NJPW Announces Full Tournament Match Schedule for G1 Climax 2021

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced the full tournament match schedule for this year’s G1 Climax tournament, which takes place from September 18th to October 21st in Japan.

The winner of this tournament will receive a title shot for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at next year’s Wrestle Kingdom 16 event.

Similar to last year, this year’s tournament will be limited to only one undercard match. Unlike last year’s tournament, NJPW also announced that only select shows will have an undercard match taking place.

Full block schedule for G1 Climax 2021:

September 18th (A Block) – Osaka, Japan

• Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
• Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• KENTA vs. Toru Yano
• Great O-Khan vs. Tanga Loa
• Kota Ibushi vs. Yujiro Takahashi

September 19th (B Block) – Osaka

• Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada
• Hirooki Goto vs. Taichi
• SANADA vs. Tama Tonga
• Jeff Cobb vs. Chase Owens
• EVIL vs. YOSHI-HASHI

September 23rd (A Block) – Tokyo

• Shingo Takagi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
• Tetsuya Naito vs. Tanga Loa
• KENTA vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• Great O-Khan vs. Toru Yano

September 24th (B Block) – Tokyo

• Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL
• SANADA vs. Taichi
• Jeff Cobb vs. YOSHI-HASHI
• Chase Owens vs. Tama Tonga
• Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto

September 26th (A Block) – Hyogo

• Shingo Takagi vs. Tetsuya Naito
• Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• Tomohiro Ishii vs. KENTA
• Tanga Loa vs. Toru Yano
• Great O-Khan vs. Yujiro Takahashi

September 29th (B Block) – Tokyo

• Kazuchika Okada vs. YOSHI-HASHI
• Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tama Tonga
• Jeff Cobb vs. Hirooki Goto
• SANADA vs. Chase Owens
• EVIL vs. Taichi

September 30th (A Block) – Tokyo

• Shingo Takagi vs. KENTA
• Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• Kota Ibushi vs. Toru Yano
• Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Great O-Khan
• Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tanga Loa

October 1st (B Block) – Shizuoka

• Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. SANADA
• Kazuchika Okada vs. Hirooki Goto
• Taichi vs. YOSHI-HASHI
• EVIL vs. Chase Owens
• Jeff Cobb vs. Tama Tonga

October 3rd (A Block) – Aichi

• Shingo Takagi vs. Kota Ibushi
• Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• Tetsuya Naito vs. Toru Yano
• Tanga Loa vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• Great O-Khan vs. KENTA

October 4th (B Block) – Tokyo

• Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA
• Hirooki Goto vs. YOSHI-HASHI
• Taichi vs. Jeff Cobb
• EVIL vs. Tama Tonga
• Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Chase Owens

October 7th (A Block) – Hiroshima

• Tetsuya Naito vs. KENTA
• Tomohiro Ishii vs. Great O-Khan
• Shingo Takagi vs. Toru Yano
• Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• Kota Ibushi vs. Tanga Loa

October 8th (B Block) – Kochi

• Kazuchika Okada vs. Taichi
• Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. EVIL
• Jeff Cobb vs. SANADA
• Hirooki Goto vs. Chase Owens
• Tama Tonga vs. YOSHI-HASHI

October 9th (A Block) – Osaka

• Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii
• Kota Ibushi vs. Great O-Khan
• Shingo Takagi vs. Tanga Loa
• Toru Yano vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• KENTA vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

October 12th (B Block) – Miyagi

• Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jeff Cobb
• EVIL vs. Hirooki Goto
• Kazuchika Okada vs. Chase Owens
• SANADA vs. YOSHI-HASHI
• Taichi vs. Tama Tonga

October 13th (A Block) – Miyagi

• Tetsuya Naito vs. Kota Ibushi
• Shingo Takagi vs. Great O-Khan
• Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Toru Yano
• Tanga Loa vs. KENTA
• Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yujiro Takahashi

October 14th (B Block) – Yamagata

• Kazuchika Okada vs. Tama Tonga
• EVIL vs. Jeff Cobb
• Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOSHI-HASHI
• SANADA vs. Hirooki Goto
• Taichi vs. Chase Owens

October 18th (A Block) – Kanagawa

• Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tanga Loa
• Tetsuya Naito vs. Great O-Khan
• Shingo Takagi vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• Tomohiro Ishii vs. Toru Yano
• Kota Ibushi vs. KENTA

October 20th (B Block) – Tokyo

• EVIL vs. SANADA
• Chase Owens vs. YOSHI-HASHI
• Hirooki Goto vs. Tanga Loa
• Kazuchika Okada vs. Jeff Cobb
• Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Taichi

October 21st (G1 Climax Finals) – Tokyo

• A Block winner vs. B Block winner