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G1 Climax

The G1 Climax is a tournament held by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It is considered to be the most important tournament in the company. The tournament was first created by Antonio Inoki and was first held in 1974. The name of the tournament was originally called the World League from 1974 until 1977,[1] the MSG League from 1978 until 1982, and the IWGP League from 1983 until 1988. The tournaments under these names are not viewed as part of the official history of the G1 Climax by New Japan however.[2] The first tournament under the G1 name was held from August 7 until August 11, 1991. Seiji Sakaguchi, president of New Japan, named the tournament after a horse race.[3]

The current rules of the G1 Climax tournament are held in a round-robin format. There are two blocks of wrestlers who fight for points. A wrestler who gets a win gets two points for a victory, a wrestler who gets a draw gets one point, and a wrestler who loses doesn't get a point. The wrestler from each block who has the most points will then fight each other in the finals to decide who the winner of the G1 will be. The tournament is held for four weeks.[4] In 2022, the tournament would go back to having four blocks for the first time since 2000.[5]

The first non-Japanese wrestler to win the G1 was Kenny Omega in 2016.[6] Tetsuya Naito is the current winner.

  1. ↑ "The Big Audio Nightmare's Guide to the annual New Japan G1 Climax". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on July 19, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ "G1 Climax". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  3. ↑ "闘魂三銃士を売り出す大会だった／25年目のＧ１". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  4. ↑ "New Japan Pro Wrestling's G1 Climax: All you need to know as tournament kicks off". Daily Mirror. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  5. ↑ "NJPW announces G1 Climax 32 Tournament entrants, four-block format". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Kenny Omega breaks through Japan's wrestling barriers to become a true champion". ESPN. Retrieved November 13, 2023.

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