The most anticipated time of the year for wrestling fans is here: G1 Climax season! New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) has revealed the lineup for the 34th G1 Climax tournament, set to kick off on July 20. This year’s tournament will feature two blocks of ten, with eighteen of the twenty participants already confirmed, promising intense action and unforgettable matches.
A Block:
- Tetsuya Naito (Last year’s winner and former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion)
- Shota Umino
- Shingo Takagi
- SANADA
- Great-O-Khan (KOPW 2024 Provisional Title Holder)
- Zack Sabre Jr.
- Gabe Kidd (NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion)
- Jake Lee (Pro Wrestling NOAH)
- EVIL
- 10th member determined by qualification
B Block:
- Konosuke Takeshita (AEW star)
- El Phantasmo
- Hirooki Goto
- Yota Tsuji
- Yuya Uemura
- Jeff Cobb (NJPW World Television Champion)
- HENARE (NEVER Openweight Champion)
- David Finlay (IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion)
- Ren Narita
- 10th qualifier
The qualifiers for the final spots in each block will see intense competition. For A Block, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI, Chase Owens, KENTA, Callum Newman, and Yujiro Takahashi will battle it out. In B Block, NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, Oleg Boltin, Satoshi Kojima, and TJP will compete. The qualifying tournament starts next week, culminating in the finals on July 5.