The brackets for the 2023 NJPW G1 Climax tournament have now been revealed, confirming some huge matchups for the summer.
The lineup for the upcoming tournament was previously announced, confirming that AEW/ROH star Eddie Kingston will wrestle in the Japanese tournament.
NJPW has now confirmed the blocks for the tournament, which are as follows:
A Block
SANADA
Shota Umino
Yota Tsuji
Ren Narita
Chase Owens
Hikuleo
Gabriel Kidd
Kaito Kiyomiya
B Block
Kazuchika Okada
YOSHI-HASHI
Tanga Loa
El Phantasmo
Taichi
KENTA
Great-O-Khan
Will Ospreay
C Block
Tomohiro Ishii
Tama Tonga
Mikey Nichols
Shingo Takagi
Eddie Kingston
Aaron Henare
EVIL
David Finlay
D Block
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Hirooki Goto
Toru Yano
Tetsuya Naito
Zack Sabre Jr.
Jeff Cobb
Shane Haste
Alex Coughlin
The tournament will begin with a round-robin format, meaning each star will face every other competitor in their specific block.
After block competition is done, the four points leaders (one from each block) will advance to the semi-finals.
Two semi-final matches will take place to determine the two stars that will meet in the grand final of the G1 Climax 33 tournament. The winner will earn the right to challenge for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 18 in January 2024, but will defend their #1 contendership along the way.
This means that, regardless of how well he does, Eddie Kingston, for example, will have seven guaranteed tournament matches, with one of them notably seeing Kingston battle Tomohiro Ishii in singles action.
Kingston is also set to face former IWGP Heavyweight Champions EVIL and Shingo Takagi.
Another huge match that will take place in block action will be Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay in the B block.
An update has emerged on a huge match that has reportedly been discussed for AEW X NJPW Forbidden Door, which you can read more about right here.
C Block
Tomohiro Ishii
Tama Tonga
Mikey Nichols
Shingo Takagi
Eddie Kingston
Aaron Henare
EVIL
David FinlayD Block
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Hirooki Goto
Toru Yano
Tetsuya Naito
Zack Sabre Jr.
Jeff Cobb
Shane Haste
Alex CoughlinInteresting selections here! #njroad #G1Climax33
— SP3 | Jerome YouTube (@TruHeelSP3) June 10, 2023
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