NJPW Confirms Dates For G1 Climax 32 Tournament

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NJPW has announced the schedule for the upcoming G1 Climax 32 tournament.

The annual tournament will return this summer, commencing on July 16. The finals will take place on August 18 in the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo.

NJPW has confirmed that the tournament will play out across the following dates:

G1 CLIMAX 32 July 16- August 18 2022

SATURDAY JULY 16- Hokkaido- Hokkai Kita Yell

SUNDAY JULY 17- Hokkaido- Hokkai Kita Yell

WEDNESDAY JULY 20- Miyagi-Xebio Arena Sendai

SATURDAY JULY 23- Tokyo- Ota City Prefectural Gymnasium

SUNDAY JULY 24- Tokyo- Ota City Prefectural Gymnasium

TUESDAY JULY 26- Tokyo- Korakuen Hall

WEDNESDAY JULY 27- Tokyo- Korakuen Hall

SATURDAY JULY 30- Aichi- Dolphins Arena

SUNDAY JULY 31- Aichi- Dolphins Arena

TUESDAY AUGUST 2- Shizuoka- Hamamatsu Arena

FRIDAY AUGUST 5- Aichi- Item Ehime

SATURDAY AUGUST 6- Osaka- EDION Arena Osaka

SUNDAY AUGUST 7- Osaka- EDION Arena Osaka

TUESDAY AUGUST 9- Hiroshima- Hiroshima Sun Plaza

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 10- Hiroshima- Hiroshima Sun Plaza

SATURDAY AUGUST 13- Tokyo- Machida Municipal Gymnasium

SUNDAY AUGUST 14- Nagano- White Ring

TUESDAY AUGUST 16- Tokyo- Nippon Budokan

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 17- Tokyo- Nippon Budokan

THURSDAY AUGUST 18- Tokyo- Nippon Budokan

The 2020 and 2021 iterations of the tournament notably aired in the fall, pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Olympic Games respectively.

The winner of the tournament will earn the right to challenge for the IWGP World Championship at Wrestle Kingdom, that they will have to defend ahead of the January event.

Last year’s tournament was won by Kazuchika Okada, who went on to defeat Shingo Takagi to win the IWGP World Title during Wrestle Kingdom 16 Night 1.

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