NJPW G1 Climax 2018: All Competitors Named
20 of the company's greatest announced for July's tournament.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling have unveiled the list of participants set for this summer's G1 Climax, and to say the cohort is more stacked than a pancake house special would be an understatement.
A literal score of names was announced earlier this morning, each of them a current member of the promotion's roster. The obvious pick of the bunch are the pair of Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada, who contested an unprecedented Dave Meltzer-rated seven star classic at last weekend's Dominion. Other star names include Tetsuya Naito and Hiroshi Tanahashi, whilst Jay White and Hangman Page will be making their G1 Climax debuts.
The 28th edition of New Japan's annual summer tourney kicks off from Tokyo Ota General Gymnasium on Saturday 14 July, running all the way up to 12 August. Specific blocks for the tournament are expected to be revealed later this evening.
Here's the full list of contenders:
- Kenny Omega (IWGP Heavyweight Champion)
- Michael Elgin
- Jay White (IWGP Intercontinental Champion)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Togi Makabe
- Juice Robinson
- Kazuchika Okada
- Hirooki Goto (NEVER Openweight Champion)
- Tomohiro Ishii
- Toru Yano
- YOSHI-HASHI
- Bad Luck Fale
- Tama Tonga
- Hangman Page
- Tetsuya Naito
- EVIL
- SANADA
- Minoru Suzuki
- Zack Sabre Jr.
- Kota Ibushi
Check back later this week for full analysis of all the competitors.