Friday’s New Japan Soul 2024 event for New Japan Pro Wrestling in Tokyo, Japan featured Callum Newman and Boltin Oleg qualifying for the final two spots in this year’s G1 Climax tournament.
Newman defeated YOSHI-HASHI in the Finals of the A Block Qualifier tournament and Oleg defeated Taichi in the Finals of the B Block Qualifier tournament.
The #G1CLIMAX34 lineups are now set!
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) July 5, 2024
Callum Newman and Boltin Oleg have defied the odds to make the cut!#njsoul report:https://t.co/E7psHs2vka
Watch the replay!https://t.co/uEODabEncD#njpw pic.twitter.com/7r6bbh8Emk
As a result of their victories, Newman and Oleg will be competing in their first ever G1 Climac tournament in their NJPW careers.
Full group blocks for NJPW G1 Climax 2024 Tournament:
A Block:
- Tetsuya Naito
- Shota Umino
- Shingo Takagi
- SANADA
- Great-O-Khan
- Zack Sabre Jr.
- Gabe Kidd
- EVIL
- Jake Lee (NOAH)
- Callum Newman (A Block Qualifier winner)
B Block:
- Hirooki Goto
- El Phantasmo
- Yota Tsuji
- Jeff Cobb
- HENARE
- David Finlay
- Ren Narita
- Yuya Uemura
- Konosuke Takeshita (DDT/AEW)
- Boltin Oleg (B Block Qualifier winner)

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