G1 Climax Tag League - 1997

1997

The 1997 Super Grade Tag League, featuring 8 teams, was held from November 18 to December 8. It used the same points system as the previous year, awarding 1 point for a win and 0 for a loss or draw. Due to a tie for second place, the two second-place teams faced each other in a semifinal to decide the finalists..

Final standings
Wrestlers Score
Masahiro Chono and Keiji Mutoh 6
Shinya Hashimoto and Manabu Nakanishi 5
Kensuke Sasaki and Kazuo Yamazaki 5
Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura 4
nWo Sting and Hiroyoshi Tenzan 3
Satoshi Kojima and Tadao Yasuda 2
Kenny Kaos and Rob Rage 2
Tatsutoshi Goto and Michiyoshi Ohara 1
Results Chono
Mutoh
Fujinami
Kimura
Goto
Ohara
Hashimoto
Nakanishi
Kaos
Rage
Kojima
Yasuda
Sting
Tenzan
Sasaki
Yamazaki
Chono
Mutoh
X Chono
Mutoh
(13:46)
Chono
Mutoh
(6:59)
Chono
Mutoh
(18:05)
Chono
Mutoh
(13:21)
Chono
Mutoh
(13:45)
Chono
Mutoh
(11:29)
Sasaki
Yamazaki
(24:21)
Fujinami
Kimura
Chono
Mutoh
(13:46)
X Goto
Ohara
(8:54)
Hashimoto
Nakanishi
(12:27)
Fujinami
Kimura
(8:26)
Fujinami
Kimura
(12:35)
Fujinami
Kimura
(9:48)
Fujinami
Kimura
(14:10)
Goto
Ohara
Chono
Mutoh
(6:59)
Goto
Ohara
(8:54)
X Hashimoto
Nakanishi
(11:41)
Kaos
Rage
(9:23)
Kojima
Yasuda
(10:12)
Sting
Tenzan
(11:10)
Sasaki
Yamazaki
(12:51)
Hashimoto
Nakanishi
Chono
Mutoh
(18:05)
Hashimoto
Nakanishi
(12:27)
Hashimoto
Nakanishi
(11:41)
X Hashimoto
Nakanishi
(13:34)
Kojima
Yasuda
(14:51)
Hashimoto
Nakanishi
(13:45)
Hashimoto
Nakanishi
(18:53)
Kaos
Rage
Chono
Mutoh
(13:21)
Fujinami
Kimura
(8:26)
Kaos
Rage
(9:23)
Hashimoto
Nakanishi
(13:34)
X Kaos
Rage
(10:40)
Sting
Tenzan
(9:17)
Sasaki
Yamazaki
(9:25)
Kojima
Yasuda
Chono
Mutoh
(13:45)
Fujinami
Kimura
(12:35)
Kojima
Yasuda
(10:12)
Kojima
Yasuda
(14:51)
Kaos
Rage
(10:40)
X Sting
Tenzan
(12:02)
Sasaki
Yamazaki
(12:54)
Sting
Tenzan
Chono
Mutoh
(11:29)
Fujinami
Kimura
(9:48)
Sting
Tenzan
(11:10)
Hashimoto
Nakanishi
(13:45)
Sting
Tenzan
(9:17)
Sting
Tenzan
(12:02)
X Sasaki
Yamazaki
(11:34)
Sasaki
Yamazaki
Sasaki
Yamazaki
(24:21)
Fujinami
Kimura
(14:10)
Sasaki
Yamazaki
(12:51)
Hashimoto
Nakanishi
(18:53)
Sasaki
Yamazaki
(9:25)
Sasaki
Yamazaki
(12:54)
Sasaki
Yamazaki
(11:34)
X
Semifinal Final
1 Chono and Mutoh Sub
2 Hashimoto and Nakanishi Sub 2 Hashimoto and Nakanishi 23:33
3 Sasaki and Yamazaki 15:24

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