NJPW Announces G1 Climax 35 Participants

On Sunday, New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the participants for the 34th G1 Climax tournament.

The majority of the participants in the tournament are announced. 

16 participants were announced, in addition to four additional participants who will be determined in play-ins.

Hiroshi Tanahashi will participate in the tournament for one last time before hanging up his shoes after the upcoming Wrestle Kingdom. 

AEW, DDT, and NJPW superstar Konosuke Takeshita will compete in this year’s tournament as well.

The announced list of the participants are as follows:

A Block:

Yota Tsuji

El Phantasmo

Hiroshi Tanahashi

SANADA

David Finlay

EVIL

Yuya Uemura

Boltin Oleg

B Block:

Hirooki Goto

Konosuke Takeshita

Zack Sabre Jr.

Great-O-Khan

Ren Narita

Shingo Takagi

Gabe Kidd

Shota Umino