NJPW G1 Climax 25 - July 19 - August 17, 2025

[Chris]

G1 Climax 35 schedule revealed! 【G135】​

Dates set for summer tournament

The schedule is set for G1 Climax 35! For one month, the most grueling tournament in all of professional sports sees the world's best compete in singles action. This year, 19 events see the G1 Climax begin in Sapporo before going across Japan, eventually reaching its culmination for two nights in Ariake for the first time. Check out where the Strongest of the Summer will compete! Stay tuned for more information about tickets for foreign travelers, and watch every match and moment live in English on NJPW World!

OPENING WEEKEND- July 19 & 20
Hokkaido- Hokkai Kita Yell

NIGHT 3- July 23
Sendai: Sendai Sun Plaza Hall

NIGHT 4- July 24
Nagaoka- Ao-re Nagaoka

NIGHTS 5 & 6- July 25 & 26
Tokyo- Ota-ku Gymnasium

NIGHT 7- July 27
Nagoya- Port Messe Nagoya

NIGHT 8- July 30
Osaka- Yamato Arena

NIGHT 9- August 1
Kagawa- Sun Messe Kagawa

NIGHT 10- August 2
Hiroshima- Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall

NIGHT 11- August 3
Fukuoka- Fukuoka International Convention Center

NIGHT 12- August 5
Osaka- Intex Osaka

NIGHT 13- August 7
Tokyo- Korakuen Hall

NIGHT 14- August 8
Yokohama- Yokohama Budokan

NIGHT 15- August 10
Gunma- G Messe Gunma

NIGHT 16- August 13
Hamamatsu- Act City Hamamatsu

NIGHT 17- August 14
Tokyo- Korakuen Hall

NIGHTS 18 & 19- August 16 & 17
Tokyo- Ariake Arena​

 

[Chris]

[NJPW G1 Climax 35 Spoilers] Four names announced for G1 Climax 35 via poster in NJPW’s Tokon Shop​

Hiroshi Tanahashi (advertised as his final G1)
Konosuke Takeshita
Shota Umino
Ren Narita

 

[Kairi HoHo]

A Block:
Yota Tsuji
El Phantasmo
Hiroshi Tanahashi
SANADA
David Finlay
EVIL
Yuya Uemura
Boltin Oleg

B Block:
Hirooki Goto
Konosuke Takeshita
Zack Sabre Jr.
Great-O-Khan
Ren Narita
Shingo Takagi
Gabe Kidd
Shota Umino

A Block doesn't set the World on fire at all for me Takeshita or Gabe Kidd needs to win this from the B Block

 

[Chris]

Further G1 Climax 35 details revealed! 【G135】​

Play-in matches, tournament structure announced

Dominion saw the announcement of the initial lineup for G1 Climax 35, with sixteen of the twenty entrants revealed. Further details can now be revealed about the tournament of tournaments, set to get underway July 19 in Sapporo!

Watch all of G1 Climax 35 live in English on NJPW World!

With two blocks of ten wrestlers set to compete in the G1, four spots will be filled in play-in matches on the New Japan Soul tour. After the events of Dominion, these matches have now been set!

June 23, Korakuen Hall

Callum Newman vs Taichi (A Block Play-In)
Despite a breakout 2025 in terms of performance with his first IWGP World Heavyweight Championship challenge, and two reigns as IWGP tag team Champion, Callum Newman’s 0-2 singles record in 2025, and status as the lowest point scorer in G1 Climax 34 has put him on the bubble for G1 Climax 35 inclusion. He will have a tall barrier to entry in the form of Taichi eight days after their IWGP Tag Team Championship match at Dominion. Taichi fell at the final hurdle of inclusion in last year’s tournament to Boltin Oleg, and was deeply embittered after the fact. With the Holy Emperor and his partner Tomohiro Ishii both needing to play in this year despite their newly claimed IWGP Tag titles, he’ll have even more bitterness and salt to bring June 23.

Tomohiro Ishii vs Drilla Moloney (B Block Play-In)
Drilla Moloney joins Ryohei Oiwa in the stakes of prospective G1 debutants, needing a win to get into the field of 20. It’s an indication of just how hotly contested a spot in the G1 is that men of Moloney and Ishii’s calibre are in this position June 23, especially with their respective 2025 campaigns to this point. Moloney and Ishii are 1-1 this year with Moloney defeating Ishii in the New Japan Cup, and Ishii getting a win back to retain NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship gold at Resurgence in May. A rubber match will see a powerful War Dog or a vicious veteran pitbull in the running for the tournament of tournaments.

July 4, Tokyo Budokan

Ryohei Oiwa vs Don Fale (A Block Play-In)
It’s another prospective first time entrant facing another who fell short in 2024 when Ryohei Oiwa takes on Chase Owens. For Oiwa, championship potential has been strong since his return from excursion in September, but the results haven’t been as forthcoming. As he seeks a spot in a tournament Zack Sabre Jr. won last year, and after Kosei Fujita captured Best of the Super Jr. in June, Oiwa looks to punch his ticket to the G1 July 4, but against HOUSE OF TORTURE's newest giant in Don Fale, does even Oiwa have the strength to overcome the size of Fale and the likely numbers game of H.O.T?

YOSHI-HASHI vs Chase Owens (B Block Play-IN)
YOSHI-HASHI and Chase Owens will both be fighting to return to G1 competition, having been eliminated in the play-in stage last year. With best friend Hirooki Goto’s sensational 12 months since last year’s tournament as inspiration, can YOSHI-HASHI overcome the 'Lonestar Outlaw' Owens?
Further details have also been revealed as to the schedule and tournament structure of the G1. Opening Weekend this year is on July 19 and 20 in Sapporo's Hokkai Kita-Yell, and will see ten match cards with both blocks competing in their first two matches!

From there, A and B will compete on alternate nights through to A Block finals in Gunma on August 10 and B Block finals in Hamamatsu August 13. The top point scorers in each block will advance to the semifinals, while second and third place finishers will advance to the playoff stage on August 14 in Korakuen. Second place in A Block will face third place in B, and vice versa, with the winners of those matches filling out the semifinal bracket. August 16 in Ariake Arena, the semifinal matches will determine the finals the very next night, and with it the winner of G1 Climax 35!​

 

[Jacob Fox]

Tanahashi's last G1... The man who could tell a better story in the ring than almost anyone in our time.

I have to change my sleeping so I am up in the middle of the night because I want to watch it all live.

Is there going to be a small chat for it?

 

[Chris]

Tanahashi's last G1... The man who could tell a better story in the ring than almost anyone in our time.

I have to change my sleeping so I am up in the middle of the night because I want to watch it all live.

Is there going to be a small chat for it?

This thread but @Switchblake can link it to one before it starts for the whole tournament

 

[Chris]

I'll watch most of not all days but probably not many live outside of the main events on the days I wake up early enough lol

 

[Jacob Fox]

This thread but @Switchblake can link it to one before it starts for the whole tournament

Sounds good. Hopefully some other night owls will join me.

 

[Jacob Fox]

I'll watch most of not all days but probably not many live outside of the main events on the days I wake up early enough lol

Yeah I figured it would be difficult because you have a real job. But it will be good to see you in the chat for it. It is my favorite event of the year.

 

[Chris]

Callum Newman and Drilla Maloney win their play-in matches

 

[Roy Mustang]

Well maybe Ishii can bring Taichi with him for his summer holiday to AEW

 

[Kairi HoHo]

Callum Newman and Drilla Maloney win their play-in matches

Oh fuck off New Japan how can you not at least have one of the Tag Champions in the G1 Climax. I like Maloney more than Newman but it's not like either guy are going to do anything in the Tourney so I guess New Japan breaking my heart again not having Taichi win the G1 is off the Table this Year.

 

[Kairi HoHo]

Well that Title change is making more sense still don't like it going to Sabre JR but I wonder who takes his spot now? Second chance for Taichi please New Japan just do it.

 

[Chris]

Loaded cards in store as G1 Climax 35 schedule revealed 【G135】​

Stacked month ahead as tournament of tournaments approaches

After a roller coaster month of June in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, the calendar has turned to July and to the G1 Climax. G1 35 has seen a roller coaste ride already before the tournament has even started, but now the field of 20 is finally complete, so too is the schedule for what is set to be an unmissable month- check out some of the key main event matches!
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JULY 19- Hokkaido DOUBLE BLOCK OPENING WEEKEND!

After winning the last chance play-in gauntlet, Taichi battles Hiroshi Tanahashi in the main event! B Block headlined by Zack Sabre Jr. vs Ren Narita! Kidd vs Takeshita, Tsuji vs SANADA and more!

JULY 20- Hokkaido DOUBLE BLOCK OPENING WEEKEND!

Gabe Kidd vs Zack Sabre Jr. in a Champion versus Champion B Block main event! Yuya Uemura vs Taichi headlines A Block! ELP vs Takeshita, Tsuji vs EVIL and more!

July 22, Sendai!

Uemura vs Tsuji in the main event! Taichi faces Finlay! EVIL versus SANADA, Tanahashi takes on Boltin and Newman takes on Oiwa!

July 23, Nagaoka!

Sabre versus Umino in the main event! Takagi versus Gabe Kidd! O-Khan faces Takeshita, Phantasmo takes on Narita, YOSHI-HASHI battles Moloney!

July 25, Ota!

Tanahashi faces Finlay in the main event! Tsuji meets Oiwa! Taichi takes on EVIL, Uemura meets Newman, Botin takes on SANADA!

July 26, Ota!

Shingo Takagi faces Konsosuke Takeshita in the main event! Shota Umino meets Ren Narita! ELP versus ZSJ, Gabe versus Moloney, O-Khan takes on YOSHI-HASHI!

July 27, Nagoya!

Hiroshi Tanahashi versus Ryohei Oiwa in the main event! Uemura takes on EVIL, SANADA faces Taichi, Newman versus Finlay, Tsuji versus Boltin!

July 30, Osaka!

Zack Sabre Jr. takes on Konosuke Takeshita in the main event! Shota Umino faces Shingo Takagi! Moloney meets Narita, O-Khan takes on Phantasmo, Gabe Kidd battles YOSHI-HASHI!

August 1, Kagawa

Hiroshi Tanahashi versus Yuya Uemura in the main event! Yota Tsuji battles Taichi! Boltin versus Finlay, EVIL versus Oiwa, SANADA versus Newman!

August 2, Hiroshima!

ZSJ versus Great-O-Khan in the main event! Kidd versus Narita! Moloney versus Takeshita, ELP versus Takagi and Umino takes on YOSHI-HASHI!

August 3, Fukuoka!

Tanahashi versus Tsuji your main event! Finlay takes on EVIL! Uemura versus SANADA, Taichi takes on Oiwa, Boltin versus Newman!

August 5, Osaka!

Shingo Takagi versus Zack Sabre Jr. your main event! Shota Umino versus Gabe Kidd! Phantasmo takes on Moloney, Narita faces O-Khan, Takeshita meets YOSHI-HASHI!

August 7, Korakuen!

Yota Tsuji versus David Finlay in the main event! Uemura versus Oiwa! SANADA faces Tanahashi, EVIL meets Boltin, Newman takes on Taichi!

August 8, Yokohama!

Konosuke Takeshita takes on Shota Umino in the main event! Ren Narita takes on Shingo Takagi! ZSJ versus Moloney, Kidd versus O-Khan, YOSHI-HASHI vs ELP!

August 10 Gunma A BLOCK FINAL!

With match order TBD, SANADA faces Oiwa, Tsuji takes on Newman, EVIL versus Tanahashi, Boltin versus Taichi and Uemura versus Finlay!

August 13 Hamamatsu B BLOCK FINAL!

With match order TBD, El Phantasmo faces Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney battles Shingo Takagi, Narita versus Takeshita, YOSHI-HASHI faces ZSJ and Umino versus O-Khan!

August 14, Korakuen PLAYOFF DAY!

Playoffs see second place and third place finishers in opposite blocks square off!

August 16, Ariake SEMIFINALS!

Playoff winners face the top point scorers in each block!

August 17 Ariake FINAL!

It all comes down to the grand final on August 17. Who will win the tournament of tournaments?​

 

[Roy Mustang]

YES YES YES YES HE MADE IT