AEW's Eddie Kingston Announced For NJPW G1 Climax 2023

The Mad King and Kaito Kiyomiya notable inclusions in this year's G1 Climax.

By Andrew Pollard / June 4, 2023

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Today's NJPW Dominion has seen the entrants announced for this year's G1 Climax... and there are a couple of particularly notable names included.

Likely the biggest headline surrounding the 2023 G1 Climax is the news that AEW's Eddie Kingston will be a part of the tournament this year. Similarly, NOAH's Kaito Kiyomiya - who memorably clashed with Kazuchika Okada earlier in the year - is another intriguing name for the G1.

With a total of 32 participants, this year's G1 Climax is the biggest ever edition of the tourney, with, as is customary, the overall winner earning a shot at the IWGP World Championship at next year's Wrestle Kingdom.

Spanning a total of 19 events, the G1 Climax will run from 15 July through until 13 August.

The full list of entrants for G1 Climax 33 reads as follows:

- Kazuchika Okada

- Tetsuya Naito

- SANADA

- Will Ospreay

- Hiroshi Tanahashi

- David Finlay

- Shota Umino

- Shingo Takagi

- Tomohiro Ishii

- Tama Tonga

- Tanga Loa

- Hikuleo

- Hirooki Goto

- YOSHI-HASHI

- Toru Yano

- KENTA

- Zack Sabre Jr

- Taichi

- Eddie Kingston

- El Phantasmo

- Ren Narita

- EVIL

- Chase Owens

- Jeff Cobb

- Great-O-Khan

- Aaron Henare

- Gabriel Kidd

- Alex Coughlin

- Shane Haste

- Mikey Nicholls

- Yota Tsuji

- Kaito Kiyomiya

It's official!

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Posted On: 4th Jun 2023

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