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NJPW G1 Climax '96 - Day 1
| Date: Thu, Aug 1st 1996 | Pay Per View: no |
| Venue: New Sumo Hall - Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Tokyo | Promotion: NJPW |
| Attendance: 11,000 |
Matches for G1 Climax '96 - Day 1
| no. | match | duration | match type | title(s) | rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuji Nagata | def. (sub) | Tatsuhito Takaiwa | 12:20 | ***¼ | ||
| 2 | Osamu Nishimura & Tadao Yasuda & Takayuki Iizuka | def. (pin) | Akira Nogami & Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto | 16:54 | 6-person tag | ***½ | |
| 3 | The Great Sasuke (c) | def. (pin) | Masayoshi Motegi (c) | 11:50 | IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title NWA Junior Heavyweight Title (title change) | ***¾ | |
| 4 | Ultimo Dragon (c) | def. (pin) | Jushin Liger (c) | 02:38 | British Junior Heavyweight Title WAR International Junior Heavyweight Title (title change) | *** | |
| 5 | Dan Severn | def. (pin) | Yoshiaki Fujiwara | 10:30 | ***¼ | ||
| 6 | Masa Chono | def. (sub) | Satoshi Kojima | 13:46 | **** | ||
| 7 | Kensuke Sasaki | def. (sub) | Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 15:03 | ***½ | ||
| 8 | Kazuo Yamazaki | def. (sub) | Keiji Mutoh | 13:39 | **** | ||
| 9 | Riki Choshu | def. (pin) | Shinya Hashimoto | 17:14 | ****½ | ||