{"id":141244,"date":"2022-06-12T19:32:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T00:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=141244"},"modified":"2022-06-12T19:32:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T00:32:59","slug":"new-japan-pro-wrestling-announces-g1-competitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/06\/12\/new-japan-pro-wrestling-announces-g1-competitors\/","title":{"rendered":"New Japan Pro Wrestling announces G1 competitors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3494772089\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>New Japan Pro Wrestling has released the names of this year&#8217;s G1 Climax participants. The company made the announcement during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/06\/12\/njpw-dominion-results\/\">Dominion<\/a> show.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s G1 format will be different than years past. Instead of two blocks, the tournament will feature four blocks of seven competitors. The winners of each block will square off in a semifinal with a shot in the finals on the line. The winner of the G1 will still win a shot at the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleKingdom in January.<\/p>\n<p>The list of participants is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kazuchika Okada<\/li>\n<li>Tama Tonga<\/li>\n<li>Hiroshi Tanahashi<\/li>\n<li>Tom Lawlor<\/li>\n<li>Jonah<\/li>\n<li>Yoshi-Hashi<\/li>\n<li>Hirooki Goto<\/li>\n<li>Toru Yano<\/li>\n<li>Tomohiro Ishii<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Cobb<\/li>\n<li>Bad Luck Fale<\/li>\n<li>Chase Owens<\/li>\n<li>Juice Robinson<\/li>\n<li>Taichi<\/li>\n<li>Zack Sabre Jr<\/li>\n<li>Lance Archer<\/li>\n<li>David Finlay<\/li>\n<li>El Phantasmo<\/li>\n<li>Great O-Khan<\/li>\n<li>Will Ospreay<\/li>\n<li>Aaron Henare<\/li>\n<li>Shingo Takagi<\/li>\n<li>SANADA<\/li>\n<li>Tetsuya Naito<\/li>\n<li>Jay White<\/li>\n<li>EVIL<\/li>\n<li>KENTA<\/li>\n<li>Yujiro Takahashi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The G1 Climax 32 round robin tournament begins on July 16 and wraps up on August 18.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/06\/08\/former-iwgp-world-heavyweight-champion-appears-on-dynamite\/\">Former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion appears on Dynamite<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-272564219\"><div id=\"pwtor-1776072286\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>New Japan Pro Wrestling has released the names of this year&#8217;s G1 Climax participants. The company made the announcement during the Dominion show. This year&#8217;s G1 format will be different than years past. 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