G1 Climax 29

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G1 Climax 29
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Logo of the 2019 G1 Climax
Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateJuly 6 to August 12, 2019
CitySee venues
VenueSee venues
Attendance97,191 (combined) [1]
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Kota Ibushi, winner of G1 Climax 29
Tournament information
Sport Professional wrestling
Location
DatesJuly 6, 2019–August 12, 2019
Tournament
format(s)
Two-block round-robin tournament
Participants20
Final positions
Champion Kota Ibushi
Runner-up Jay White
Tournament statistics
Bouts fought91

The G1 Climax 29 was a professional wrestling tournament promoted by the Japan-based New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The tournament commenced on July 6 and concluded on August 12, 2019. It is the twenty-ninth edition of G1 Climax, and forty-fifth edition of the tournament counting its previous forms under different names. [2] A Block winner Kota Ibushi defeated B Block winner Jay White in the final to win the tournament.

Contents

Considered NJPW's most important tournament, the G1 Climax features twenty wrestlers, divided in two blocks of ten ("A" and "B"). Each participant faces all nine other wrestlers within the same block in singles matches. The winner of each block is determined via a point system, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no point for a defeat; each night of the event sees the ten members of one block compete for the tournament, while the members of the non-competing block perform in tag team matches that have no influence of the tournament results. On the final day of the event, the winners of both blocks face each other to determine the winner of the G1 Climax, who will gain a future match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom, NJPW's biggest yearly event.

The event saw the G1 Climax debut of Jeff Cobb, Jon Moxley, Taichi, Kenta, Shingo Takagi, and Will Ospreay as well as Lance Archer's first participation since 2014; this was Kenta's in-ring debut in NJPW. As usual, the tournament took place over several cities and locations; the 2019 edition marked the first time that the G1 Climax tournament took place outside of Japan, as the event opened with G1 Climax in Dallas at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, before moving back to Japan. [2] [3] The event was broadcast live on AXS TV in the United States, TV Asahi and Fighting TV Samurai  [ ja ] in Japan, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling World worldwide.

Production

Other on-screen personnel
Role:Name:
English Commentators Kevin Kelly
Rocky Romero
Chris Charlton (nights 2, 3, 5─7, 13, 14, 16─19)
Japanese CommentatorsShinpei Nogami (nights 18 & 19)
Shigeki Kiyono (nights 2, 3, 8─10)
Yohei Onishi (nights 1 & 4)
Shunichiro Fujisawa (nights 5─7, 12, 15)
Haruo Murata (nights 11, 13, 14, 16)
Shinji Yoshino (night 17)
Milano Collection A.T.
Miki Motoi (nights 1, 3, 5, 15, 18)
Yusuke Okamoto (nights 7 & 12)
Katsuhiko Kanazawa (nights 4, 6, 19)
Soichi Shibata (night 2)
Kazuo Yamazaki (night 17)
Ring announcers Kimihiko Ozaki
Makoto Abe
Referees Kenta Sato
Marty Asami
Red Shoes Unno
Tiger Hattori

Tournament rules

NJPW announced that the 2019 edition and its dates of the G1 Climax on January 4, 2019, at Wrestle Kingdom 13; it was announced that the first night of the tournament will be held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, marking the first time the tournament would be held outside of Japan. [4] As per usual G1 Climax tradition, the tournament features twenty wrestlers, divided in two blocks of ten ("A" and "B"). Each participant faces all nine other wrestler within the same block in singles match, with the winner of each block being determined via a point system, gaining two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no point for a loss; each night of the event sees the ten members of a same block compete for the tournament, while the members of the non-competing block perform in tag team matches that have no influence of the tournament results, typically facing their future tournament opponents. In case of several wrestler sharing the top score, the results of the matches those wrestlers had when facing each other's in the tournament act as tiebreaker, with the one having the most wins over the other top-scorers determining the winner of the block. [5] [6]

On the final day of the event, the respective winners of both blocks face each other to determine the winner of the G1 Climax, who would gain a future match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, NJPW's top championship, at Wrestle Kingdom, NJPW's biggest yearly event; if the IWGP Heavyweight Champion himself wins, he gets to pick his opponent at Wrestle Kingdom. The low-card matches have a twenty-minutes time limit, while the matches of the tournament have a 30-minutes time limit (with the time limit being reached resulting in a tie); the final match between the two block winners has no time limit. [5] [6]

Storylines

The event includes matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. [7]

First-time participant Jeff Cobb and returning participant Tomohiro Ishii announced their participation to the tournament on May 31, 2019. [8]

On June 9, 2019, at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall, several wrestlers announced their decision to participate in the G1 Climax for the first time, including IWGP United States Champion Jon Moxley. [9] Best of the Super Juniors winner Will Ospreay, immediately after defeating Dragon Lee to win the IWGP Junior heavyweight Champion, also announced his intention to participate, marking a rare participation to the tournament by a member of the Junior Heavyweight division. [10] Junior Heavyweight Shingo Takagi, who defeated heavyweight Satoshi Kojima at Dominion, announced his move to the Heavyweight division after the match, as well as his participation to the G1 Climax. [10] Kenta, who had been released by WWE the previous February, made his surprise NJPW debut at the event, also announcing his participation in the G1 Climax. [11] [12]

Four time-participant Lance Archer, who had last participated to the tournament in 2014, announced his participation on June 10, 2019, via the company's official YouTube channel. [13]

The twenty participants were officially announced on June 16, 2019. The list included six first-time participants, namely Cobb, Moxley, Ospreay, Takagi, Kenta, and Taichi, with fourteen participants returning from the previous year, and Archer returning after a five-year hiatus; participants from the previous year who did not return were Michael Elgin, Kenny Omega and Hangman Page, who had left NJPW, and Minoru Suzuki, Tama Tonga, Togi Makabe, and Yoshi-Hashi. [14]

Venues

DatesVenueLocationCountry
July 6 American Airlines Center [15] Dallas, Texas United States
July 13–14 Ota City General Gymnasium [16] [17] Ōta, Tokyo Japan
July 15 Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center [18] Toyohira-ku, Sapporo
July 18–20 Korakuen Hall [19] [20] [21] Bunkyo, Tokyo
July 24 Hiroshima Sun Plaza [22] Nishi-ku, Hiroshima
July 27–28 Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium [23] [24] Nagoya
July 30 Takamatsu City General Gymnasium [25] Takamatsu, Kagawa
August 1 Fukuoka Citizens Gymnasium [26] Fukuoka, Fukuoka
August 3–4 Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium [27] [28] Namba, Osaka
August 7 Hamamatsu Arena [29] Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
August 8 Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium [30] Naka-ku, Yokohama
August 10–12 Nippon Budokan [31] [32] [33] Chiyoda, Tokyo

Results

Night 1 (A Block)

G1 Climax in Dallas
Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateJuly 6, 2019
City Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Venue American Airlines Center
Attendance4,846 [34]
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TBA

The first night of A Block took place on July 6, 2019, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas; it was promoted as G1 Climax in Dallas. [15] [35] It marked the first time that a night of the G1 Climax took place outside of Japan. [2] This event was broadcast live on AXS TV in the United States and New Japan Pro-Wrestling World. The show would receive coverage from more mainstream publications such as Sports Illustrated and Deadspin. [36] [37]

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1 Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) defeated Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) Tag team match 6:42
2 Ren Narita and Jeff Cobb defeated Shota Umino and Tomohiro Ishii Tag team match 7:18
3 Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Bullet Club (Chase Owens and Jay White) Tag team match 8:38
4 Jushin Thunder Liger, Juice Robinson and Toru Yano defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito) Six-man tag team match 8:18
5 Lance Archer defeated Will Ospreay Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:16
6 Bad Luck Fale defeated Evil Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:33
7 Sanada defeated Zack Sabre Jr. Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament21:12
8 Kenta defeated Kota Ibushi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament20:51
9 Kazuchika Okada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament22:04

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Bad Luck Fale Win02
Kazuchika Okada Win02
Kenta Win02
Lance Archer Win02
Sanada Win02
2 Evil Loss00
Hiroshi Tanahashi Loss00
Kota Ibushi Loss00
Will Ospreay Loss00
Zack Sabre Jr. Loss00

Night 2 (B Block)

The first night of B Block took place on July 13, 2019, at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Ōta, Tokyo. [16]

No.Results [16] StipulationsTimes [16]
1 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil, Sanada and Bushi) defeated Kota Ibushi, Will Ospreay and Yuya Uemura Six-man tag team match 7:59
2 Bullet Club (Chase Owens and Bad Luck Fale) defeated Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) Tag team match 5:59
3 Kenta, Clark Connors and Karl Fredericks defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Shota Umino and Ren Narita by submission Six-man tag team match 11:13
4 Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr. and Minoru Suzuki) defeated Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi) by submission Tag team match 11:16
5 Juice Robinson defeated Shingo Takagi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:41
6 Jon Moxley defeated Taichi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament7:36
7 Toru Yano defeated Tetsuya Naito Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament3:42
8 Tomohiro Ishii defeated Jeff Cobb Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:33
9 Hirooki Goto defeated Jay White Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament21:06

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Hirooki Goto Win02
Jon Moxley Win02
Juice Robinson Win02
Tomohiro Ishii Win02
Toru Yano Win02
2 Jay White Loss00
Jeff Cobb Loss00
Shingo Takagi Loss00
Taichi Loss00
Tetsuya Naito Loss00

Night 3 (A Block)

The second night of A Block took place on July 14, 2019, at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Ōta, Tokyo. [17]

No.Results [17] StipulationsTimes [17]
1 Taguchi Japan (Juice Robinson and Toa Henare) and Yota Tsuji defeated Hirooki Goto, Tomoaki Honma and Yuya Uemura Six-man tag team match 6:31
2 Jeff Cobb and Ren Narita defeated Jon Moxley and Shota Umino Tag team match 4:53
3 Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Bullet Club (Jay White, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens) Six-man tag team match 9:23
4 Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi and Bushi) Six-man tag team match 8:33
5 Lance Archer defeated Bad Luck Fale Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament10:12
6 Will Ospreay defeated Sanada Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:06
7 Kazuchika Okada defeated Zack Sabre Jr. Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:01
8 Evil defeated Kota Ibushi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament19:11
9 Kenta defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:35

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Kazuchika Okada Win24
Kenta Win24
Lance Archer Win24
2 Bad Luck Fale Loss22
Evil Win02
Sanada Loss22
Will Ospreay Win02
3 Hiroshi Tanahashi Loss00
Kota Ibushi Loss00
Zack Sabre Jr. Loss00

Night 4 (B Block)

The second night of B Block took place on July 15, 2019, at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo. [18]

No.Results [18] StipulationsTimes [18]
1 Kota Ibushi and Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Shota Umino and Yota Tsuji by submission Tag team match 8:19
2 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil, Sanada and Bushi) defeated Taguchi Japan (Tomoaki Honma and Toa Henare) and Ren Narita Six-man tag team match 7:18
3 Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., Lance Archer, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kenta, Clark Connors and Karl Fredericks Eight-man tag team match 11:23
4 Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens Tag team match 8:43
5 Shingo Takagi defeated Toru Yano Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament6:16
6 Juice Robinson defeated Hirooki Goto Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:23
7 Jon Moxley defeated Jeff Cobb Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament8:54
8 Tomohiro Ishii defeated Jay White Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament19:13
9 Taichi defeated Tetsuya Naito Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament21:01

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Jon Moxley Win24
Juice Robinson Win24
Tomohiro Ishii Win24
2 Hirooki Goto Loss22
Shingo Takagi Win02
Taichi Win02
Toru Yano Loss22
3 Jay White Loss00
Jeff Cobb Loss00
Tetsuya Naito Loss00

Night 5 (A Block)

The third night of A Block took place on July 18, 2019, at the Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo. [19]

No.Results [19] StipulationsTimes [19]
1 Jon Moxley and Shota Umino defeated Tomohiro Ishii and Yuya Uemura Tag team match 5:46
2 Jeff Cobb and Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Taguchi Japan (Juice Robinson and Toa Henare) and Yota Tsuji by submission Tag team match 9:30
3 Bullet Club (Jay White, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens) defeated Taguchi Japan (Toru Yano and Tomoaki Honma) and Ren Narita Six-man tag team match 8:49
4 Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito and Bushi) Six-man tag team match 8:35
5 Kenta defeated Lance Archer Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:58
6 Evil defeated Sanada Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:11
7 Kazuchika Okada defeated Bad Luck Fale Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament10:15
8 Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Zack Sabre Jr. Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament13:56
9 Kota Ibushi defeated Will Ospreay Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament27:16

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Kazuchika Okada Win46
Kenta Win46
2 Evil Win24
Lance Archer Loss44
3 Bad Luck Fale Loss22
Hiroshi Tanahashi Win02
Kota Ibushi Win02
Sanada Loss22
Will Ospreay Loss22
4 Zack Sabre Jr. Loss00

Night 6 (B Block)

The third night of B Block took place on July 19, 2019, at the Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo. [20]

No.Results [20] StipulationsTimes [20]
1 Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens) defeated Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr. and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) Tag team match 4:40
2Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tomoaki Honma Tag team match 9:48
3 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada, Evil and Bushi) defeated Kota Ibushi, Kenta and Clark Connors Six-man tag team match 9:02
4 Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Will Ospreay and Toa Henare Tag team match 8:46
5 Shingo Takagi defeated Taichi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:40
6 Jeff Cobb defeated Juice Robinson Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament13:21
7 Toru Yano defeated Jay White Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament3:04
8 Tetsuya Naito defeated Hirooki Goto Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament16:01
9 Jon Moxley defeated Tomohiro Ishii Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament20:36

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Jon Moxley Win46
2 Juice Robinson Loss44
Shingo Takagi Win24
Tomohiro Ishii Loss44
Toru Yano Win24
3 Hirooki Goto Loss22
Jeff Cobb Win02
Taichi Loss22
Tetsuya Naito Win02
4 Jay White Loss00

Night 7 (A Block)

The fourth night of A Block took place on July 20, 2019, at the Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo. [21]

No.Results [21] StipulationsTimes [21]
1 Jon Moxley and Shota Umino defeated Juice Robinson and Yota Tsuji by submission Tag team match 3:56
2 Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Toru Yano) and Yuya Uemura Six-man tag team match 8:52
3 Bullet Club (Jay White, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens) defeated Taguchi Japan (Jeff Cobb, Tomoaki Honma and Toa Henare) Six-man tag team match 9:50
4 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi and Bushi) defeated Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi) and Ren Narita Six-man tag team match 7:33
5 Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Bad Luck Fale by countout Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament6:30
6 Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Lance Archer Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:58
7 Kenta defeated Evil Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:03
8 Kota Ibushi defeated Sanada Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament19:14
9 Kazuchika Okada defeated Will Ospreay Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament21:56

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Kazuchika Okada Win68
Kenta Win68
2 Evil Loss44
Hiroshi Tanahashi Win24
Kota Ibushi Win24
Lance Archer Loss44
3 Bad Luck Fale Loss22
Sanada Loss22
Will Ospreay Loss22
Zack Sabre Jr. Win02

Night 8 (B Block)

The fourth night of B Block took place on July 24, 2019, at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza in Nishi-ku, Hiroshima. [22]

No.Results [22] StipulationsTimes [22]
1 Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens) defeated Will Ospreay, Tomoaki Honma and Yuya Uemura Six-man tag team match 9:20
2 Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil, Sanada and Bushi) Six-man tag team match 8:09
3 Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shota Umino defeated Kota Ibushi and Ren Narita Tag team match 7:45
4 Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi) and Toa Henare defeated Kenta, Clark Connors and Karl Fredericks by submission Six-man tag team match 8:51
5 Juice Robinson defeated Toru Yano Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament4:28
6 Taichi defeated Hirooki Goto Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:11
7 Jon Moxley defeated Shingo Takagi by submission Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:45
8 Jay White defeated Jeff Cobb Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:50
9 Tetsuya Naito defeated Tomohiro Ishii Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:58

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Jon Moxley Win68
2 Juice Robinson Win46
3 Shingo Takagi Loss44
Taichi Win24
Tetsuya Naito Win24
Tomohiro Ishii Loss44
Toru Yano Loss44
4 Hirooki Goto Loss22
Jeff Cobb Loss22
Jay White Win02

Night 9 (A Block)

The fifth night of A Block took place on July 27, 2019, at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya. [23]

No.Results [23] StipulationsTimes [23]
1 Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Minoru Suzuki and Taichi) defeated Yota Tsuji, Ren Narita and Jeff Cobb Six-man tag team match 8:46
2 Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi and Jay White) defeated Taguchi Japan (Toa Henare, Tomoaki Honma and Juice Robinson) Six-man tag team match 8:09
3 Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) defeated Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) Tag team match 7:15
4 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Jon Moxley and Shota Umino Tag team match 7:50
5 Kota Ibushi defeated Lance Archer Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:42
6 Will Ospreay defeated Bad Luck Fale by disqualification Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament9:08
7 Evil defeated Zack Sabre Jr. Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament16:00
8 Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Sanada Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:07
9 Kazuchika Okada defeated Kenta Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament26:53

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Kazuchika Okada Win810
2 Kenta Loss88
3 Evil Win46
Kota Ibushi Win46
Hiroshi Tanahashi Win46
4 Lance Archer Loss44
Will Ospreay Win24
5 Bad Luck Fale Loss22
Sanada Loss22
Zack Sabre Jr. Loss22

Night 10 (B Block)

The fifth night of B Block took place on July 28, 2019, at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya. [24]

No.Results [24] StipulationsTimes [24]
1 Ren Narita defeated Yuya Uemura Singles match 7:25
2 Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi and Bad Luck Fale) defeated Taguchi Japan (Tomoaki Honma and Toa Henare) and Kota Ibushi Six-man tag team match 8:20
3 Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. and Lance Archer) defeated Shota Umino, Chaos (Yoshi-Hashi, Will Ospreay and Kazuchika Okada) Eight-man tag team match 9:35
4 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Sanada and Evil) defeated Karl Fredericks, Kenta, Hiroshi Tanahashi Six-man tag team match 8:59
5 Hirooki Goto defeated Toru Yano Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament1:42
6 Tomohiro Ishii defeated Juice Robinson Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:54
7 Jeff Cobb defeated Taichi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:30
8 Jay White defeated Shingo Takagi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament19:26
9 Jon Moxley defeated Tetsuya Naito Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament16:41

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Jon Moxley Win810
2 Juice Robinson Loss66
Tomohiro Ishii Win46
3 Jeff Cobb Win24
Hirooki Goto Win24
Tetsuya Naito Loss44
Taichi Loss44
Shingo Takagi Loss44
Jay White Win24
Toru Yano Loss44

Night 11 (A Block)

The sixth night of A Block took place on July 30, 2019, at the Takamatsu City General Gymnasium Arena 1 in Kagawa. [25]

No.Results [25] StipulationsTimes [25]
1 Chaos (Yoshi-Hashi and Hirooki Goto) and Yota Tsuji defeated Yuya Uemura, Tomoaki Honma and Tomohiro Ishii Six-man tag team match 9:24
2 Toru Yano and Ren Narita defeated Shota Umino and Jon Moxley Tag team match 4:08
3 Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi and Jay White) defeated Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Minoru Suzuki and Taichi) Six-man tag team match 7:39
4 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Taguchi Japan (Toa Henare, Jeff Cobb and Juice Robinson) Six-man tag team match 9:27
5 Kota Ibushi defeated Bad Luck Fale Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament9:27
6 Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Will Ospreay by submission Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament20:02
7 Kazuchika Okada defeated Lance Archer Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:15
8 Sanada defeated Kenta Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament16:10
9 Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Evil Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament23:02

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Kazuchika Okada Win1012
2 Kenta Loss88
Kota Ibushi Win68
Hiroshi Tanahashi Win68
3 Evil Loss66
4 Lance Archer Loss44
Will Ospreay Loss44
Sanada Win24
Zack Sabre Jr. Win24
5 Bad Luck Fale Loss22

Night 12 (B Block)

The sixth night of B Block took place on August 1, 2019, at the Fukuoka Citizen Gymnasium in Fukuoka. [26]

No.Results [26] StipulationsTimes [26]
1 Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks and Kenta Six-man tag team match 8:11
2 Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) Tag team match 5:00
3 Kota Ibushi and Taguchi Japan (Toa Henare and Tomoaki Honma) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ren Narita and Shota Umino Six-man tag team match 8:18
4 Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil and Sanada) Six-man tag team match 9:14
5 Jeff Cobb defeated Shingo Takagi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:27
6 Toru Yano defeated Jon Moxley by countout Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament5:08
7 Tetsuya Naito defeated Juice Robinson Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament13:47
8 Jay White defeated Taichi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:07
9 Hirooki Goto defeated Tomohiro Ishii Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:01

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Jon Moxley Loss1010
2
Juice Robinson Loss66
Tomohiro Ishii Loss66
Jay White Win46
Jeff Cobb Win46
Hirooki Goto Win46
Tetsuya Naito Win46
Toru Yano Win46
3 Taichi Loss44
Shingo Takagi Loss44

Night 13 (A Block)

The seventh night of A Block took place on August 3, 2019, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Namba, Osaka. [27]

No.Results [27] StipulationsTimes [27]
1 Taguchi Japan (Juice Robinson and Toa Henare) defeated Ren Narita and Yota Tsuji Tag team match 6:18
2 Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Taguchi Japan (Jeff Cobb, Tomoaki Honma and Toru Yano) Six-man tag team match 5:50
3 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) Six-man tag team match 7:28
4 Bullet Club (Chase Owens and Jay White) defeated Jon Moxley and Shota Umino Tag team match 5:55
5 Bad Luck Fale defeated Kenta Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament7:20
6 Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Lance Archer Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament10:43
7 Evil defeated Will Ospreay Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:08
8 Kota Ibushi defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:53
9 Sanada defeated Kazuchika Okada Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament29:47

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Kazuchika Okada Loss1212
2 Kota Ibushi Win810
3 Evil Win68
Kenta Loss88
Hiroshi Tanahashi Loss88
4 Sanada Win46
Zack Sabre Jr. Win46
5 Lance Archer Loss44
Will Ospreay Loss44
Bad Luck Fale Win24

Night 14 (B Block)

The seventh night of B Block took place on August 4, 2019, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Namba, Osaka. [28]

No.Results [28] StipulationsTimes [28]
1 Toa Henare and Yuya Uemura defeated Ren Narita and Shota Umino Tag team match 6:06
2 Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer, Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil and Sanada Six-man tag team match 6:38
3 Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Kota Ibushi, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tomoaki Honma Six-man tag team match 8:16
4 Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks and Kenta Six-man tag team match 8:24
5 Tomohiro Ishii defeated Toru Yano Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament9:36
6 Taichi defeated Juice Robinson Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:28
7 Hirooki Goto defeated Jeff Cobb Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:20
8 Jay White defeated Jon Moxley Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:15
9 Tetsuya Naito defeated Shingo Takagi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament27:15

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Jon Moxley Loss1010
2 Hirooki Goto Win68
Tetsuya Naito Win68
Tomohiro Ishii Win68
Jay White Win68
3 Juice Robinson Loss66
Toru Yano Loss46
Jeff Cobb Loss66
Taichi Win46
4 Shingo Takagi Loss44

Night 15 (A Block)

The eighth night of A Block took place on August 7, 2019, at the Hamamatsu Arena in Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu. [29]

No.Results [29] StipulationsTimes [29]
1 Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Toru Yano, Yota Tsuji and Yuya Uemura Six-man tag team match 8:56
2 Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Jon Moxley and Shota Umino Tag team match 5:09
3 Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Jay White and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Taguchi Japan (Juice Robinson, Toa Henare and Tomoaki Honma) Six-man tag team match 9:31
4 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Tetsuya Naito and Shingo Takagi defeated Jeff Cobb, Ren Narita and Tomohiro Ishii Six-man tag team match 8:50
5 Sanada defeated Lance Archer Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament10:28
6 Bad Luck Fale defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament9:58
7 Will Ospreay defeated Kenta Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament16:33
8 Kota Ibushi defeated Zack Sabre Jr. Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:46
9 Kazuchika Okada defeated Evil Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament27:00

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Kazuchika Okada Win1214
2 Kota Ibushi Win1012
3 Evil Loss88
Kenta Loss88
Hiroshi Tanahashi Loss88
Sanada Win68
4 Bad Luck Fale Win46
Will Ospreay Win46
Zack Sabre Jr. Loss66
5 Lance Archer Loss44

Night 16 (B Block)

The eighth night of B Block took place on August 8, 2019, at the Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Naka-ku, Yokohama. [30]

No.Results [30] StipulationsTimes [30]
1 Ren Narita and Shota Umino defeated Yuya Uemura and Yota Tsuji Tag team match 5:39
2 Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil and Sanada) Six-man tag team match 7:50
3 Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer, Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks and Kenta Six-man tag team match 7:17
4 Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi) and Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Kota Ibushi, Toa Henare and Will Ospreay Six-man tag team match 7:20
5 Toru Yano defeated Taichi by countout Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament5:04
6 Tetsuya Naito defeated Jeff Cobb Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:47
7 Hirooki Goto defeated Jon Moxley Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament8:38
8 Jay White defeated Juice Robinson Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament23:01
9 Shingo Takagi defeated Tomohiro Ishii Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament22:41

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Jon Moxley Loss1010
Hirooki Goto Win810
Jay White Win810
Tetsuya Naito Win810
2 Tomohiro Ishii Loss88
Toru Yano Win68
3 Jeff Cobb Loss66
Juice Robinson Loss66
Taichi Loss66
Shingo Takagi Win46

Night 17 (A Block)

The ninth night of A Block took place on August 10, 2019, at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo and saw the finals of the A Block. [31] Kota Ibushi defeated Kazuchika Okada to be declared the winner of the A Block.

No.Results [31] StipulationsTimes [31]
1 Jon Moxley and Shota Umino defeated Juice Robinson and Ren Narita Tag team match 3:41
2 Taguchi Japan (Jeff Cobb and Toa Henare) defeated Taguchi Japan (Tomoaki Honma and Toru Yano) Tag team match 5:23
3 Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi) Six-man tag team match 7:50
4 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Tetsuya Naito and Shingo Takagi) defeated Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Jay White and Yujiro Takahashi) Six-man tag team match 8:37
5 Lance Archer defeated Evil Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament10:02
6 Bad Luck Fale defeated Sanada Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament10:38
7 Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Kenta Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament16:26
8 Will Ospreay defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:12
9 Kota Ibushi defeated Kazuchika Okada Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament25:07

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Kota Ibushi Win1214
2 Kazuchika Okada Loss1414
3 Bad Luck Fale Win68
Will Ospreay Win68
Zack Sabre Jr. Win68
Evil Loss88
Kenta Loss88
Hiroshi Tanahashi Loss88
Sanada Loss88
4 Lance Archer Win46

Night 18 (B Block)

The ninth night of B Block took place on August 11, 2019, at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo and saw the finals of the B Block. [32] Jay White defeated Tetsuya Naito to be declared the winner of the B Block.

No.Results [32] StipulationsTimes [32]
1 Ren Narita and Shota Umino defeated Yuya Uemura and Yota Tsuji Tag team match 7:34
2 Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil and Sanada) Six-man tag team match 7:54
3 Kota Ibushi, Toa Henare and Tomoaki Honma defeated Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks and Kenta Six-man tag team match 8:22
4 Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay and Yoshi-Hashi) and Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer, Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Zack Sabre Jr.) Eight-man tag team match 10:35
5 Jeff Cobb defeated Toru Yano Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament5:19
6 Taichi defeated Tomohiro Ishii Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:56
7 Juice Robinson defeated Jon Moxley Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament16:26
8 Shingo Takagi defeated Hirooki Goto Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:10
9 Jay White defeated Tetsuya Naito Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:51

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Jay White Win1012
2 Jon Moxley Loss1010
Hirooki Goto Loss1010
Tetsuya Naito Loss1010
3 Tomohiro Ishii Loss88
Toru Yano Loss88
Jeff Cobb Win68
Juice Robinson Win68
Taichi Win68
Shingo Takagi Win68

Night 19 (Final)

The final night took place on August 12, 2019, at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo. [33] A Block winner Kota Ibushi defeated B Block winner Jay White to be declared the winner of the tournament.

No.Results [33] StipulationsTimes [33]
1 Clark Connors and Karl Fredericks defeated Ren Narita and Yota Tsuji Tag team match 9:53
2 Taguchi Japan (Jeff Cobb and Jushin Thunder Liger) and Tiger Mask IV defeated Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer, Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) Six-man tag team match 7:36
3 Chaos (Sho, Will Ospreay and Yoh) defeated Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi Six-man tag team match 7:57
4 Taguchi Japan (Juice Robinson and Toa Henare) defeated Jon Moxley and Shota Umino Tag team match 6:19
5 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil, Sanada, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Taguchi Japan (Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma and Toru Yano) and Hirooki Goto Ten-man tag team match 8:56
6 Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) defeated Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi) and Kenta Six-man tag team match 8:35
7 Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada Tag team match 15:27
8 Kota Ibushi defeated Jay White Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament final31:01

Final standings

Block ABlock B
Kota Ibushi 14 Jay White 12
Kazuchika Okada 14 Hirooki Goto 10 [a]
Will Ospreay 8 Jon Moxley 10 [a]
Bad Luck Fale 8 Tetsuya Naito 10 [a]
Hiroshi Tanahashi 8 Jeff Cobb 8
Evil 8 Shingo Takagi 8
Zack Sabre Jr. 8 Tomohiro Ishii 8
Sanada 8 Taichi 8
Kenta 8 Juice Robinson 8
Lance Archer 6 Toru Yano 8

a Unbreakable tie for 2nd place between Hirooki Goto, Jon Moxley, and Tetsuya Naito (all wrestlers 1-1 in tiebreaker group).

Tournament overview

Block A Archer Evil Fale Ibushi Kenta Okada Ospreay Sabre Sanada Tanahashi
Archer —Archer
(10:02) [31] 		Archer
(10:12) [17] 		Ibushi
(11:42) [23] 		Kenta
(11:58) [19] 		Okada
(14:15) [25] 		Archer
(18:16) [15] 		Sabre
(10:43) [27] 		Sanada
(10:28) [29] 		Tanahashi
(11:58) [21]
Evil Archer
(10:02) [31] 		—Fale
(11:33) [15] 		Evil
(19:11) [17] 		Kenta
(15:03) [21] 		Okada
(27:00) [29] 		Evil
(17:08) [27] 		Evil
(16:00) [23] 		Evil
(18:11) [19] 		Tanahashi
(23:02) [25]
Fale Archer
(10:12) [17] 		Fale
(11:33) [15] 		—Ibushi
(9:27) [25] 		Fale
(7:20) [27] 		Okada
(10:15) [19] 		Ospreay
(9:08) [23] 		Sabre
(6:30) [21] 		Fale
(10:38) [31] 		Fale
(9:58) [29]
Ibushi Ibushi
(11:42) [23] 		Evil
(19:11) [17] 		Ibushi
(9:27) [25] 		—Kenta
(20:51) [15] 		Ibushi
(25:07) [31] 		Ibushi
(27:16) [19] 		Ibushi
(15:46) [29] 		Ibushi
(19:14) [21] 		Ibushi
(15:53) [27]
Kenta Kenta
(11:58) [19] 		Kenta
(15:03) [21] 		Fale
(7:20) [27] 		Kenta
(20:51) [15] 		—Okada
(26:53) [23] 		Ospreay
(16:33) [29] 		Sabre
(16:26) [31] 		Sanada
(16:10) [25] 		Kenta
(18:35) [17]
Okada Okada
(14:15) [25] 		Okada
(27:00) [29] 		Okada
(10:15) [19] 		Ibushi
(25:07) [31] 		Okada
(26:53) [23] 		—Okada
(21:56) [21] 		Okada
(12:01) [17] 		Sanada
(29:47) [27] 		Okada
(22:04) [15]
Ospreay Archer
(18:16) [15] 		Evil
(17:08) [27] 		Ospreay
(9:08) [23] 		Ibushi
(27:16) [19] 		Ospreay
(16:33) [29] 		Okada
(21:56) [21] 		—Sabre
(20:02) [25] 		Ospreay
(17:06) [17] 		Ospreay
(17:12) [31]
Sabre Sabre
(10:43) [27] 		Evil
(16:00) [23] 		Sabre
(6:30) [21] 		Ibushi
(15:46) [29] 		Sabre
(16:26) [31] 		Okada
(12:01) [17] 		Sabre
(20:02) [25] 		—Sanada
(21:12) [15] 		Tanahashi
(13:56) [19]
Sanada Sanada
(10:28) [29] 		Evil
(18:11) [19] 		Fale
(10:38) [31] 		Ibushi
(19:14) [21] 		Sanada
(16:10) [25] 		Sanada
(29:47) [27] 		Ospreay
(17:06) [17] 		Sanada
(21:12) [15] 		—Tanahashi
(18:07) [23]
Tanahashi Tanahashi
(11:58) [21] 		Tanahashi
(23:02) [25] 		Fale
(9:58) [29] 		Ibushi
(15:53) [27] 		Kenta
(18:35) [17] 		Okada
(22:04) [15] 		Ospreay
(17:12) [31] 		Tanahashi
(13:56) [19] 		Tanahashi
(18:07) [23] 		—
Block B Cobb Goto Ishii Moxley Naito Robinson Taichi Takagi White Yano
Cobb —Goto
(11:20) [28] 		Ishii
(18:33) [16] 		Moxley
(8:54) [18] 		Naito
(12:47) [30] 		Cobb
(13:21) [20] 		Cobb
(12:30) [24] 		Cobb
(12:27) [26] 		White
(15:50) [22] 		Cobb
(5:16) [32]
Goto Goto
(11:20) [28] 		—Goto
(18:01) [26] 		Goto
(8:38) [30] 		Naito
(16:01) [20] 		Robinson
(12:23) [18] 		Taichi
(12:11) [22] 		Takagi
(15:10) [32] 		Goto
(21:06) [16] 		Goto
(1:42) [24]
Ishii Ishii
(18:33) [16] 		Goto
(18:01) [26] 		—Moxley
(20:36) [20] 		Naito
(18:58) [22] 		Ishii
(17:54) [24] 		Taichi
(11:56) [32] 		Takagi
(22:41) [30] 		Ishii
(19:13) [18] 		Ishii
(9:36) [28]
Moxley Moxley
(8:54) [18] 		Goto
(8:38) [30] 		Moxley
(20:36) [20] 		—Moxley
(16:41) [24] 		Robinson
(16:26) [32] 		Moxley
(7:36) [16] 		Moxley
(14:45) [22] 		White
(15:15) [28] 		Yano
(5:08) [26]
Naito Naito
(12:47) [30] 		Naito
(16:01) [20] 		Naito
(18:58) [22] 		Moxley
(16:41) [24] 		—Naito
(13:47) [26] 		Taichi
(21:01) [18] 		Naito
(27:15) [28] 		White
(18:51) [32] 		Yano
(3:42) [16]
Robinson Cobb
(13:21) [20] 		Robinson
(12:23) [18] 		Ishii
(17:54) [24] 		Robinson
(16:26) [32] 		Naito
(13:47) [26] 		—Taichi
(12:27) [28] 		Robinson
(14:41) [16] 		White
(23:01) [30] 		Robinson
(4:28) [22]
Taichi Cobb
(12:30) [24] 		Taichi
(12:11) [22] 		Taichi
(11:56) [32] 		Moxley
(7:36) [16] 		Taichi
(21:01) [18] 		Taichi
(12:27) [28] 		—Takagi
(14:40) [20] 		White
(15:07) [26] 		Yano
(5:04) [30]
Takagi Cobb
(12:27) [26] 		Takagi
(15:10) [32] 		Takagi
(22:41) [30] 		Moxley
(14:45) [22] 		Naito
(27:15) [28] 		Robinson
(14:41) [16] 		Takagi
(14:40) [20] 		—White
(19:26) [24] 		Takagi
(6:16) [18]
White White
(15:50) [22] 		Goto
(21:06) [16] 		Ishii
(19:13) [18] 		White
(15:15) [28] 		White
(18:51) [32] 		White
(23:01) [30] 		White
(15:07) [26] 		White
(19:26) [24] 		—Yano
(3:04) [20]
Yano Cobb
(5:16) [32] 		Goto
(1:42) [24] 		Ishii
(9:36) [28] 		Yano
(5:08) [26] 		Yano
(3:42) [16] 		Robinson
(4:28) [22] 		Yano
(5:04) [30] 		Takagi
(6:16) [18] 		Yano
(3:04) [20] 		—
Final
   
A1 Kota Ibushi Pin
B1 Jay White 31:01 [33]

Reception

Between nights 7 and 8, Deadspin noted how the 2019 G1 Climax offered an excellent platform for Jon Moxley to shine following his departure from WWE; they notably singled out his match against Tomohiro Ishii, calling it "almost certainly Moxley’s best singles match ever, under any name, but it felt significant in another sense. It was good, brutal fun to watch, but it also pointed a way forward for Moxley not just as an attraction, but rather as a brilliant and brilliantly violent wrestler." [38] Many of the tournament's matches were acclaimed, with eight of them attaining a rating of five or more stars by wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer. [39] [40]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">G1 Climax 32</span> 2022 edition of the G1 Climax

The G1 Climax 32 was a professional wrestling tournament promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The tournament commenced on July 16 and concluded on August 18, 2022. It was the thirty-second edition of G1 Climax and the forty-eighth edition of the tournament counting its previous forms under different names.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">G1 Climax 33</span> 2023 edition of the G1 Climax

The G1 Climax 33 was a professional wrestling tournament promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The tournament commenced on July 15 and concluded on August 13, 2023. It is the thirty-third edition of G1 Climax and the forty-ninth edition of the tournament counting its previous forms under different names.

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