NJPW Announces Full Tournament Match Schedule for G1 Climax 2021

Sep 8, 2021

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced the full tournament match schedule for this year’s G1 Climax tournament, which takes place from September 18th to October 21st in Japan.

The winner of this tournament will receive a title shot for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at next year’s Wrestle Kingdom 16 event.

Similar to last year, this year’s tournament will be limited to only one undercard match. Unlike last year’s tournament, NJPW also announced that only select shows will have an undercard match taking place.

Full block schedule for G1 Climax 2021:

September 18th (A Block) – Osaka, Japan

Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
KENTA vs. Toru Yano
Great O-Khan vs. Tanga Loa
Kota Ibushi vs. Yujiro Takahashi

September 19th (B Block) – Osaka

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada
Hirooki Goto vs. Taichi
SANADA vs. Tama Tonga
Jeff Cobb vs. Chase Owens
EVIL vs. YOSHI-HASHI

September 23rd (A Block) – Tokyo

Shingo Takagi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
Tetsuya Naito vs. Tanga Loa
KENTA vs. Yujiro Takahashi
Great O-Khan vs. Toru Yano

September 24th (B Block) – Tokyo

Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL
SANADA vs. Taichi
Jeff Cobb vs. YOSHI-HASHI
Chase Owens vs. Tama Tonga
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto

September 26th (A Block) – Hyogo

Shingo Takagi vs. Tetsuya Naito
Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Tomohiro Ishii vs. KENTA
Tanga Loa vs. Toru Yano
Great O-Khan vs. Yujiro Takahashi

September 29th (B Block) – Tokyo

Kazuchika Okada vs. YOSHI-HASHI
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tama Tonga
Jeff Cobb vs. Hirooki Goto
SANADA vs. Chase Owens
EVIL vs. Taichi

September 30th (A Block) – Tokyo

Shingo Takagi vs. KENTA
Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi
Kota Ibushi vs. Toru Yano
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Great O-Khan
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tanga Loa

October 1st (B Block) – Shizuoka

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. SANADA
Kazuchika Okada vs. Hirooki Goto
Taichi vs. YOSHI-HASHI
EVIL vs. Chase Owens
Jeff Cobb vs. Tama Tonga

October 3rd (A Block) – Aichi

Shingo Takagi vs. Kota Ibushi
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Tetsuya Naito vs. Toru Yano
Tanga Loa vs. Yujiro Takahashi
Great O-Khan vs. KENTA

October 4th (B Block) – Tokyo

Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA
Hirooki Goto vs. YOSHI-HASHI
Taichi vs. Jeff Cobb
EVIL vs. Tama Tonga
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Chase Owens

October 7th (A Block) – Hiroshima

Tetsuya Naito vs. KENTA
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Great O-Khan
Shingo Takagi vs. Toru Yano
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Yujiro Takahashi
Kota Ibushi vs. Tanga Loa

October 8th (B Block) – Kochi

Kazuchika Okada vs. Taichi
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. EVIL
Jeff Cobb vs. SANADA
Hirooki Goto vs. Chase Owens
Tama Tonga vs. YOSHI-HASHI

October 9th (A Block) – Osaka

Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii
Kota Ibushi vs. Great O-Khan
Shingo Takagi vs. Tanga Loa
Toru Yano vs. Yujiro Takahashi
KENTA vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

October 12th (B Block) – Miyagi

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jeff Cobb
EVIL vs. Hirooki Goto
Kazuchika Okada vs. Chase Owens
SANADA vs. YOSHI-HASHI
Taichi vs. Tama Tonga

October 13th (A Block) – Miyagi

Tetsuya Naito vs. Kota Ibushi
Shingo Takagi vs. Great O-Khan
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Toru Yano
Tanga Loa vs. KENTA
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yujiro Takahashi

October 14th (B Block) – Yamagata

Kazuchika Okada vs. Tama Tonga
EVIL vs. Jeff Cobb
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOSHI-HASHI
SANADA vs. Hirooki Goto
Taichi vs. Chase Owens

October 18th (A Block) – Kanagawa

Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tanga Loa
Tetsuya Naito vs. Great O-Khan
Shingo Takagi vs. Yujiro Takahashi
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Toru Yano
Kota Ibushi vs. KENTA

October 20th (B Block) – Tokyo

EVIL vs. SANADA
Chase Owens vs. YOSHI-HASHI
Hirooki Goto vs. Tanga Loa
Kazuchika Okada vs. Jeff Cobb
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Taichi

October 21st (G1 Climax Finals) – Tokyo

A Block winner vs. B Block winner