The NJPW G1 Climax 36 announced all competitors except for the play-in participants. Two wrestlers will be added to each block. The A Block will feature competitors such as Konosuke Takeshita, Yota Tsuji, and SANADA, while the B Block includes Callum Newman, Shota Umino, Zack Sabre Jr., and Gabe Kid/
The NJPW G1 Climax 36 tournament is set to begin on July 11 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The play-in matches will take place during the Road to the G1 Climax series, starting on June 19 in Nagano, Japan.
You can check out the full list of competitors below:
A Block
* Konosuke Takeshita
* Yota Tsuji
* SANADA
* Shingo Takagi
* Oleg Boltin
* Hirooki Goto
* Jake Lee
* Great-O-Khan or HENARE
* Play-in winner A
* Play-in winner B
B Block
* Callum Newman
* Shota Umino
* Yuya Uemura
* Ren Narita
* Drilla Moloney
* Zack Sabre Jr.
* Gabe Kidd
* Great-O-Khan or HENARE
* Play-in winner C
* Play-in winner D
Full schedule for NJPW G1 Climax 2026
- Opening Day – July 11 at the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, IL, USA
- Day 2 & 3 – July 18 & 19 at the Hokkai Kita Yell in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Day 4 – July 21 at the Sendai Sun Plaza Hall in Miyagi
- Day 5 – July 22 at the Aore Nagaoka in Niigata
- Day 6 & 7 – July 25 & 26 at the Ebara Wave Arena Ota (Ota-ku Gymnasium) in Tokyo
- Day 8 – July 29 at the Yamato Arena in Osaka
- Day 9 – July 31 at the Takamatsu City Gymnasium in Kagawa
- Day 10 – August 1 at the Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima
- Day 11 – August 2 at the International Center in Fukuoka
- Day 12 – August 6 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
- Day 13 – August 8 at the Yokohama Budokan in Kanagawa
- Day 14 – August 9 at the G Messe in Gunma
- Day 15 – August 11 at the Nisho Highway Arena in Tsu City, Mie
- Day 16 – August 12 at the Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka
- Day 17 – August 13 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
- Finals Weekend – August 15 & 16 at the Ryogoku Sumo Hall in Tokyo
Play-In Competitors
At Korakuen Hall on June 23 and July 6, we’ll find out the final competitors for G1 Climax 36.
Most of the field for this year’s G1 tournament was confirmed over the weekend at NJPW Dominion, but four spots were left open to be determined through play-in matches.
The first two of those will take place on June 23 with Taichi vs. Yuto-Ice and YOSHI-HASHI vs. Aaron Wolf. We’ll then have the full list of competitors known on July 6 when qualifying ends with El Phantasmo vs. Ryohei Oiwa and Yujiro Takahashi vs. OSKAR.
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