- Promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling
- Event Type Special EventTournament
- Event Date August 3, 1997
- Event Series G1 Climax / IWGP League / MSG League / World League
- Year 1997
- Country Japan
- Location Tokyo, Japan
- Arena Ryōgoku Kokugikan
- Attendance 11,500
- Network TV Asahi
- Main Event Kensuke Sasaki vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
RESULTS
- Heisei Ishingun (Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akitoshi Saito) defeat Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani
- Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeats El Samurai
- Jushin Thunder Liger defeats Kendo Kashin
- nWo Japan (Hiro Saito & Marcus Bagwell) defeat Heisei Ishingun (Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara)
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G1 Climax 1997 - Semifinal
Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeats Shinya Hashimoto -
G1 Climax 1997 - Semifinal
Kensuke Sasaki defeats Scott Norton - The Great Muta defeats Steven Regal
- Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura & Akira Nogami defeat Bull Powers (Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima) & Junji Hirata
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G1 Climax 1997 - Final
Kensuke Sasaki defeats Hiroyoshi Tenzan
G1 CLIMAX 1997 PARTICIPANTS
- Satoshi Kojima
Steven Regal
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Tadao Yasuda
Masahiro Chono
Michiyoshi Ohara
Shinya Hashimoto
Kazuo Yamazaki
Junji Hirata
Scott Norton
The Great Muta
Manabu Nakanishi
Buff Bagwell
Kensuke Sasaki