New Japan Pro-Wrestling G1 Climax 2003

[Hasegawa]

(Posted out of boredom)
Every August New Japan Pro-Wrestling hold its annual tournament the "G1 Climax" to determine the strongest heavyweight wrestler and who would take the "ace" position that year. The tournament is round robin rules and the two top point leaders in the 2 separate blocks fight in the semi-final and the winners meet the next day.

Here are the participants:
Block A:
Osamu Nishimura (Semi finalist in last years tournament)

Jun Akiyama (1 participation, rep. of Pro-Wrestling NOAH)

Hiroshi Tanahashi (2nd participation)

Manabu Nakinishi (1999 G1 winner, known in WCW as "Kurosawa")

Masahiro Chono (1991, 1992, 1994 & 2002 G1 winner, you may remember him in WCW)

Hiroyoshi Tenzan (1997 G1 finalist, known slightly for his time in WCW)


Block B:
Katsuyori Shibata (1st participation)

Shinsuke Nakamura (1st participation)

Yutaka Yoshie (3rd participation)

Tadao Yasuda (7th participation)

Yuji Nagata (2001 G1 winner, slightly known for his time in WCW)

Yoshihiro Takayama (2002 G1 finalist, current IWGP Heavyweight and NWF Heavyweight champion)

[Hasegawa]

Tournament began on August 10th, here are the results and standings. (All credit to Stuart)
2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss.
August 10, 2003
B-Shinsuke Nakamura beat Katsuyori Shibata
B-Yuji Nagata beat Yutaka Yoshie
A-Manabu Nakinishi beat Hiroshi Tanahashi
A-Masahiro Chono beat Osamu Nishimura
B-Tadao Yasuda beat Yoshihiro Takayama
A-Jun Akiyama beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan

August 11, 2003
B-Yutaka Yoshie beat Shinsuke Nakamura
B-Katsuyori Shibata beat Tadao Yasuda
A-Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan
A- Osamu Nishimura beat Jun Akiyama
A- Manabu Nakinishi beat Masahiro Chono
B- Yoshihiro Takayama beat Yuji Nagata

August 12, 2003
B-Katsuyori Shibata beat Yutaka Yoshie
A-Masahiro Chono beat Hiroshi Tanahashi
B-Yoshihiro Takayama beat Shinsuke Nakamura
A-Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Osamu Nishimura
B-Tadao Yasuda beat Yuji Nagata
A-Jun Akiyama beat Manabu Nakinishi

August 14, 2003
B-Shinsuke Nakamura beat Tadao Yasuda
A-Osamu Nishimura beat Manabu Nakinishi
B-Yoshihiro Takayama beat Yutaka Yoshie
B-Yuji Nagata and Katsuyori Shibata went to a double countout
A-Jun Akiyama beat Hiroshi Tanahashi
A-Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Masahiro Chono

August 15, 2003
B-Yutaka Yoshie beat Tadao Yasuda
A-Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Osamu Nishimura
B-Yuji Nagata beat Shinsuke Nakamura
A-Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Manabu Nakanishi
B-Yoshihiro Takayama beat Katsuyori Shibata
A-Masahiro Chono and Jun Akiyama went to a draw

Tonight is the semi-finals, but due to the fact that Nagata and Shibata are tied with 5 points apiece, they will have to fight in a decision match to decide who faces Jun Akiyama later in the show. The other semi-final match pits Block A 2nd place finisher Hiroyoshi Tenzan against Block B winner, Yoshihiro Takayama.

So the point totals are as follows:
Block A:
Jun Akiyama-7
Hiroyoshi Tenzan-6
Masahiro Chono-5
Manabu Nakinishi-4
Osamu Nishimura-4
Hiroshi Tanahashi-4


Block B:
Yoshihiro Takayama-8
Yuji Nagata-5
Katsuyori Shibata-5
Tadao Yasuda-4
Shinsuke Nakamura-4
Yutaka Yoshie-4

Day 6 of the G1 will take place in a few hours from now. I must apologize for the 2 long posts, I wanted to make this as clear as possible.