NJPW Announces Full Tournament Match Schedule for G1 Climax 2026

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the full schedule of tournament matches for this year’s G1 Climax tournament.

This year’s tournament will take place from July 11 to August 16 in the United States and Japan and the winner to earn a title shot for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at next year’s Wrestle Kingdom 21 event.

Full match block schedule for G1 Climax 2026:

July 11 – Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States:

• A Block – Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yota Tsuji
• A Block – Hirooki Goto vs. SANADA
• A Block – Shingo Takagi vs. Jake Lee
• A Block – Yuto-Ice vs. Great-O-Khan
• A Block – Oleg Boltin vs. El Phantasmo or Ryohei Oiwa
• B Block – Shota Umino vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• B Block – Yuya Uemura vs. Callum Newman
• B Block – Aaron Wolf vs. HENARE
• B Block – Ren Narita vs. OSKAR or Yujiro Takahashi

July 18 – Sapporo, Japan:

• A Block – Konosuke Takeshita vs. Jake Lee
• A Block – Hirooki Goto vs. Yota Tsuji
• A Block – Oleg Boltin vs. Yuto-Ice
• A Block – Great-O-Khan vs. SANADA
• A Block – Shingo Takagi vs. El Phantasmo or Ryohei Oiwa
• B Block – Gabe Kidd vs. Drilla Moloney

July 19 – Sapporo:

• B Block – Shota Umino vs. Aaron Wolf
• B Block – Yuya Uemura vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• B Block – Drilla Moloney vs. HENARE
• B Block – Callum Newman vs. Ren Narita
• B Block – Gabe Kidd vs. OSKAR or Yujiro Takahashi

July 21 – Sendai:

• A Block – Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yuto-Ice
• A Block – Hirooki Goto vs. Jake Lee
• A Block – Oleg Boltin vs. Shingo Takagi
• A Block – Yota Tsuji vs. SANADA
• A Block – Great-O-Khan vs. El Phantasmo or Ryohei Oiwa

July 22 – Nagaoka:

• B Block – Shota Umino vs. Ren Narita
• B Block – Yuya Uemura vs. Drilla Moloney
• B Block – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Callum Newman
• B Block – Aaron Wolf vs. Gabe Kidd
• B Block – HENARE vs. OSKAR or Yujiro Takahashi

July 25 – Tokyo:

• A Block – Konosuke Takeshita vs. Oleg Boltin
• A Block – Hirooki Goto vs. Great-O-Khan
• A Block – Yota Tsuji vs. Shingo Takagi
• A Block – Jake Lee vs. SANADA
• A Block – Yuto-Ice vs. El Phantasmo or Ryohei Oiwa

July 26 – Tokyo:

• B Block – Shota Umino vs. Yuya Uemura
• B Block – Callum Newman vs. Drilla Moloney
• B Block – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Gabe Kidd
• B Block – HENARE vs. Ren Narita
• B Block – Aaron Wolf vs. OSKAR or Yujiro Takahashi

July 29 – Suita:

• A Block – Konosuke Takeshita vs. Great-O-Khan
• A Block – Hirooki Goto vs. Shingo Takagi
• A Block – Oleg Boltin vs. Jake Lee
• A Block – Yota Tsuji vs. Yuto-Ice
• A Block – SANADA vs. El Phantasmo or Ryohei Oiwa

July 31 – Takamatsu:

• B Block – Shota Umino vs. HENARE
• B Block – Yuya Uemura vs. Aaron Wolf
• B Block – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ren Narita
• B Block – Callum Newman vs. Gabe Kidd
• B Block – Drilla Moloney vs. OSKAR or Yujiro Takahashi

August 1 – Hiroshima:

• A Block – Hirooki Goto vs. Konosuke Takeshita
• A Block – Oleg Boltin vs. SANADA
• A Block – Shingo Takagi vs. Great-O-Khan
• A Block – Yuto-Ice vs. Jake Lee
• A Block – Yota Tsuji vs. El Phantasmo or Ryohei Oiwa

August 2 – Fukuoka:

• B Block – Shota Umino vs. Callum Newman
• B Block – Yuya Uemura vs. Ren Narita
• B Block – Gabe Kidd vs. HENARE
• B Block – Aaron Wolf vs. Drilla Moloney
• B Block – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. OSKAR or Yujiro Takahashi

August 6 – Tokyo:

• A Block – Konosuke Takeshita vs. Shingo Takagi
• A Block – Yota Tsuji vs. Oleg Boltin
• A Block – Jake Lee vs. Great-O-Khan
• A Block – Yuto-Ice vs. SANADA
• A Block – Hirooki Goto vs. El Phantasmo or Ryohei Oiwa

August 8 – Yokohama:

• B Block – Shota Umino vs. Gabe Kidd
• B Block – Yuya Uemura vs. HENARE
• B Block – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Drilla Moloney
• B Block – Aaron Wolf vs. Ren Narita
• B Block – Callum Newman vs. OSKAR or Yujiro Takahashi

August 9 – Takasaki:

• A Block – Konosuke Takeshita vs. SANADA
• A Block – Hirooki Goto vs. Oleg Boltin
• A Block – Yota Tsuji vs. Great-O-Khan
• A Block – Shingo Takagi vs. Yuto-Ice
• A Block – Jake Lee vs. El Phantasmo or Ryohei Oiwa

August 11 – Tsu City:

• B Block – Yuya Uemura vs. Gabe Kidd
• B Block – Drilla Moloney vs. Ren Narita
• B Block – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. HENARE
• B Block – Aaron Wolf vs. Callum Newman
• B Block – Shota Umino vs. OSKAR or Yujiro Takahashi

August 12 – Hamamatsu:

• A Block – Hirooki Goto vs. Yuto-Ice
• A Block – Oleg Boltin vs. Great-O-Khan
• A Block – Yota Tsuji vs. Jake Lee
• A Block – Shingo Takagi vs. SANADA
• A Block – Konosuke Takeshita vs. El Phantasmo or Ryohei Oiwa

August 13 – Tokyo:

• B Block – Shota Umino vs. Drilla Moloney
• B Block – Callum Newman vs. HENARE
• B Block – Gabe Kidd vs. Ren Narita
• B Block – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Aaron Wolf
• B Block – Yuya Uemura vs. OSKAR or Yujiro Takahashi

August 15 – Tokyo:

• G1 Climax 2026 Semifinal Round match – A Block winner vs. B Block runner-up
• G1 Climax 2026 Semifinal Round match – B Block winner vs. A Block runner-up

August 16 – Tokyo:

• G1 Climax 2026 Finals – TBD vs. TBD