NJPW G1 Climax 29 Participants And Blocks Revealed
Who has Jon Moxley been paired with?
Japanese wrestling Christmas is almost upon us, as NJPW this morning announced the list of participants for the upcoming 29th edition of the G1 Climax tournament.
At last week's Dominion, WWE emigrés Jon Moxley and KENTA both declared for the G1, as well as former Dragon Gate star Shingo Takagi. All three have been granted a place, as has Ring Of Honor's Jeff Cobb.
The brackets are filled out by the cream of New Japan's crop, including Tetsuya Naito, IWGP Champion Kazuchika Okada, Kota Ibushi, and Hiroshi Tanahashi. We hope the latter, increasingly beset by injury, doesn't put his body through total torture during the tournament. Inevitably, he will.
Best of the Super Juniors winner Will Ospreay is also in the event, as is fellow Englishman Zack Sabre Jr. and recently deposed IWGP United States champion Juice Robinson.
The full blocks are as follows:
BLOCK A:
- Kazuchika Okada
- Zack Sabre Jr.
- Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Kota Ibushi
- EVIL
- SANADA
- Bad Luck Fale
- Lance Archer
- Will Ospreay
- KENTA
BLOCK B
- Tetsuya Naito
- Tomohiro Ishii
- Juice Robinson
- Toru Yano
- Hirooki Goto
- Jay White
- Jeff Cobb
- Shingo Takagi
- Taichi
- Jon Moxley
The G1 Climax commences on 6 July at Dallas, TX's American Airlines Center, with the finals taking place at Budokan Hall on 12 August.