NJPW Announces G1 Climax 33 Blocks And Tournament Cards

The blocks for this year’s G1 Climax are set. 

During the June 10 New Japan Road show in Chiba, New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced the participants in each block for the G1 Climax 33 tournament. 

The field will be divided into four blocks, with eight wrestlers in each block. The G1 Climax 33 is set to begin on July 15 in Hokkaido and conclude on August 13 in  Ryogoku.

A Block

• SANADA
• Chase Owens
• Hikuleo
• Ren Narita
• Shota Umino
• Yota Tsuji
• Gabe Kidd
• Kaito Kiyomiya

B Block

• Kazuchika Okada
• YOSHI-HASHI
• Taichi
• KENTA
• Great-O-Khan
• Will Ospreay
• Tanga Loa
• El Phantasmo

C Block

• David Finlay
• Tomohiro Ishii
• EVIL
• Tama Tonga
• Shingo Takagi
• Aaron Henare
• Eddie Kingston
• Mikey Nicholls

D Block

• Hiroshi Tanahashi
• Tetsuya Naito
• Hirooki Goto
• Zack Sabre Jr.
• Toru Yano
• Jeff Cobb
• Shane Haste
• Alex Coughlin

NJPW has also revealed the cards for each night of the tournament. This year, the top two participants from each block will advance to an elimination phase of quarter, semi, and finals matches, with “faster action encouraged” with only twenty minutes on the clock for block matchups.

Fans can see the full schedule below:

July 25

– A Block: SANADA vs. Kaito Kiyomiya
– B Block: Kazuchika Okada vs. YOSHI-HASHI
– A Block: Ren Narita vs. Hikuleo
– B Block: Tanga Loa vs. El Phantasmo 
– A Block: Yota Tsuji vs. Chase Owens
– B Block: Taichi vs. KENTA
– A Block: Shota Umino vs. Gabe Kidd
– B Block: Will Ospreay vs. Great-O-Khan

July 26 

– D Block: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Jeff Cobb 
– C Block: Tama Tonga vs. David Finlay 
– D Block: Tetsuya Naito vs. Shane Haste 
– C Block: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Eddie Kingston 
– D Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Toru Yano 
– C Block: Shingo Takagi vs. Mikey Nicholls 
– D Block: Hirooki Goto vs. Alex Coughlin 
– C Block:  Aaron Henare vs. EVIL 

July 27

– B Block: Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay 
– A Block: SANADA vs. Ren Narita 
– B Block: El Phantasmo vs. KENTA
– A Block: Hikuleo vs. Yota Tsuji
– B Block: Tanga Loa vs. Great-O-Khan 
– A Block: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Gabe Kidd 
– B Block: YOSHI-HASHI vs. Taichi 
– A Block: Shota Umino vs. Chase Owens 

July 30

– D Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto 
– C Block: Tama Tonga vs. Shingo Takagi
– D Block: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Shane Haste 
– C Block: Tomohiro Ishii vs. EVIL 
– D Block: Tetsuya Naito vs. Alex Coughlin 
– C Block: Mikey Nicholls vs. Eddie Kingston 
– D Block: Toru Yano vs. Jeff Cobb 
– C Block: Aaron Henare vs. David Finlay 

August 1

– B Block: Kazuchika Okada vs. KENTA 
– A Block: Shota Umino vs. Yota Tsuji
– B Block: Tanga Loa vs. Will Ospreay 
– A Block: SANADA vs. Gabe Kidd 
– B Block: Taichi vs. El Phantasmo 
– A Block: Ren Narita vs. Chase Owens 
– B Block: YOSHI-HASHI vs. Great-O-Khan 
– A Block: Hikuleo vs. Kaito Kiyomiya 

August 2 

– C Block: Shingo Takagi vs. David Finlay 
– D Block: Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr. 
– C Block: Tama Tonga vs. Eddie Kingston
– D Block: Hirooki Goto vs. Jeff Cobb
– C Block: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Aaron Henare 
– D Block: Toru Yano vs. Shane Haste
– C Block: Mikey Nicholls vs. EVIL 
– D Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Alex Coughlin

August 5 

SANADA vs. Chase Owens 
Ren Narita vs. Kaito Kiyomiya 
Shota Umino vs. Hikuleo 
Yota Tsuji vs. Gabe Kidd 

August 6

– B Block: El Phantasmo vs. Will Ospreay 
– B Block: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tanga Loa 
– B Block: Taichi vs. Great-O-Khan 
– B Block: YOSHI-HASHI vs. KENTA

August 8 

– C Block: Eddie Kingston vs. David Finlay 
– C Block: Shingo Takagi vs. EVIL
– C Block: Tama Tonga vs. Aaron Henare
– C Block: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Mikey Nicholls

August 9

– D Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito 
– D Block: Hirooki Goto vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
– D Block: Jeff Cobb vs. Shane Haste 
– D Block: Toru Yano vs. Alex Coughlin 

August 10

– A Block first place vs. C Block second place

– B Block first place vs. D Block second place

– C Block first place vs. B Block second place

– D Block first place vs. A Block second place

August 12
– Semifinals

August 13
– Finals

Fightful will have results and updated standings throughout the G1 tournament following the conclusion of each event.