Full schedule for New Japan’s 2023 G1 Climax tournament

Along with the four blocks of wrestlers announced by NJPW for this year’s G1 tournament, the full schedule of cards was revealed on Saturday.

The round-robin phase kicks off on Saturday, July 15^th, in a card headlined by Shota Umino vs. Ren Narita.

Eddie Kingston makes his G1 debut in the second event on July 16^th in Hokkaido, taking on Shingo Takagi.

Full schedule:

July 15^th, Hokkaido

A Block

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

B Block

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

July 16^th, Hokkaido

C Block

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

D Block

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

July 18^th, Yamagata

A Block

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

B Block

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

July 19^th, Sendai

C Block

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

D Block

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

July 21^st, Nagaoka

A Block

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

B Block

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

July 23^rd, Nagano

C Block

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

D Block

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

July 25^th, Korakuen Hall

A Block

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

B Block

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

July 26^th, Korakuen Hall

C Block

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

D Block

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

July 27^th, Ota City, Tokyo

A Block

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

B Block

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

July 30^th, Nagoya

C Block

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

D Block

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

August 1^st, Takamatsu

A Block

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

B Block

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

August 2^nd, Hiroshima

C Block

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

D Block

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

August 5^th, Osaka

A Block

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

August 6^th, Osaka

B Block

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

August 8^th, Yokohama

C Block

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

August 9^th, Hamamatsu

D Block

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

August 10^th, Funabashi

Quarterfinals

• A Block 1^st Place vs. C Block 2^nd Place (Quarterfinal 1)
• B Block 1^st Place vs. D Block 2^nd Place (Quarterfinal 2)
• C Block 1^st Place vs. B Block 2^nd Place (Quarterfinal 3)
• D Block 1^st Place vs. A Block 2^nd Place (Quarterfinal 4)

August 12^th, Ryogoku Sumo Hall

Semifinals

• Quarterfinal 1 Winner vs. Quarterfinal 2 Winner (Semifinal 1)
• Quarterfinal 3 Winner vs. Quarterfinal 4 Winner (Semifinal 2)

August 13^th, Ryogoku Sumo Hall

Final

• Semifinal 1 Winner vs. Semifinal 2 Winner