NJPW G1 Climax 26 Event #13 Results (8/6): Tanahashi Vs. Marufuji, Okada Vs. Ishii, Tenzan Vs. Goto

NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING G1 CLIMAX 26

AUGUST 6TH, 2016- Arena Osaka-Osaka Prefecture Gymnasium

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This is the final stretch of the G1 tournament. All 20 G1 participants have 3 matches remaining in their respective blocks. The G1 final takes place a week from tomorrow. Today’s event features the next grouping of A block matches.

THE UNDERCARD

JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER & TIGER MASK DEFEATED RYUSUKE TAGUCHI & CAPTAIN NEW JAPAN IN 5:09

Tiger Mask submits the Captain with the reverse double arm bar.

Jay Lethal appeared in a special video message. Lethal hyped his ROH world title defense against Satoshi Kojima at the G1 final event next sunday.

TETSUYA NAITO, EVIL & BUSHI DEFEATED SATOSHI KOJIMA, KUSHIDA & JUICE ROBINSON IN 8:05

Los Ingobernables gets the win when Evil beats Juice with the STO. Dissension teased between Naito and Evil, who face off tomorrow in the B block. Naito is tied for 1st place and Evil, who is an extreme longshot can spoil his LIJ leader’s chances of winning the B block.

KENNY OMEGA & YUJIRO TAKAHASHI DEFEATED YUJI NAGATA & MANABU NAKANISHI IN 7:53

The Bullet Club victorious when Yujiro hits the “pimp juice” on Nakanishi. The build here was for tomorrow’s B block match between Omega and Nagata.

KATSUHIKO NAKAJIMA, YOSHI-HASHI, GEDO & TORU YANO DEFEATED KATSUYORI SHIBATA, MICHAEL ELGIN, TOMOAKI HONMA & DAVID FINLAY IN 9:01

Nakajima gets the win in this 8 man tag by hitting the penalty kick on David Finlay. 6 of the competitors in this match will be facing each other in tomorrow’s B block action.

G1 CLIMAX 26 TOURNAMENT

A BLOCK MATCHES

TAMA TONGA DEFEATED SANADA IN 10:40

Tonga keeps his extremely slim hopes alive by beating Sanada with The Gun Stun. Sanada is officially eliminated from G1 final contention with this loss. With only 2 wins and 4 points to his credit. He trails the 1st place leader by 6 and has only 2 matches left. The tourney started off promising for him but he’s now wrestling for pride down the stretch. Good performance by both men. Tonga has worked well turning the audience against him in these type of heel vs heel match-ups in the G1.

BAD LUCK FALE DEFEATED TOGI MAKABE IN 8:38

Back to back Bullet Club wins in this block. Fale victorious over Makabe with the Grenade. Both men are now 4 and 2 with 8 points. Just 2 points behind the leader. …

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