G1 Climax 31

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Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateSeptember 18–October 21, 2021
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Tagline(s)Max the Max
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Kazuchika Okada, winner of G1 Climax 31
Tournament information
Sport Professional wrestling
Location
DatesSeptember 18, 2021–October 21, 2021
Tournament
format(s)
Two-block round-robin tournament
Participants20
Final positions
Champion Kazuchika Okada
Runner-up Kota Ibushi
Tournament statistics
Bouts fought91

The G1 Climax 31 was a professional wrestling tournament promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The tournament commenced on September 18 and concluded on October 21, 2021. It is the thirty-first edition of G1 Climax, and forty-seventh edition of the tournament counting its previous forms under different names. B block winner Kazuchika Okada defeated A Block winner Kota Ibushi by referee stoppage after Ibushi suffered an arm injury when he attempted to perform a Phoenix Splash on Okada, forcing referee Red Shoes Unno to stop the match.

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 points for a defeat. Each night of the event sees the ten members of one block compete. On the final day of the event, the winners of each block face each other to determine the winner of the tournament, who also receives a future match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom. The event is broadcast live on TV Asahi and Fighting TV Samurai in Japan, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling World worldwide.

The event saw the G1 Climax debut of Great-O-Khan, Tanga Loa, and Chase Owens. Tetsuya Naito suffered a legitimate knee injury during his match against Zack Sabre Jr. in the tournament's opening night, forcing him to forfeit the remainder of his matches. [1]

Production

Other on-screen personnel
Role:Name:
English Commentators Kevin Kelly
Chris Charlton (nights 1–4, 6, 7, 10, 17–19)
Japanese Commentators Kazuki Kusanagi (nights 17 & 18)
Haruo Murata (nights 3, 6, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16)
Hiroki Mikami (nights 13 & 19)
Jyushin Thunder Liger (nights 1, 2, 11)
Miki Motoi (nights 10 & 19)
Milano Collection A.T.
Shigeki Kiyono (nights 4, 7, 9, 10, 14)
Shunpei Terakawa (nights 1, 2, 5)
Yohei Ohnishi (nights 1 & 2)
Yuichi Tabata (nights 1, 2, 5, 13, 17–19)
Ring announcers Kimihiko Ozaki
Makoto Abe
Referees Kenta Sato
Yuya Sakamoto
Marty Asami
Red Shoes Unno

Tournament rules

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 matches, 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. In case of several wrestler sharing the top score, the results of the matches those wrestlers had when facing each other in the tournament act as tiebreaker, with the one having the most wins over the other top-scorers determining the winner of the block. [2] [3]

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 Young Lion matches have a fifteen-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. [2] [3]

History

On July 8, 2021, NJPW announced that the 2021 edition of the G1 Climax would take place from September to October due to 2020 Summer Olympics was delayed to 2021. [4] During night 2 of Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome on September 5, NJPW announced the full tournament bracket for the G1 Climax. [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]

Venues

Dates [4] VenueLocation
September 18 Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium Namba, Osaka
September 19
September 23 Ota City General Gymnasium Ōta, Tokyo
September 24
September 26 World Memorial Hall Chūō-ku, Kobe
September 29 Korakuen Hall Bunkyo, Tokyo
September 30
October 1 Hamamatsu Arena Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
October 3 Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium Nagoya, Aichi
October 4 Korakuen Hall Bunkyo, Tokyo
October 7 Hiroshima Sun Plaza Nishi-ku, Hiroshima
October 8Kochi Prefectural Gymnasium Kōchi, Kōchi
October 9 Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium Namba, Osaka
October 12 Xebio Arena Sendai Sendai, Miyagi
October 13
October 14 Yamagata City General Sports Center Tendo, Yamagata
October 18Yokohama Budokan Naka-ku, Yokohama
October 20 Nippon Budokan Chiyoda, Tokyo
October 21

Matches

Night 1 (A Block)

The first night of A Block took place on September 18, 2021, at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Namba, Osaka. [8] Tetsuya Naito legitimately injured his knee during his match on Night 1 and had to withdraw from the rest of the competition as a result. [9]

No.Results [8] StipulationsTimes
1 Sho defeated Ryohei Oiwa Singles match 6:08
2 Yujiro Takahashi defeated Kota Ibushi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:31
3 Great-O-Khan defeated Tanga Loa Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:45
4 Toru Yano defeated Kenta Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:07
5 Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Tetsuya Naito by submission Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament27:05
6 Shingo Takagi defeated Tomohiro Ishii Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament27:56

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Toru Yano Win02
Yujiro Takahashi Win02
Great-O-Khan Win02
Zack Sabre Jr. Win02
Shingo Takagi Win02
2 Tomohiro Ishii Loss00
Tetsuya Naito Loss00
Tanga Loa Loss00
Kota Ibushi Loss00
Kenta Loss00

Night 2 (B Block)

The first night of B Block took place on September 19, 2021, at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Namba, Osaka. [10]

No.Results [10] StipulationsTimes
1 Sho defeated Kosei Fujita by referee stoppage Singles match 8:09
2 Evil defeated Yoshi-Hashi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:15
3 Jeff Cobb defeated Chase Owens Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:11
4 Sanada defeated Tama Tonga Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament19:04
5 Taichi defeated Hirooki Goto Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:30
6 Kazuchika Okada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament29:36

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Jeff Cobb Win02
Evil Win02
Taichi Win02
Sanada Win02
Kazuchika Okada Win02
2 Hiroshi Tanahashi Loss00
Tama Tonga Loss00
Hirooki Goto Loss00
Yoshi-Hashi Loss00
Chase Owens Loss00

Night 3 (A Block)

The second night of A Block took place on September 23, 2021, at Ota City General Gymnasium in Ōta, Tokyo. [11]

No.Results [11] StipulationsTimes
1 Tanga Loa defeated Yuji Nagata Singles match 15:35
2 Great-O-Khan defeated Toru Yano Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:30
3 Kenta defeated Yujiro Takahashi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:48
4 Kota Ibushi defeated Tomohiro Ishii Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:42
5 Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Shingo Takagi by submission Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament27:17

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Great-O-Khan Win46
2 Zack Sabre Jr. Win24
Kenta Win24
Kota Ibushi Win24
Shingo Takagi Loss44
Toru Yano Loss44
Yujiro Takahashi Loss44
3 Tomohiro Ishii Loss22
Tanga Loa Win [lower-alpha 1] 22
4 Tetsuya Naito Loss00

Night 4 (B Block)

The second night of B Block took place on September 24, 2021, at Ota City General Gymnasium in Ōta, Tokyo. [12]

No.Results [12] StipulationsTimes
1 Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Hirooki Goto Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:10
2 Tama Tonga defeated Chase Owens Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:59
3 Jeff Cobb defeated Yoshi-Hashi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament13:21
4 Taichi defeated Sanada Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament25:15
5 Kazuchika Okada defeated Evil Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament21:46

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Jeff Cobb Win24
Taichi Win24
Kazuchika Okada Win24
2 Sanada Loss22
Evil Loss22
Hiroshi Tanahashi Win02
Tama Tonga Win02
3 Yoshi-Hashi Loss00
Hirooki Goto Loss00
Chase Owens Loss00

Night 5 (A Block)

The third night of A Block took place on September 26, 2021, at World Memorial Hall in Chūō-ku, Kobe. [13]

No.Results [13] StipulationsTimes
1 Master Wato defeated Kosei Fujita Singles match 6:21
2 Shingo Takagi defeated Yuji Nagata Singles match 16:51
3 Great-O-Khan defeated Yujiro Takahashi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:15
4 Toru Yano defeated Tanga Loa Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament10:46
5 Kenta defeated Tomohiro Ishii Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament21:08
6 Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Kota Ibushi by submission Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament19:55

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Great-O-Khan Win68
2 Zack Sabre Jr. Win46
Kenta Win46
Toru Yano Win46
3 Shingo Takagi Win [lower-alpha 1] 44
Kota Ibushi Loss44
Yujiro Takahashi Loss44
4 Tomohiro Ishii Loss22
Tanga Loa Loss22
5 Tetsuya Naito Loss00

Night 6 (B Block)

The third night of B Block took place on September 29, 2021, at Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo. [14]

No.Results [14] StipulationsTimes
1 Evil defeated Taichi by referee stoppage Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:30
2 Sanada defeated Chase Owens Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:58
3 Jeff Cobb defeated Hirooki Goto Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:08
4 Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Tama Tonga Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:17
5 Kazuchika Okada defeated Yoshi-Hashi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament26:53

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Jeff Cobb Win46
Kazuchika Okada Win46
2 Hiroshi Tanahashi Win24
Sanada Win24
Taichi Loss44
Evil Win24
3 Tama Tonga Loss22
4 Yoshi-Hashi Loss00
Hirooki Goto Loss00
Chase Owens Loss00

Night 7 (A Block)

The fourth night of A Block took place on September 30, 2021, at Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo. [15]

No.Results [15] StipulationsTimes
1 Yujiro Takahashi defeated Bushi Singles match 13:01
2 Tomohiro Ishii defeated Tanga Loa Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament16:18
3 Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Great-O-Khan by submission Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:26
4 Kota Ibushi defeated Toru Yano Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament4:03
5 Shingo Takagi defeated Kenta Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament23:56

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Zack Sabre Jr. Win68
Great-O-Khan Loss88
2 Shingo Takagi Win46
Kenta Loss66
Toru Yano Loss66
Kota Ibushi Win46
3 Yujiro Takahashi Win [lower-alpha 1] 44
Tomohiro Ishii Win24
4 Tanga Loa Loss22
5 Tetsuya Naito Loss00

Night 8 (B Block)

The fourth night of B Block took place on October 1, 2021, at Hamamatsu Arena in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. [16]

No.Results [16] StipulationsTimes
1 Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Ryohei Oiwa Singles match 7:36
2 Jeff Cobb defeated Tama Tonga Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:47
3 Evil defeated Chase Owens Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:38
4 Yoshi-Hashi defeated Taichi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament22:26
5 Kazuchika Okada defeated Hirooki Goto Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:06
6 Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Sanada Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament25:36

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Jeff Cobb Win68
Kazuchika Okada Win68
2 Evil Win46
Hiroshi Tanahashi Win46
3 Sanada Loss44
Taichi Loss44
4 Tama Tonga Loss22
Yoshi-Hashi Win02
5 Chase Owens Loss00
Hirooki Goto Loss00

Night 9 (A Block)

The fifth night of A Block took place on October 3, 2021, at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Naka-ku, Nagoya. [17]

No.Results [17] StipulationsTimes
1 Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Kosei Fujita by submission Singles match 7:34
2 Toru Yano defeated Bushi Singles match 7:14
3 Kenta defeated Great-O-Khan Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament19:39
4 Tanga Loa defeated Yujiro Takahashi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:36
5 Tomohiro Ishii defeated Zack Sabre Jr. Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:40
6 Kota Ibushi defeated Shingo Takagi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament23:57

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Zack Sabre Jr. Loss88
Great-O-Khan Loss88
Kenta Win68
Kota Ibushi Win68
2 Shingo Takagi Loss66
Toru Yano Win [lower-alpha 1] 66
Tomohiro Ishii Win46
3 Yujiro Takahashi Loss44
Tanga Loa Win24
4 Tetsuya Naito Loss00

Night 10 (B Block)

The fifth night of B Block took place on October 4, 2021, at Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo. [18]

No.Results [18] StipulationsTimes
1 Chase Owens defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament10:58
2 Evil defeated Tama Tonga Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament13:47
3 Jeff Cobb defeated Taichi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:15
4 Hirooki Goto defeated Yoshi-Hashi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament16:57
5 Kazuchika Okada defeated Sanada Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament29:14

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Jeff Cobb Win810
Kazuchika Okada Win810
2 Evil Win68
3 Hiroshi Tanahashi Loss66
4 Sanada Loss44
Taichi Loss44
5 Tama Tonga Loss22
Hirooki Goto Win02
Chase Owens Win02
Yoshi-Hashi Loss22

Night 11 (A Block)

The sixth night of the A Block took place on October 7, 2021, at Hiroshima Sun Plaza in Nishi-ku, Hiroshima. [19]

No.Results [19] StipulationsTimes
1 El Desperado defeated Ryohei Oiwa by submission Singles match 6:38
2 Kenta defeated Hiromu Takahashi Singles match 19:01
3 Kota Ibushi defeated Tanga Loa Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament13:46
4 Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Yujiro Takahashi by submission Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:15
5 Shingo Takagi defeated Toru Yano Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament8:17
6 Tomohiro Ishii defeated Great-O-Khan Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament26:26

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Zack Sabre Jr. Win810
Kota Ibushi Win810
2 Great-O-Khan Loss88
Kenta Win [lower-alpha 1] 88
Shingo Takagi Win68
Tomohiro Ishii Win68
3 Toru Yano Loss66
4 Tanga Loa Loss44
Yujiro Takahashi Loss44
5 Tetsuya Naito Loss00

Night 12 (B Block)

The sixth night of the B Block took place on October 8, 2021, at Kochi Prefectural Gymnasium in Kochi, Kochi. [20]

No.Results [20] StipulationsTimes
1 El Desperado defeated Kosei Fujita Singles match 8:27
2 Yoshi-Hashi defeated Tama Tonga Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament13:14
3 Hirooki Goto defeated Chase Owens Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:41
4 Jeff Cobb defeated Sanada Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:17
5 Evil defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:22
6 Kazuchika Okada defeated Taichi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament23:10

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Jeff Cobb Win1012
Kazuchika Okada Win1012
2 Evil Win810
3 Hiroshi Tanahashi Loss66
4 Sanada Loss44
Taichi Loss44
Hirooki Goto Win24
Yoshi-Hashi Win24
5 Tama Tonga Loss22
Chase Owens Loss22

Night 13 (A Block)

The seventh night of A Block took place on October 9, 2021, at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Namba, Osaka. [21]

No.Results [21] StipulationsTimes
1 Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Kosei Fujita and Ryohei Oiwa Tag Team match 9:31
2 Tomohiro Ishii defeated Hiromu Takahashi Singles match 18:13
3 Kenta defeated Zack Sabre Jr. Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament22:24
4 Toru Yano defeated Yujiro Takahashi by Count Out Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament10:23
5 Shingo Takagi defeated Tanga Loa Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament19:08
6 Kota Ibushi defeated Great-O-Khan Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament20:22

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Kota Ibushi Win1012
2 Zack Sabre Jr. Loss1010
Kenta Win810
Shingo Takagi Win810
3 Toru Yano Win68
Great-O-Khan Loss88
Tomohiro Ishii Win [lower-alpha 1] 88
4 Yujiro Takahashi Loss44
Tanga Loa Loss44
5 Tetsuya Naito Loss00

Night 14 (B Block)

The seventh night of B Block took place on October 12, 2021, at Xebio Arena Sendai in Sendai, Miyagi. [22]

No.Results [22] StipulationsTimes
1 Hiromu Takahashi defeated Ryohei Oiwa Singles match 7:16
2 Tama Tonga defeated Taichi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:58
3 Sanada defeated Yoshi-Hashi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:35
4 Kazuchika Okada defeated Chase Owens Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:37
5 Evil defeated Hirooki Goto Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:16
6 Jeff Cobb defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament19:05

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Jeff Cobb Win1214
Kazuchika Okada Win1214
2 Evil Win1012
3 Hiroshi Tanahashi Loss66
Sanada Win46
4 Taichi Loss44
Hirooki Goto Loss44
Yoshi-Hashi Loss44
Tama Tonga Win24
5 Chase Owens Loss22

Night 15 (A Block)

The eighth night of A Block took place on October 13, 2021, at Xebio Arena Sendai in Sendai, Miyagi. [23]

No.Results [23] StipulationsTimes
1 Hiromu Takahashi defeated Kosei Fujita Singles match 7:46
2 Kota Ibushi defeated Satoshi Kojima Singles match 14:56
3 Tomohiro Ishii defeated Yujiro Takahashi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:00
4 Kenta defeated Tanga Loa Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament22:12
5 Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Toru Yano by submission Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament6:42
6 Shingo Takagi defeated Great-O-Khan Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament25:50

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Kota Ibushi Win [lower-alpha 1] 1212
Zack Sabre Jr. Win1012
Kenta Win1012
Shingo Takagi Win1012
2 Tomohiro Ishii Win810
3 Toru Yano Loss88
Great-O-Khan Loss88
4 Yujiro Takahashi Loss44
Tanga Loa Loss44
5 Tetsuya Naito Loss00

Night 16 (B Block)

The eighth night of B Block took place on October 14, 2021, at Yamagata City General Sports Center in Tendo, Yamagata. [24]

No.Results [24] StipulationsTimes
1 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi) defeated Kosei Fujita and Ryohei Oiwa Tag Team match 7:12
2 Chase Owens defeated Taichi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:05
3 Sanada defeated Hirooki Goto Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:32
4 Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Yoshi-Hashi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:13
5 Jeff Cobb defeated Evil Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament16:45
6 Tama Tonga defeated Kazuchika Okada Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament24:45

Tournament scores

RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Jeff Cobb Win1416
2 Kazuchika Okada Loss1414
3 Evil Loss1212
4 Hiroshi Tanahashi Win68
Sanada Win68
5 Tama Tonga Win46
6 Taichi Loss44
Hirooki Goto Loss44
Yoshi-Hashi Loss44
Chase Owens Win24

Night 17 (A Block Final)

The ninth night of A Block took place on October 18, 2021, at Yokohama Budokan in Naka-ku, Yokohama. [25]

No.Results [25] StipulationsTimes
1 Great-O-Khan defeated Satoshi Kojima Singles match 10:25
2 Toru Yano defeated Tomohiro Ishii Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:08
3 Shingo Takagi vs. Yujiro Takahashi ended in double count-out [lower-alpha 2] Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament13:36
4 Tanga Loa defeated Zack Sabre Jr. Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:31
5 Kota Ibushi defeated Kenta Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament26:16

Tournament scores

Colors

Won the block

Did not win the block
RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Kota Ibushi Win1214
2 Shingo Takagi Draw1213
3 Kenta Loss1212
Zack Sabre Jr. Loss1212
4 Toru Yano Win810
Tomohiro Ishii Loss1010
5 Great-O-Khan Win [lower-alpha 1] 88
6 Tanga Loa Win46
7 Yujiro Takahashi Draw45
8 Tetsuya Naito Loss00

Night 18 (B Block Final)

The ninth night of B Block took place on October 20, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. [26]

No.Results [26] StipulationsTimes
1 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi) defeated Kosei Fujita and Ryohei Oiwa Tag Team match 8:07
2 Yoshi-Hashi defeated Chase Owens Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament8:27
3 Hirooki Goto defeated Tama Tonga Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:19
4 Taichi defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:58
5 Evil defeated Sanada Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:47
6 Kazuchika Okada defeated Jeff Cobb Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament23:35

Tournament scores

Colors

Won the block

Did not win the block
RankWrestlerResultPoints
PrePost
1 Kazuchika Okada Win1416
Jeff Cobb Loss1616
2 Evil Win1214
3 Hiroshi Tanahashi Loss88
Sanada Loss88
4 Hirooki Goto Win46
Yoshi-Hashi Win46
Tama Tonga Loss66
Taichi Win46
5 Chase Owens Loss44

Night 19 (Final)

The final night took place on October 21, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. [27]

No.Results [27] StipulationsTimes
1 Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru and El Desperado) defeated Kosei Fujita and Ryohei Oiwa by submission Tag team match 8:40
2 Yuji Nagata and Toru Yano defeated United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb) Tag team match 8:29
3 House of Torture [ broken anchor ] (Sho, Yujiro Takahashi and Evil) defeated Chaos (Yoshi-Hashi, Tomohiro Ishii and Hirooki Goto) Six-man tag team match 11:20
4 Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga and Kenta) defeated Tiger Mask, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Great Bash Heel (Tomoaki Honma and Togi Makabe) Eight-man tag team match 10:41
5 Katsuyori Shibata vs. Zack Sabre Jr. ended in a time limit draw Singles match
This was a 5-minute exhibition match under UWF rules.		5:00
6 Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, Sanada and Shingo Takagi) defeated Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi and Tencozy (Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan) Eight-man tag team match 12:17
7 Kazuchika Okada defeated Kota Ibushi by referee stoppage Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament final25:37

Participants

On Night 1 of A Block competition, Tetsuya Naito suffered a legitimate knee injury in his match with Zack Sabre Jr., resulting in Naito having to withdraw from the tournament. All his remaining tournament matches were declared forfeits on Naito's part. [28]

Final standings
A BlockB Block
Kota Ibushi 14 Kazuchika Okada 16
Shingo Takagi 13 Jeff Cobb 16
Kenta 12 Evil 14
Zack Sabre Jr. 12 Hiroshi Tanahashi 8
Toru Yano 10 Sanada 8
Tomohiro Ishii 10 Hirooki Goto 6
Great-O-Khan 8 Yoshi-Hashi 6
Tanga Loa 6 Tama Tonga 6
Yujiro Takahashi 5 Taichi 6
Tetsuya Naito
(withdrawn)		0 Chase Owens 4
Tournament overview
Block A O-Khan Ibushi Ishii Kenta Loa Naito Sabre Takagi Takahashi Yano
O-Khan —Ibushi
(20:22)		Ishii
(26:26)		Kenta
(19:39)		O-Khan
(17:45) [29] 		O-Khan
(Forfeit) [30] 		Sabre
(15:26)		Takagi
(25:50)		O-Khan
(14:15) [31] 		O-Khan
(11:30) [32]
Ibushi Ibushi
(20:22)		—Ibushi
(17:42) [32] 		Ibushi
(26:16)		Ibushi
(13:46)		Ibushi
(Forfeit) [30] 		Sabre
(19:55) [31] 		Ibushi
(23:57)		Takahashi
(11:31) [29] 		Ibushi
(4:03)
Ishii Ishii
(26:26)		Ibushi
(17:42) [32] 		—Kenta
(21:08) [31] 		Ishii
(16:18)		Ishii
(Forfeit) [30] 		Ishii
(18:40)		Takagi
(27:56) [29] 		Ishii
(17:00)		Yano
(11:08)
Kenta Kenta
(19:39)		Ibushi
(26:16)		Kenta
(21:08) [31] 		—Kenta
(22:12)		Kenta
(Forfeit) [30] 		Kenta
(22:24)		Takagi
(23:56)		Kenta
(15:48) [32] 		Yano
(11:07) [29]
Loa O-Khan
(17:45) [29] 		Ibushi
(13:46)		Ishii
(16:18)		Kenta
(22:12)		—Loa
(Forfeit) [30] 		Loa
(17:31)		Takagi
(19:08)		Loa
(12:36)		Yano
(10:46) [31]
Naito O-Khan
(Forfeit) [30] 		Ibushi
(Forfeit) [30] 		Ishii
(Forfeit) [30] 		Kenta
(Forfeit) [30] 		Loa
(Forfeit) [30] 		—Sabre
(27:05) [29] 		Takagi
(Forfeit) [30] 		Takahashi
(Forfeit) [30] 		Yano
(Forfeit) [30]
Sabre Sabre
(15:26)		Sabre
(19:55) [31] 		Ishii
(18:40)		Kenta
(22:24)		Loa
(17:31)		Sabre
(27:05) [29] 		—Sabre
(27:17) [32] 		Sabre
(14:15)		Sabre
(6:42)
Takagi Takagi
(25:50)		Ibushi
(23:57)		Takagi
(27:56) [29] 		Takagi
(23:56)		Takagi
(19:08)		Takagi
(Forfeit) [30] 		Sabre
(27:17) [32] 		—Draw
(13:36)		Takagi
(8:17)
Takahashi O-Khan
(14:15) [31] 		Takahashi
(11:31) [29] 		Ishii
(17:00)		Kenta
(15:48) [32] 		Loa
(12:36)		Takahashi
(Forfeit) [30] 		Sabre
(14:15)		Draw
(13:36)		—Yano
(10:23)
Yano O-Khan
(11:30) [32] 		Ibushi
(4:03)		Yano
(11:08)		Yano
(11:07) [29] 		Yano
(10:46) [31] 		Yano
(Forfeit) [30] 		Sabre
(6:42)		Takagi
(8:17)		Yano
(10:23)		—
Block B Cobb Evil Goto Okada Owens Sanada Taichi Tanahashi Tonga Yoshi-Hashi
Cobb —Cobb
(16:45)		Cobb
(15:08)		Okada
(23:35)		Cobb
(12:11) [33] 		Cobb
(14:17)		Cobb
(15:15)		Cobb
(19:05)		Cobb
(12:35)		Cobb
(13:21) [34]
Evil Cobb
(16:45)		—Evil
(14:16)		Okada
(21:46) [34] 		Evil
(12:28)		Evil
(17:47)		Evil
(11:30)		Evil
(17:22)		Evil
(13:47)		Evil
(17:15) [33]
Goto Cobb
(15:08)		Evil
(14:16)		—Okada
(18:06)		Goto
(12:41)		Sanada
(15:32)		Taichi
(18:30) [33] 		Tanahashi
(14:10) [34] 		Goto
(15:19)		Goto
(16:57)
Okada Okada
(23:35)		Okada
(21:46) [34] 		Okada
(18:06)		—Okada
(15:37)		Okada
(29:14)		Okada
(23:10)		Okada
(29:36) [33] 		Tonga
(24:45)		Okada
(26:53)
Owens Cobb
(12:11) [33] 		Evil
(12:28)		Goto
(12:41)		Okada
(15:37)		—Sanada
(11:58)		Owens
(12:05)		Owens
(10:58)		Tonga
(12:59) [34] 		Yoshi-Hashi
(8:27)
Sanada Cobb
(14:17)		Evil
(17:47)		Sanada
(15:32)		Okada
(29:14)		Sanada
(11:58)		—Taichi
(25:15) [34] 		Tanahashi
(18:06)		Sanada
(19:04)		Sanada
(17:35)
Taichi Cobb
(15:15)		Evil
(11:30)		Taichi
(18:30) [33] 		Okada
(23:10)		Owens
(12:05)		Taichi
(25:15) [34] 		—Taichi
(14:58)		Tonga
(12:58)		Yoshi-Hashi
(22:23)
Tanahashi Cobb
(19:05)		Evil
(17:22)		Tanahashi
(14:10) [34] 		Okada
(29:36) [33] 		Owens
(10:58)		Tanahashi
(18:06)		Taichi
(14:58)		—Tanahashi
(14:07)		Tanahashi
(14:13)
Tonga Cobb
(12:35)		Evil
(13:47)		Goto
(15:19)		Tonga
(24:45)		Tonga
(12:59) [34] 		Sanada
(19:04) [33] 		Tonga
(12:58)		Tanahashi
(14:07)		—Yoshi-Hashi
(13:14)
Yoshi-Hashi Cobb
(13:21) [34] 		Evil
(17:15) [33] 		Goto
(16:57)		Okada
(26:53)		Yoshi-Hashi
(8:27)		Sanada
(17:35)		Yoshi-Hashi
(22:26)		Tanahashi
(14:13)		Yoshi-Hashi
(13:14)		—
Final
   
A1 Kota Ibushi 25:37
B1 Kazuchika Okada Stop

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tetsuya Naito suffered a legitimate knee injury in his first round match against Zack Sabre Jr. All of Naito's remaining tournament matches were pre-emptively declared forfeit wins for his opponents.
  2. ↑ Takagi vs. Takahashi is the first double count-out in a G1 Climax match since Masato Tanaka vs. Giant Bernard in 2009.

Aftermath

On the final night of G1 Climax 31, Zack Sabre Jr. had an impromptu 5-minute, special exhibition grappling match with Katsuyori Shibata, marking Shibata's return to in-ring action since suffering a subdural hematoma at Sakura Genesis 2017, which put him out of action for over 4 years. The bout went to the time limit and no winner was declared. Afterwards, Shibata addressed the crowd, saying the next time he will step back into the ring, it will be in his ring gear, presumably in a sanctioned wrestling match. [35] During the finals for World Tag League and Best of Super Juniors 28, Shibata would address the crowd, announcing his first official match since Sakura Genesis would take place on January 4, 2022, at Wrestle Kingdom 16. [36]

In a press conference after winning the tournament, Okada proposed to NJPW chairman Naoki Sugabayashi to hold and defend the previous version of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship belt, seen from 2008–2021, instead of the usual briefcase which holds the Tokyo Dome IWGP World Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate. Sugabayashi accepted the proposal, and the former title belt returned to represent Okada's G1 win on the first show of the Road to Power Struggle tour. [37] Okada would go on to beat Shingo Takagi on January 4 at Wrestle Kingdom 16, where he finally retired the 4th Generation title belt on his terms in the Tokyo Dome at the end of the night.

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