Kemo
06-20-2017, 06:37 PM
New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the participants for this year’s G1 tournament.
For those unfamiliar with NJPW, the G1 is a round-robin tournament with wrestlers split into two blocks. The wrestler with the best record in each block meet in the tournament finals. The tournament winner will earn a title shot against the champion of their choosing at the Tokyo Dome show on January 4th.
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G1 Climax 27 Participants
The tournament blocks will be announced on the 26th, and the tournament schedule on the 27th.
Notable inclusion: Zack Sabre Jr, Kota Ibushi, Yuji Nagata (last tournament)
Notable exclusions: Cody Rhodes
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Togi Makabe
Michael Elgin
Kazuchika Okada
Hirooki Goto
Tomohiro Ishii
Toru Yano
YOSHI-HASHI
Kenny Omega
Bad Luck Fale
Tama Tonga
Tetsuya Naito
SANADA
EVIL
Satoshi Kojima
Yuji Nagata
Juice Robinson
Minoru Suzuki
Zack Sabre Jr.
Kota Ibushi
For those unfamiliar with NJPW, the G1 is a round-robin tournament with wrestlers split into two blocks. The wrestler with the best record in each block meet in the tournament finals. The tournament winner will earn a title shot against the champion of their choosing at the Tokyo Dome show on January 4th.
pMs3bC4qQf8
G1 Climax 27 Participants
The tournament blocks will be announced on the 26th, and the tournament schedule on the 27th.
Notable inclusion: Zack Sabre Jr, Kota Ibushi, Yuji Nagata (last tournament)
Notable exclusions: Cody Rhodes
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Togi Makabe
Michael Elgin
Kazuchika Okada
Hirooki Goto
Tomohiro Ishii
Toru Yano
YOSHI-HASHI
Kenny Omega
Bad Luck Fale
Tama Tonga
Tetsuya Naito
SANADA
EVIL
Satoshi Kojima
Yuji Nagata
Juice Robinson
Minoru Suzuki
Zack Sabre Jr.
Kota Ibushi