NJPW G1 Climax 26 Event #10 Results (8/1): Naito Vs. Honma, Omega Vs. Evil, Elgin Vs. Nagata

NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING G1 CLIMAX 26

August 1st, 2016- Takamatsu Civic General Gymnasium

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The G1 Climax has reached the halfway point. Less than two weeks away from the final show on 8/14. This show features the 5th grouping of B block matches. After this event. All 20 G1 participants will have only 4 matches left each to try and put themselves in position to compete for a shot at the main event at WrestleKingdom 11 in January.

The Undercard

RYUSUKE TAGUCHI, JUICE ROBINSON & DAVID FINLAY DEFEATED JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER, TIGER MASK & CAPTAIN NEW JAPAN IN 5:46

Finally, The former CJ Parker and David Finlay get a victory at a G1 event thanks to good old Captain New Japan. Juice Robinson gets the honor of pinning The Captain. He beat him with his finish, The Pulp Fiction.

BAD LUCK FALE, TAMA TONGA & YUJIRO TAKAHASHI DEFEATED HIROYOSHI TENZAN, SATOSHI KOJIMA & MANABU NAKANISHI IN 7:03

The Bullet Club victorious when Tonga hits the Stun Gun on Nakanishi. Tenzan and Fale will face each other in the A block on Wednesday.

NAOMUCHI MARUFUJI & HIROOKI GOTO DEFEATED SANADA & BUSHI IN 5:42

Hirooki pins Bushi with the GTR. Marufuji and Goto make a nice tandem and they beat two of the members of Los Ingobernables.

HIROSHI TANAHASHI, TOGI MAKABE & KUSHIDA DEFEATED KAZUCHIKA OKADA, GEDO & TOMOHIRO ISHII IN 8:38

Entertaining 6 man match featuring the two biggest stars in Japan. One of the better undercard matches on all of these G1 events. Kushida gets the win for his team over Gedo with a moonsault. This match was also used to set up the next A block matches on 8/3 in Tanahashi vs Ishii and Okada vs Makabe. The latter will be for first place in that block.

G1 CLIMAX 26 TOURNAMENT

B BLOCK MATCHES

YOSHI-HASHI DEFEATED KATSUHIKO NAKAJIMA IN 12:02

Huge win for Yoshi-Hashi. By beating Nakajima, who is currently tied for the lead in the B block at 6 points. At this point in the tournament. Every competitor is competing all taped up and banged up. Some of the competitors like the two wily vets in Nagata and Tenzan look like they have fallen down 3 flights of stairs whenever they enter the ring for their matches. The injury aspect was largely the story of this match. Hashi has his shoulder taped up and Nakajima tried his best all match to exploit that injury. Some stiff action in this one. As …

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