Per View: no |
| Venue: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka | Promotion: NJPW |
| Attendance: 6,500 |
Matches for G1 Climax '01 - Day 1
| no. | match | duration | match type | title(s) | rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Samurai | def. | Katsushi Takemura | 07:32 | |||
| 2 | Shinya Makabe & Yutaka Yoshie | def. | Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kenzo Suzuki | 11:35 | |||
| 3 | Tadao Yasuda | def. | Minoru Tanaka | 07:35 | |||
| 4 | Hiroyoshi Tenzan | def. | Jushin Thunder Liger | 15:44 | |||
| 5 | Keiji Muto | def. | Osamu Nishimura | 16:08 | |||
| 6 | Manabu Nakanishi | def. | Tatsumi Fujinami | 05:18 | |||
| 7 | Kazunari Murakami | draw (DCO) | Yuji Nagata | 08:01 | ***¼ | ||
| 8 | Satoshi Kojima | def. | Masahiro Chono | 17:18 | |||