New Japan Pro Wrestling announced earlier today the entire list of participants for this year’s G1 Climax tournament, which takes place from July 6th to August 12th. This year’s tournament features twenty wrestlers with the winner to receive a title shot for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at next year’s Wrestle Kingdom event.
KENTA, Jon Moxley, Shingo Takagi, and Jeff Cobb will all be making their official tournament debuts with this year’s G1 Climax tournament.
A Block:
- Kazuchika Okada
- Zack Sabre Jr.
- Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Kota Ibushi
- EVIL
- SANADA
- Bad Luck Fale
- Lance Archer
- Will Ospreay
- KENTA
B Block:
- Tetsuya Naito
- Tomohiro Ishii
- Juice Robinson
- Toru Yano
- Hirooki Goto
- Jay White
- Jeff Cobb
- Shingo Takagi
- Taichi
- Jon Moxley
The full schedule for this year’s tournament will be officially announced during tomorrow’s Kizuna Road 2019 event in Tokyo, Japan.
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