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NJPW G1 Climax Special '97 - Day 1
| Date: Thu, Sep 11th 1997 | Pay Per View: no |
| Venue: Unknown Arena, Atsugi, Kanagawa | Promotion: NJPW |
| Attendance: 2,000 |
Matches for G1 Climax Special '97 - Day 1
| no. | match | duration | match type | title(s) | rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yutaka Yoshie | def. | Black Cat | ||||
| 2 | Kendo Kashin & Tatsuhito Takaiwa | def. | Dr. Wagner Jr. & El Samurai | ||||
| 3 | Takashi Iizuka | def. | Akitoshi Saito | ||||
| 4 | Manabu Nakanishi | def. | Kazuyuki Fujita | ||||
| 5 | Jushin Thunder Liger & Norio Honaga | def. | Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani | ||||
| 6 | Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto | def. | Hiro Saito & Hiroyoshi Tenzan | ||||
| 7 | Akira Nogami & Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami | def. | Kazuo Yamazaki & Kensuke Sasaki & Satoshi Kojima | 6-person tag | |||
| 8 | Masahiro Chono & nWo Sting & The Great Muta | def. | Junji Hirata & Shinya Hashimoto & Tadao Yasuda | 6-person tag | |||