NJPW G1 Climax 26 Night 3 Results (7/23): Okada Vs. SANADA, Tanahashi Vs. Makabe

NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING “G1 CLIMAX 26”

7/23/2016 MACHIDA MUNICIPAL STADIUM TOKYO, JAPAN

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This is the 3rd of 19 G1 events. These results feature the second group of A block matches. Five in total.

THE UNDERCARD

MANABU NAKANISHI, SATOSHI KOJIMA, JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER AND TIGER MASK IV DEFEATED KUSHIDA, JUICE ROBINSON, DAVID FINLAY AND CAPTAIN NEW JAPAN

Standard multi-man match opener to get the crowd going. Nakanishi wins this for his team with a lariat on Captain New Japan.

KATSUHIKO NAKAJIMI AND YOSHI-HASHI DEFEATED KATSUYORI SHIBATA AND TOMOAKI HONMA

Odd pairing of Shibata and Honma who are rivals who just faced off in yesterday’s B block. They were doomed to fail and they did. All 4 of these wrestlers meet tommorow in the 2nd day of b block matches. The finish saw Yoshi-Hashi pin Honma with a cradle.

KENNY OMEGA AND YUJIRO TAKAHASHI DEFEATED GEDO AND TORU YANO

Takahashi gets the pinfall here on Gedo with a ddt.

TETSUYA NAITO, EVIL AND BUSHI DEFEATED MICHAEL ELGIN, YUGI NAGATA AND TYUSUKE TAGUCHI

The Los Ingobernables group gets the win here with EVIL beating Taguchi with his finish.

G1 TOURNAMENT- A BLOCK MATCHES

HIROYOSHI TENZAN DEFEATED TAMA TONGA BY PINFALL

The sentimental favorite here in the A block wins again. Decent match here. Story told of the young lion trying to take out an old one. Tenzan picked up the victory on Tonga here with a moonsault. Impressive feat for a wrestler of his age. Tonga despite the decent …

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