During this weekend’s New Japan Pro Wrestling Dominion show on NJPW World, the official schedule for this year’s G1 Climax (the 25th anniversary of the tournament) was released. While we knew who was participating in the tournament this was our first look at both the blocks and the future matchups — this is typically one of the most exciting days in a NJPW fan’s year as visions of Match of the Year contenders and anticipating for matches are at an all-time high. Below you’ll find the entire tournament schedule. The shows will feature additional matches, typically multi-man tags featuring members of the other block as well as New Japan roster members not included in the tournament. For the purposes of this post though, we’ve only included the actual tournament matches.

Also make a note of the order the matches are listed in. Each shows outside of the final one eminating from Sumo Hall has a structured match order. This match order becomes very important during the final few shows and Wins/Losses can knock guys out of G1 Finals contention. Typically, the booking of the match order will tip you off on potential spoilers, upsets, etc.

As a reminder, all G1 Climax shows will air on New Japan Pro Wrestling’s streaming service, NJPW World so if you aren’t already subscribing, now is the time to do it!

Of course, throughout the G1 Climax, Voices of Wrestling will be your home for the most live coverage, discussion, analysis and more. Stay tuned over the next few weeks for details on our immensely popular G1 Climax Pick’Em contest as well as details on our coverage throughout the tournament.

A Block:

  • Hiroshi Tanahashi
  • Togi Makabe
  • Katsuyori Shibata
  • Tetsuya Naito
  • Hiroyoshi Tenzan
  • Kota Ibushi
  • Toru Yano
  • A.J. Styles
  • Doc Gallows
  • Bad Luck Fale

B Block:

  • Satoshi Kojima
  • Yuji Nagata
  • Hirooki Goto
  • Tomoaki Honma
  • Shinsuke Nakamura
  • Kazuchika Okada
  • Tomohiro Ishii
  • Michael Elgin
  • Karl Anderson
  • Yujiro Takahashi

Monday, July 20
Hokkaido

  • A Block: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Doc Gallows
  • A Block: Togi Makabe vs. Toru Yano
  • A Block: Tetsuya Naito vs. Bad Luck Fale
  • A Block: Katsuyori Shibata vs. A.J. Styles
  • A Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi

Thursday, July 23
Shizuoka

  • B Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. Tomohiro Ishii
  • B Block: Hirooki Goto vs. Yujiro Takahashi
  • B Block: Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoaki Honma
  • B Block: Kazuchika Okada vs. Michael Elgin
  • B Block: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Karl Anderson

Friday, July 24
Kyoto

  • A Block: Kota Ibushi vs. Doc Gallows
  • A Block: Togi Makabe vs. Bad Luck Fale
  • A Block: Toru Yano vs. A.J. Styles
  • A Block: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tetsuya Naito
  • A Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan

Saturday, July 25
Kagawa

  • B Block: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yujiro Takahashi
  • B Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. Michael Elgin
  • B Block: Hirooki Goto vs. Karl Anderson
  • B Block: Yuji Nagata vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
  • B Block: Tomoaki Honma vs. Kazuchika Okada

Sunday, July 26
Hiroshima

  • A Block: Doc Gallows vs. Bad Luck Fale
  • A Block: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Toru Yano
  • A Block: Togi Makabe vs. Katsuyoshi Shibata
  • A Block: Kota Ibushi vs. A.J. Styles
  • A Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito

Tuesday, July 28
Oita

  • B Block: Yuji Nagata vs. Yujiro Takahashi
  • B Block: Hirooki Goto vs. Tomoaki Honma
  • B Block: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Karl Anderson
  • B Block: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Michael Elgin
  • B Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. Kazuchika Okada

Wednesday, July 29
Fukuoka

  • A Block: Toru Yano vs. Doc Gallows
  • A Block: Togi Makabe vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
  • A Block: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kota Ibushi
  • A Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale
  • A Block: Tetsuya Naito vs. A.J. Styles

Saturday, August 1
Osaka

  • B Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. Yujiro Takahashi
  • B Block: Yuji Nagata vs. Karl Anderson
  • B Block: Tomoaki Honma vs. Michael Elgin
  • B Block: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tomohiro Ishii
  • B Block: Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika Okada

Sunday, August 2
Aichi

  • A Block: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Kota Ibushi
  • A Block: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Bad Luck Fale
  • A Block: A.J. Styles vs. Doc Gallows
  • A Block: Togi Makabe vs. Tetsuya Naito
  • A Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Toru Yano

Tuesday, August 4
Miyagi

  • B Block: Michael Elgin vs. Yujiro Takahashi
  • B Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. Tomoaki Honma
  • B Block: Yuji Nagata vs. Tomohiro Ishii
  • B Block: Kazuchika Okada vs. Karl Anderson
  • B Block: Hirooki Goto vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

Wednesday, August 5
Iwate

  • A Block: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Bad Luck Fale
  • A Block: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Toru Yano
  • A Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Doc Gallows
  • A Block: Togi Makabe vs. A.J. Styles
  • A Block: Tetsuya Naito vs. Kota Ibushi

Friday, August 7
Shizuoka

  • B Block: Yuji Nagata vs. Michael Elgin
  • B Block: Tomoaki Honma vs. Karl Anderson
  • B Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. Hirooki Goto
  • B Block: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Yujiro Takahashi
  • B Block: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tomohiro Ishii

Saturday, August 8
Kanagawa

  • A Block: Kota Ibushi vs. Bad Luck Fale
  • A Block: Tetsuya Naito vs. Toru Ynao
  • A Block: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. A.J. Styles
  • A Block: Togi Makabe vs. Doc Gallows
  • A Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata

Sunday, August 9
Tokyo (Korakuen Hall)

  • B Block: Michael Elgin vs. Karl Anderson
  • B Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. Yuji Nagata
  • B Block: Kazuchika Okada vs. Yujiro Takahashi
  • B Block: Tomoaki Honma vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
  • B Block: Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii

Tuesday, August 11
Tokyo (Korakuen Hall)

  • A Block: Testuya Naito vs. Doc Gallows
  • A Block: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Katsuyori Shibata
  • A Block: Kota Ibushi vs. Toru Yano
  • A Block: A.J. Styles vs. Bad Luck Fale
  • A Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Togi Makabe

Wednesday, August 12
Tokyo (Korakuen Hall)

  • B Block: Karl Anderson vs. Yujiro Takahasi
  • B Block: Hirooki Goto vs. Michael Elgin
  • B Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
  • B Block: Yuji Nagata vs. Kazuchika Okada
  • B Block: Tomoaki Honma vs. Tomohiro Ishii

Friday, August 14
Tokyo (Sumo Hall)
*Match order will be named on the day of the show*

  • A Block: Toru Yano vs. Bad Luck Fale
  • A Block: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Doc Gallows
  • A Block: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Testuya Naito
  • A Block: Togi Makabe vs. Kota Ibushi
  • A Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. A.J. Styles

Saturday, August 15
Tokyo (Sumo Hall)
*Match order will be named on the day of the show*

  • B Block: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Michael Elgin
  • B Block: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kazuchika Okada
  • B Block: Tomoaki Honma vs. Yujiro Takahashi
  • B Block: Yuji Nagata vs. Hirooki Goto
  • B Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. Karl Anderson

Sunday, August 16 – G1 Climax Finals
Tokyo (Sumo Hall) 

  • 1st Place A Block vs. 1st Place B Block