NJPW Announces Full Tournament Match Schedule for G1 Climax 2023

Jun 10, 2023

Saturday’s New Japan Road event for New Japan Pro Wrestling in Chiba, Japan, featured the official announcement of the full schedule of tournament matches for this year’s G1 Climax tournament.

This year’s tournament will take place from July 15th to August 13th in Japan and the winner to earn a title shot for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at next year’s Wrestle Kingdom 18 event.

Unlike with last year’s tournament, it was announced that this year’s match schedule will alternate between A&B and C&D block matches for tournament events with the exception of the final set of group blocks matches.

Full block schedule for G1 Climax 2023:

July 15 – Hokkaido, Japan:

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

July 16 – Hokkaido:

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

July 18 – Yamagata:

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

July 19 – Sendai:

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

July 21 – Nagaoka:

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

July 23 – Nagano:

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

July 25 – Tokyo:

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

July 26 – Tokyo:

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

July 27 – Tokyo:

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

July 30 – Aichi:

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

August 1 – Takamatsu:

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

August 2 – Hiroshima:

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

August 5 – Osaka:

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

August 6 – Osaka:

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 – Kanagawa:

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 – Hamamatsu:

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 – Chiba:

G1 Climax 2023 Quarterfinals Round – A Block winner vs. C Block runner-up
G1 Climax 2023 Quarterfinals Round – B Block winner vs. D Block runner-up
G1 Climax 2023 Quarterfinals Round – C Block winner vs. B Block runner-up
G1 Climax 2023 Quarterfinals Round – D Block winner vs. A Block runner-up

August 12 – Tokyo:

G1 Climax 2023 Semifinals Round – TBA vs. TBA
G1 Climax 2023 Semifinals Round – TBA vs. TBA

August 13 – Tokyo:

G1 Climax 2023 Finals – TBA vs. TBA