{"id":160261,"date":"2023-06-12T09:22:37","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T14:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=160261"},"modified":"2023-06-12T09:22:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T14:22:37","slug":"g1-climax-tournament-blocks-announced-by-new-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/06\/12\/g1-climax-tournament-blocks-announced-by-new-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"G1 Climax tournament blocks announced by New Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3411925557\" 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 G1 Climax 33 block lineups for the largest G1 field the tournament has ever seen. The blocks are as follows:<\/p>\n<h3>A BLOCK<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Sanada<\/li>\n<li>Chase Owens<\/li>\n<li>Hikuleo<\/li>\n<li>Ren Narita<\/li>\n<li>Shota Umino<\/li>\n<li>Yota Tsuji<\/li>\n<li>Gabriel Kidd<\/li>\n<li>Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>B BLOCK<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Kazuchika Okada<\/li>\n<li>Yoshi-Hashi<\/li>\n<li>Tanga Loa<\/li>\n<li>El Phantasmo<\/li>\n<li>Taichi<\/li>\n<li>Kenta<\/li>\n<li>Great-O-Khan<\/li>\n<li>Will Ospreay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>C BLOCK<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tomohiro Ishii<\/li>\n<li>Tama Tonga<\/li>\n<li>Mikey Nichols<\/li>\n<li>Shingo Takagi<\/li>\n<li>Eddie Kingston (AEW)<\/li>\n<li>Aaron Henare<\/li>\n<li>Evil<\/li>\n<li>David Finlay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>D BLOCK<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Hiroshi Tanahashi<\/li>\n<li>Hirooki Goto<\/li>\n<li>Toru Yano<\/li>\n<li>Tetsuya Naito<\/li>\n<li>Zack Sabre Jr.<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Cobb<\/li>\n<li>Shane Haste<\/li>\n<li>Alex Coughlin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This year&#8217;s G1 tournament will feature an elimination tournament after block action. The top two point getters in each block will enter a single elimination tournament with the winner being crowned the G1 champion.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/06\/12\/major-media-outlet-reportedly-interested-in-wwe-programming\/\">Major media outlet reportedly interested in WWE programming<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2899259286\"><div id=\"pwtor-3368923771\"><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 G1 Climax 33 block lineups for the largest G1 field the tournament has ever seen. 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