Updates: New Japan Pro Wrestling’s G1 Climax Tournament

UPDATE: As previously reported, New Japan Pro Wrestling announced its 20 competitors for the upcoming 2015 G1 Climax tournament. The shows start on July 20 and go through August 16. You can find the full list of competitors for the tournament below.

The tournament will begin on July 20, 2015 in Hokkaido and end on August 15 in Tokyo. There will be a total of 19 shows. Here is a full list of the dates and cities for the tournament, including local start times for the event in Japan:

July 20: Hokkaido 3:00 PM
July 23: Shizouka 6:30 PM
July 24: Kyoto 6:30 PM
July 25: Kagawa 6:00 PM
July 26: Hiroshima 6:00 PM
July 28: Oita 6:30 PM
July 29: Fukuoka 6:30 PM
August 1: Osaka 5:00 PM
August 2: Aichi 4:00 PM
August 4: Miyagi 6:30 PM
August 5: Iwate 6:30 PM
August 7: Shizuoka 6:30 PM
August 8: Kanagawa 6:30 PM
August 9: Tokyo (Korakuen Hall) 6:30 PM
August 11: Tokyo (Korakuen Hall) 6:30 PM
August 12: Tokyo (Korakuen Hall) 6:30 PM
August 14: Tokyo (Ryougoku Kokugikan) 6:30 PM
August 15: Tokyo (Ryougoku Kokugikan) 6:30 PM
August 16: Tokyo (Ryougoku Kokugikan) 3:00 PM

ORIGINAL: During the Best of the Super Junior Finals, which aired this morning on New Japan World, New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the 20 competitors for the G1 Climax tournament. The tournament will take place between July 20 and August 16th…

* Kazuchika Okada
* AJ Styles
* Hirooki Goto
* Togi Makabe
* Hiroyoshi Tenza
* Hiroshi Tanahashi
* Yuji Nagata
* Satoshi Kojima
* Tetsuya Naito
* Katsuyori Shibata
* Shinsuke Nakamura
* Toru Yano
* Tomohiro Ishii
* Yujiro Takahashi
* Karl Anderson
* Doc Gallows
* Bad Luck Fale
* Michael Elgin
* Kota Ibushi
* Tomoaki Honma

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