The third day of the G-1 climax got underway in Kobe today with Takayama having to cancel due to his injuries in the Sasaki match yesterday after which he passed out backstage. As a result Koji got his first two points by forfeit and then teamed with Inoue against Tiger Mask and Naruse in an all junior tag.
The full results are….
NJPW, 8/9/04
Kobe World Hall
4,800 Fans
1. Mitsuya Nagai beat Toru Yano (8:16) by DQ.
2. G1 Climax – Block B: Koji Kanemoto [2] beat Yoshihiro Takayama [2] by forfeit.
3. G1 Climax – Block A: Blue Wolf [2] beat Katsuyori Shibata [4] (11:46) with a lariat.
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroshi Tanahashi [4] beat Togi Makabe [0] (11:35) with a grounded Dragon sleeper.
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Kensuke Sasaki [4] beat Osamu Nishimura [2] (14:00) with a front cradle.
6. G1 Climax – Block A: Yutaka Yoshie [2] beat Genichiro Tenryu [2] (4:07) with a diving body press.
7. Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue beat Tiger Mask & Masayuki Naruse (11:59) when Kanemoto used a moonsault press on Naruse.
8. G1 Climax – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura [4] beat Minoru Suzuki [2] (11:58) with a headscissors-style pinfall.
9. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan [6] beat Manabu Nakanishi [4] (12:47) with the Anaconda Vice.
10. G1 Climax – Block A: Masahiro Chono [4] beat Yuji Nagata [4] (11:59) with a Shining Yakuza kick.