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NJPW G1 Climax Special '97 - Day 8
| Date: Sat, Sep 20th 1997 | Pay Per View: no |
| Venue: Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, Aichi | Promotion: NJPW |
| Attendance: 9,500 |
Matches for G1 Climax Special '97 - Day 8
| no. | match | duration | match type | title(s) | rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akitoshi Saito | def. | Yutaka Yoshie | 09:57 | |||
| 2 | Osamu Kido & Tadao Yasuda | def. | Kuniaki Kobayashi & Michiyoshi Ohara | 09:37 | |||
| 3 | Tatsuhito Takaiwa | def. | Dr. Wagner Jr. | 12:12 | |||
| 4 | Wild Pegasus | def. | Koji Kanemoto | 16:33 | |||
| 5 | Jushin Thunder Liger | def. | Chris Jericho | 13:45 | |||
| 6 | Shinjiro Otani | def. | El Samurai | 12:45 | |||
| 7 | Akira Nogami & Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami | def. | Junji Hirata & Kendo Kashin & Takashi Iizuka | 12:08 | 6-person tag | ||
| 8 | Buff Bagwell & Masahiro Chono & nWo Sting | def. | Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima & Shinya Hashimoto | 15:34 | 6-person tag | ||
| 9 | Kazuo Yamazaki & Kensuke Sasaki | def. | Hiroyoshi Tenzan & The Great Muta | 15:21 | ***¾ | ||