NJPW Announces Full Tournament Match Schedule for G1 Climax 2020

Sep 11, 2020

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced earlier today the full tournament match schedule for this year’s G1 Climax tournament, which takes place from September 19th to October 18th in Japan.

The winner of this tournament will receive a title shot for the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental Championships at next year’s Wrestle Kingdom 15 event.

Unlike previous years, this year’s tournament will be limited to only one undercard match per show and tournament competitors will only be competing on their scheduled match days as part of the company’s current COVID-19 precautionary policy.

Full block schedule for G1 Climax 2020:

September 19th (A Block) – Osaka, Japan

Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi
Shingo Takagi vs. Jay White
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Minoru Suzuki
Jeff Cobb vs. Taichi
Will Ospreay vs. Yujiro Takahashi

September 20th (B Block) – Osaka

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. EVIL
Hirooki Goto vs. KENTA
Toru Yano vs. SANADA
Juice Robinson vs. YOSHI-HASHI

September 23rd (A Block) – Hokkaido

Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Will Ospreay
Minoru Suzuki vs. Taichi
Kazuchika Okada vs. Yujiro Takahashi
Jeff Cobb vs. Shingo Takagi

September 24th (B Block) – Hokkaido

Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
YOSHI-HASHI vs. EVIL
Juice Robinson vs. KENTA
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Toru Yano
Hirooki Goto vs. SANADA

September 27th (A Block) – Hyogo

Kazuchika Okada vs. Jay White
Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi
Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
Jeff Cobb vs. Minoru Suzuki
Taichi vs. Yujiro Takahashi

September 29th (B Block) – Tokyo

Hirooki Goto vs. Tetsuya Naito
Toru Yano vs. EVIL
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Juice Robinson
Zack Sabre Jr. KENTA
YOSHI-HASHI vs. SANADA

September 30th (A Block) – Tokyo

Tomohiro Ishii vs. Shingo Takagi
Will Ospreay vs. Jay White
Kazuchika Okada vs. Taichi
Kota Ibushi vs. Jeff Cobb
Minoru Suzuki vs. Yujiro Takahashi

October 1st (B Block) – Niigata

Tetsuya Naito vs. SANADA
KENTA vs. EVIL
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOSHI-HASHI
Hirooki Goto vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Juice Robinson vs. Toru Yano

October 5th (A Block) – Tagawa

Kota Ibushi vs. Will Ospreay
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Taichi
Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki
Jeff Cobb vs. Jay White
Shingo Takagi vs. Yujiro Takahashi

October 6th (B Block) – Hiroshima

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. KENTA
YOSHI-HASHI vs. Tetsuya Naito
Juice Robinson vs. EVIL
SANADA vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Hirooki Goto vs. Toru Yano

October 7th (A Block) – Hiroshima

Kota Ibushi vs. Shingo Takagi
Taichi vs. Jay White
Will Ospreay vs. Minoru Suzuki
Kazuchika Okada vs. Jeff Cobb
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yujiro Takahashi

October 8th (B Block) – Okayama

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. EVIL
Juice Robinson vs. Tetsuya Naito
SANADA vs. KENTA
Toru Yano vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Hirooki Goto vs. YOSHI-HASHI

October 10th (A Block) – Osaka

Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi
Kota Ibushi vs. Minoru Suzuki
Will Ospreay vs. Taichi
Jay White vs. Yujiro Takahashi
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Jeff Cobb

October 11th (B Block) – Aichi

Tetsuya Naito vs. EVIL
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto
Juice Robinson vs. SANADA
Toru Yano vs. KENTA
YOSHI-HASHI vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

October 13th (A Block) – Shizuoka

Kazuchika Okada vs. Tomohiro Ishii
Minoru Suzuki vs. Jay White
Shingo Takagi vs. Taichi
Kota Ibushi vs. Yujiro Takahashi
Will Ospreay vs. Jeff Cobb

October 14th (B Block) – Kanagawa

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. SANADA
Hirooki Goto vs. EVIL
Toru Yano vs. Tetsuya Naito
Juice Robinson vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
YOSHI-HASHI vs. KENTA

October 16th (A Block) – Tokyo

Shingo Takagi vs. Minoru Suzuki
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Jay White
Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay
Jeff Cobb vs. Yujiro Takahashi
Kota Ibushi vs. Taichi

October 17th (B Block) – Tokyo

SANADA vs. EVIL
Tetsuya Naito vs. KENTA
Toru Yano vs. YOSHI-HASHI
Juice Robinson vs. Hirooki Goto
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

October 18th (G1 Climax Finals) – Tokyo

A Block winner vs. B Block winner