NJPW Reveals Full Lineups For G1 Climax 31
The lineups are set for the G1 Climax 31.
The action begins for the annual NJPW G1 Climax on Saturday, September 18 with A Block. The following night, B Block will kick off. The tournament runs through October 20 at Nippon Budokan with the B Block finale. A Block action ends on October 18 in Yokohama.
Here is the full schedule of matches:
September 18 – Osaka
- Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
- Toru Yano vs. KENTA
- Great-O-Khan vs. Tanga Loa
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tetsuya Naito
- Kota Ibushi vs. Yujiro Takahashi
September 19 – Osaka
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada
- SANADA vs. Tama Tonga
- Jeff Cobb vs. Chase Owens
- YOSHI-HASHI vs. EVIL
- Hirooki Goto vs. Taichi
September 23- Ota
- Shingo Takagi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
- Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
- Tetsuya Naito vs. Tanga Loa
- KENTA vs. Yujiro Takahashi
- Toru Yano vs. Great-O-Khan
September 24 – Ota
- Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL
- SANADA vs. Taichi
- YOSHI-HASHI vs. Jeff Cobb
- Tama Tonga vs. Chase Owens
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto
September 26 – Kobe
- Shingo Takagi vs. Tetsuya Naito
- Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
- Tomohiro Ishii vs. KENTA
- Toru Yano vs. Tanga Loa
- Great-O-Khan vs. Yujiro Takahashi
September 29 – Korakuen Hall
- Kazuchika Okada vs. YOSHI-HASHI
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tama Tonga
- Hirooki Goto vs. Jeff Cobb
- SANADA vs. Chase Owens
- Taichi vs. EVIL
September 30 – Korakuen Hall
- Shingo Takagi vs. KENTA
- Tetsuya Natio vs. Yujiro Takahashi
- Kota Ibushi vs. Toru Yano
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. The Great-O-Khan
- Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tanga Loa
October 1 – Shizuoka
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. SANADA
- Kazuchika Okada vs. Hirooki Goto
- YOSHI-HASHI vs. Taichi
- EVIL vs. Chase Owens
- Jeff Cobb vs. Tama Tonga
October 3 – Nagoya
- Kota Ibushi vs. Shingo Takagi
- Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
- Tetsuya Naito vs. Toru Yano
- Tanga Loa vs. Yujiro Takahashi
- Great-O-Khan vs. KENTA
October 4 – Korakuen
- Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA
- Hirooki Goto vs. YOSHI-HASHI
- Jeff Cobb vs. Taichi
- EVIL vs. Tama Tonga
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Chase Owens
October 7 – Hiroshima
- Tetsuya Naito vs. KENTA
- Tomohiro Ishii vs. The Great-O-Khan
- Toru Yano vs. Shingo Takagi
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Yujiro Takahashi
- Kota Ibushi vs. Tanga Loa
October 8 – Kochi
- Kazuchika Okada vs. Taichi
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. EVIL
- SANADA vs. Jeff Cobb
- Hirooki Goto vs. Chase Owens
- YOSHI-HASHI vs. Tama Tonga
October 9 – Osaka
- Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito
- Kota Ibushi vs. Great-O-Khan
- Shingo Takagi vs. Tanga Loa
- Yujiro Takahashi vs. Toru Tano
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. KENTA
October 12 – Sendai
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jeff Cobb
- Hirooki Goto vs. EVIL
- Kazuchika Okada vs. Chase Owens
- YOSHI-HASHI vs. SANADA
- Taichi vs. Tanga Tonga
October 13 – Sendai
- Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito
- Shingo Takagi vs. The Great-O-Khan
- Toru Yano vs. Zack Sabre Jr.,
- KENTA vs. Tanga Loa
- Yujrio Takahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
October 14 – Yamagata
- Kazuchika Okada vs. Tama Tonga
- Jeff Cobb vs. EVIL
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOSHI-HASHI
- Hirooki Goto vs. SANADA
- Taichi vs. Chase Owens
October 18 – Yokohama
- Kota Ibushi vs. KENTA
- Tomohiro Ishii vs. Toru Yano
- Shingo Takagi vs. Yujiro Takahashi
- Tetsuya Natio vs. Great-O-Khan
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tanga Loa
October 20 – Budokan Hall
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Taichi
- Kazuchika Okada vs. Jeff Cobb
- Hirooki Goto vs. Tama Tonga
- YOSHI-HASHI vs. Chase Owens
- SANADA vs. EVIL
Fightful will have results and standings from the G1 Climax following the conclusion of each event.