New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the G1 Climax blocks and participants earlier today. The tournament begins on July 18th and will conclude on August 14th.
All 19 events will air live on New Japan World…
Block A:
* Togi Makabe
* Satoshi Kojima
* Tomohiro Ishii
* Hirooki Goto
* Bad Luck Fale
* Tama Tonga
* SANADA
* Naomichi Marufuji
* Kazuchika Okada
* Hiroshi Tanahashi
Block B:
* Katsuyori Shibata
* Yuji Nagata
* Tomoaki Honma
* Michal Elgin
* Toru Yano
* Tetsuya Naito
* EVIL
* Kenny Omega
* YOSHI-HASHI
* Katsuhuko Nakajima
In addition to the blocks being announced for New Japan’s G1 Climax Tournament, New Japan has also announced a listing a of key tournament matches, which you can see below…
* July 18: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Sanada, Okada vs. Marufuji
* July 22: Nagata vs. Naito, Shibata vs. Honma
* July 23: Tanahashi vs. Makabe, Okada vs. Sanada
* July 24: Nakajima vs. Shibata, Honma vs. Yoshi-Hashi
* July 25: Makabe vs. Sanada, Okada vs. Goto
* July 27: Yano vs. Naito, Shibata vs. Elgin
* July 28: Ishii vs. Marufuji, Goto vs. Sanada
* July 30: Omega vs. Elgin, Shibata vs. Naito
* July 31: Makabe vs. Marufuji, Tanahashi vs. Goto
* August 1: Yoshi Hashi vs. Nakajima, Honma vs. Naito
* August 3: Tanahashi vs. Ishii, Makabe vs. Okada
* August 4: Nakajima vs. Naito, Shibata vs. Omega
* August 6: Tanahashi vs. Marufuji, Okada vs. Ishii
* August 7: Omega vs. Nagata, Naito vs. Evil
* August 8: Ishii vs. Sanada, Tanahashi vs. Kojima
* August 10: Honma vs. Elgin, Shibata vs. Nagata
* August 12: Goto vs. Marufuji, Tanahashi vs. Okada
* August 13: Shibata vs. Evil, Naito vs. Omega
