This July, NJPW puts on their 27th G1 Climax tournament.
For the uninitiated, it's a round robin tournament with two separate blocks. Each match has a 30 minute time limit and you get two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss.
After you face everyone in your block, the participants with the highest point total in each block face each other for a briefcase which lets them challenge for the title at Wrestle Kingdom. If the champion wins, he picks his opponent.
B Block in particular has a number of intriguing matchups, including EVIL vs SANADA and the Okada vs Omega rubber match.
The surprise entrant outsider this year is none other than the maddest man in all of professional wrasslin, Kota Ibushi who's in a separate block from his former tag team partner Kenny Omega. Could we see them in the Final?
* A-Block: Bad Luck Fale vs. Togi Makabe
* A-Block: Yuji Nagata vs. YOSHI-HASHI
* A-Block: Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii
* A-Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
* A-Block: Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito
* B-Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. Juice Robinson
* B-Block: Michael Elgin vs. Tama Tonga
* B-Block: Kazuchika Okada vs. Toru Yano
* B-Block: SANADA vs. EVIL
* B-Block: Kenny Omega vs. Minoru Suzuki
* A-Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale
* A-Block: Togi Makabe vs. Tomohiro Ishii
* A-Block: Yuji Nagata vs. Hirooki Goto
* A-Block: Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
* A-Block: YOSHI-HASHI vs. Tetsuya Naito
* B-Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. Toru Yano
* B-Block: Juice Robinson vs. EVIL
* B-Block: Kazuchika Okada vs. Michael Elgin
* B-Block: Kenny Omega vs. Tama Tonga
* B-Block: SANADA vs. Minoru Suzuki
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July 23 @ 2AM PDT / 5AM EDT / 10AM BST / 6PM JST
* A-Block: YOSHI-HASHI vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
* A-Block: Tetsuya Naito vs. Bad Luck Fale
* A-Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuji Nagata
* A-Block: Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
* A-Block: Togi Makabe vs. Hirooki Goto
* B-Block: Tama Tonga vs. EVIL
* B-Block: Juice Robinson vs. Minoru Suzuki
* B-Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. Michael Elgin
* B-Block: Kenny Omega vs. Toru Yano
* B-Block: Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA
* A-Block: Zack Sabre Jr vs. Bad Luck Fale
* A-Block: YOSHI-HASHI vs. Tomohiro Ishii
* A-Block: Yuji Nagata vs. Tetsuya Naito
* A-Block: Togi Makabe vs. Kota Ibushi
* A-Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto
* B-Block: Juice Robinson vs. Tama Tonga
* B-Block: Toru Yano vs. SANADA
* B-Block: Kazuchika Okada vs. Satoshi Kojima
* B-Block: EVIL vs. Minoru Suzuki
* B-Block: Michael Elgin vs. Kenny Omega
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July 29 @ 2AM PDT / 5AM EDT / 10AM BST / 6PM JST
* A-Block: Hirooki Goto vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
* A-Block: Kota Ibushi vs. Bad Luck Fale
* A-Block: Togi Makabe vs. Yuji Nagata
* A-Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOSHI-HASHI
* A-Block: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito
* B-Block: Minoru Suzuki vs. Tama Tonga
* B-Block: Toru Yano vs. EVIL
* B-Block: Michael Elgin vs. SANADA
* B-Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. Kenny Omega
* B-Block: Juice Robinson vs. Kazuchika Okada
* A-Block: YOSHI-HASHI vs. Bad Luck Fale
* A-Block: Togi Makabe vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
* A-Block: Hirooki Goto vs. Tetsuya Naito
* A-Block: Yuji Nagata vs. Tomohiro Ishii
* A-Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi
* B-Block: Michael Elgin vs. Toru Yano
* B-Block: Juice Robinson vs. SANADA
* B-Block: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tama Tonga
* B-Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. Minoru Suzuki
* B-Block: Kenny Omega vs. EVIL
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August 4 @ 3AM PDT / 6AM EDT / 11AM BST / 7PM JST
* A-Block: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Bad Luck Fale
* A-Block: Hirooki Goto vs. YOSHI-HASHI
* A-Block: Yuji Nagata vs. Kota Ibushi
* A-Block: Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
* A-Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Togi Makabe
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August 5 @ 1AM PDT / 4AM EDT / 9AM BST / 5PM JST
* B-Block: Toru Yano vs. Tama Tonga
* B-Block: Juice Robinson vs. Kenny Omega
* B-Block: Michael Elgin vs. Minoru Suzuki
* B-Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. SANADA
* B-Block: Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL
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August 6 @ 12AM PDT / 3AM EDT / 8AM BST / 4PM JST
* A-Block: Hirooki Goto vs. Bad Luck Fale
* A-Block: Kota Ibushi vs. YOSHI-HASHI
* A-Block: Yuji Nagata vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
* A-Block: Togi Makabe vs. Tetsuya Naito
* A-Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
* B-Block: Juice Robinson vs. Toru Yano
* B-Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. Tama Tonga
* B-Block: Michael Elgin vs. EVIL
* B-Block: Kenny Omega vs. SANADA
* B-Block: Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki
* A-Block: Yuji Nagata vs. Bad Luck Fale
* A-Block: Togi Makabe vs. YOSHI-HASHI
* A-Block: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
* A-Block: Kota Ibushi vs. Hirooki Goto
* A-Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito
* B-Block: Tama Tonga vs. SANADA
* B-Block: Michael Elgin vs. Juice Robinson
* B-Block: EVIL vs. Satoshi Kojima
* B-Block: Toru Yano vs. Minoru Suzuki
* B-Block: Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega
The schedule will be interesting because we can basically pin down the 4 candidates that will wrestle to reach the Final and both blocks are star heavy enough to make it fairly predictable (though in this case that's not a bad thing at all).
Like a said in the puro thread. I hope Nagata's last G-1 match is in Sumo Hall against Tanahashi. Give the old fella a big good bye with a throwback to the feud that saved the
company
So either Naito, Omega, or Okada winning it. Maybe Omega & Okada got to the time limit again or Omega beats him, Okada wins the whole thing, & challenges Omega to break the 1-1-1 record
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