Blocks and Schedule Revealed for NJPW G1 Climax 2023

By: Damian Gibson

With last weekend seeing the entrants for this year’s G1 Climax announced, New Japan have now provided an update on which wrestlers are in each block, plus the full schedule for this year’s G1.

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— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) July 5, 2023

Complete with an announcement that block matches will this year have a 20-minute time limit on them, the four blocks for G1 Climax 33 are as follows:

Block A: SANADA, Chase Owens, Hikuleo, Ren Narita, Shota Umino, Yota Tsuji, Gabe Kidd, Kaito Kiyomiya

Block B: Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI, Taichi, KENTA, Great-O-Khan, Will Ospreay, Tanga Loa, El Phantasmo

Block C: David Finlay, Tomohiro Ishii, EVIL, Tama Tonga, Shingo Takagi, Aaron Henare, Eddie Kingston, Mikey Nicholls

Block D: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tetsuya Naito, Hirooki Goto, Zack Sabre Jr., Toru Yano, Jeff Cobb, Shane Haste, Alex Coughlin