New Japan Pro Wrestling G-1 Climax Tournament
NJPW G1 CLIMAX 25 Breakdown
The G1 continues their yearly tradition of the biggest pro-wrestling tournament in the world. This year features 20 wrestlers, 15 wrestlers from Japan and 5 hailing from the USA to Tonga, all vying for the chance to solidify themselves as the top wrestler after a grueling drive to claim the top position of their respected block.
There is plenty to look forward to in this years G1 and there will surely be something for every kind of pro-wrestling fan out there.
This years G1 CLIMAX will be streamed every day live on for one low cost of a little over $8 for a monthly subscription to the New Japan Wold website.
Below are the wrestlers involved in this years G1 as and then the match listing through each and ever day.
A BLOCK
● Hiroshi Tanahashi [2007 Winner] (14th year competing)
● Togi Makabe [2009 Winner] (12th year competing)
● Katsuyori Shibata (5th year competing)
● Tetsuya Naito [2013 Winner] (6th year competing)
● Hiroyoshi Tenzan [03, 04, 06 Winner] (20th year competing)
● “Golden Star” Kota Ibushi (2nd year competing)
● “Sukonaru Dai Dorobo” Toru Yano (10th year competing)
● “Phenomenal” AJ Styles (2nd year competing)
● “The Outlaw” Doc Gallows (2nd year competing)
● “The UnderBoss” Bad Luck Fale (2nd year competing)
● Hiroshi Tanahashi [2007 Winner] (14th year competing)
● Togi Makabe [2009 Winner] (12th year competing)
● Katsuyori Shibata (5th year competing)
● Tetsuya Naito [2013 Winner] (6th year competing)
● Hiroyoshi Tenzan [03, 04, 06 Winner] (20th year competing)
● “Golden Star” Kota Ibushi (2nd year competing)
● “Sukonaru Dai Dorobo” Toru Yano (10th year competing)
● “Phenomenal” AJ Styles (2nd year competing)
● “The Outlaw” Doc Gallows (2nd year competing)
● “The UnderBoss” Bad Luck Fale (2nd year competing)
B BLOCK
● “Gowan” Satoshi Kojima [2010 Winner] (14th year competing)
● “Blue Justice” Yuji Nagata [01 Winner] (17th year competing)
● “Aramusha” Hirooki Goto [2008 Winner] (8th year competing)
● “Minna no Kokeshi” Tomoaki Honma (2nd year competing)
● “King of Strong Style” Shinsuke Nakamura [2011 Winner] (12th year)
● “Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada [12 & 14 Winner] (4th year competing)
● “CHAOS no Tokko-yaro” Tomohiro Ishii (3rd year competing)
● “Unbreakable” Michael Elgin (debut)
● “The Machine Gun” Karl Anderson (6th year competing)
● “Mr. R Rated” Yujiro Takahashi (6th year competing)
● “Gowan” Satoshi Kojima [2010 Winner] (14th year competing)
● “Blue Justice” Yuji Nagata [01 Winner] (17th year competing)
● “Aramusha” Hirooki Goto [2008 Winner] (8th year competing)
● “Minna no Kokeshi” Tomoaki Honma (2nd year competing)
● “King of Strong Style” Shinsuke Nakamura [2011 Winner] (12th year)
● “Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada [12 & 14 Winner] (4th year competing)
● “CHAOS no Tokko-yaro” Tomohiro Ishii (3rd year competing)
● “Unbreakable” Michael Elgin (debut)
● “The Machine Gun” Karl Anderson (6th year competing)
● “Mr. R Rated” Yujiro Takahashi (6th year competing)
The full event cards can be seen through the link below…
G1 CLIMAX 25 – Day 1″ 7/20/2015 [MON]
(5) A BLOCK: Hirotoshi Tenzan vs. Doc Gallows
(6) A BLOCK: Togi Makabe vs. Toru Yano
(7) A BLOCK: Tetsuya Naito vs. Bad Luck Fale
(8) A BLOCK: AJ Styles vs. Katsuyori Shibata
(9) A BLOCK: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi
(5) A BLOCK: Hirotoshi Tenzan vs. Doc Gallows
(6) A BLOCK: Togi Makabe vs. Toru Yano
(7) A BLOCK: Tetsuya Naito vs. Bad Luck Fale
(8) A BLOCK: AJ Styles vs. Katsuyori Shibata
(9) A BLOCK: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi
G1 CLIMAX 25 – Day 2″, 7/23/2015 [Thu]
(5) B BLOCK: Satoshi Kojima vs. Tomohiro Ishii
(6) B BLOCK: Hirooki Goto vs. Yujiro Takahashi
(7) B BLOCK: Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoaki Honma
(8) B BLOCK: Kazuchika Okada vs. Michael Elgin
(9) B BLOCK: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Karl Anderson
(5) B BLOCK: Satoshi Kojima vs. Tomohiro Ishii
(6) B BLOCK: Hirooki Goto vs. Yujiro Takahashi
(7) B BLOCK: Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoaki Honma
(8) B BLOCK: Kazuchika Okada vs. Michael Elgin
(9) B BLOCK: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Karl Anderson
G1 CLIMAX 25 – Day 3″, 7/24/2015 [Fri]
(5) A BLOCK: Kota Ibushi vs. Doc Gallows
(6) A BLOCK: Togi Makabe vs. Bad Luck Fale
(7) A BLOCK: Toru Yano vs. AJ Styles
(8) A BLOCK: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tetsuya Naito
(9) A BLOCK: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
(5) A BLOCK: Kota Ibushi vs. Doc Gallows
(6) A BLOCK: Togi Makabe vs. Bad Luck Fale
(7) A BLOCK: Toru Yano vs. AJ Styles
(8) A BLOCK: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tetsuya Naito
(9) A BLOCK: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
G1 CLIMAX 25 – Day 4″, 7/25/2015 [Sat]
(5) B BLOCK: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yujiro Takahashi
(6) B BLOCK: Satoshi Kojima vs. Michael Elgin
(7) B BLOCK: Hirooki Goto vs. Karl Anderson
(8) B BLOCK: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Yuji Nagata
(9) B BLOCK: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tomoaki Honma
(5) B BLOCK: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yujiro Takahashi
(6) B BLOCK: Satoshi Kojima vs. Michael Elgin
(7) B BLOCK: Hirooki Goto vs. Karl Anderson
(8) B BLOCK: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Yuji Nagata
(9) B BLOCK: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tomoaki Honma
G1 CLIMAX 25 – Day 5″, 7/26/2015 [Sun]
(5) A BLOCK: Doc Gallows vs. Bad Luck Fale
(6) A BLOCK: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Toru Yano
(7) A BLOCK: Togi Makabe vs. Katsuyori Shibata
(8) A BLOCK: AJ Styles vs. Kota Ibushi
(9) A BLOCK: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito
(5) A BLOCK: Doc Gallows vs. Bad Luck Fale
(6) A BLOCK: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Toru Yano
(7) A BLOCK: Togi Makabe vs. Katsuyori Shibata
(8) A BLOCK: AJ Styles vs. Kota Ibushi
(9) A BLOCK: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito
G1 CLIMAX 25 – Day 6″, 7/28/2015 [Tue]
(5) B BLOCK: Yuji Nagata vs. Yujiro Takahashi
(6) B BLOCK: Hirooki Goto vs. Tomoaki Honma
(7) B BLOCK: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Karl Anderson
(8) B BLOCK: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Michael Elgin
(9) B BLOCK: Satoshi Kojima vs. Kazuchika Okada
(5) B BLOCK: Yuji Nagata vs. Yujiro Takahashi
(6) B BLOCK: Hirooki Goto vs. Tomoaki Honma
(7) B BLOCK: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Karl Anderson
(8) B BLOCK: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Michael Elgin
(9) B BLOCK: Satoshi Kojima vs. Kazuchika Okada
G1 CLIMAX 25 – Day 7″, 7/29/2015 [Wed]
(5) A BLOCK: Toru Yano vs. Doc Gallows
(6) A BLOCK: Togi Makabe vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
(7) A BLOCK: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kota Ibushi
(8) A BLOCK: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale
(9) A BLOCK: AJ Styles vs. Tetsuya Naito
(5) A BLOCK: Toru Yano vs. Doc Gallows
(6) A BLOCK: Togi Makabe vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
(7) A BLOCK: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kota Ibushi
(8) A BLOCK: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale
(9) A BLOCK: AJ Styles vs. Tetsuya Naito
G1 CLIMAX 25 – Day 8″, 8/1/2015 [Sat]
(5) B BLOCK: Satoshi Kojima vs. Yujiro Takahashi
(6) B BLOCK: Yuji Nagata vs. Karl Anderson
(7) B BLOCK: Tomoaki Honma vs. Michael Elgin
(8) B BLOCK: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tomohiro Ishii
(9) B BLOCK: Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika Okada
(5) B BLOCK: Satoshi Kojima vs. Yujiro Takahashi
(6) B BLOCK: Yuji Nagata vs. Karl Anderson
(7) B BLOCK: Tomoaki Honma vs. Michael Elgin
(8) B BLOCK: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tomohiro Ishii
(9) B BLOCK: Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika Okada
G1 CLIMAX 25 – Day 9″, 8/2/2015 [Sun]
(5) A BLOCK: Kota Ibushi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
(6) A BLOCK: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Bad Luck Fale
(7) A BLOCK: AJ Styles vs. Doc Gallows
(8) A BLOCK: Togi Makabe vs. Tetsuya Naito
(9) A BLOCK: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Toru Yano
(5) A BLOCK: Kota Ibushi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
(6) A BLOCK: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Bad Luck Fale
(7) A BLOCK: AJ Styles vs. Doc Gallows
(8) A BLOCK: Togi Makabe vs. Tetsuya Naito
(9) A BLOCK: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Toru Yano
G1 CLIMAX 25 – Day 10″, 8/4/2015 [Tue]
(5) B BLOCK: Michael Elgin vs. Yujiro Takahashi
(6) B BLOCK: Satoshi Kojima vs. Tomoaki Honma
(7) B BLOCK: Yuji Nagata vs. Tomohiro Ishii
(8) B BLOCK: Kazuchika Okada vs. Karl Anderson
(9) B BLOCK: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hirooki Goto
(5) B BLOCK: Michael Elgin vs. Yujiro Takahashi
(6) B BLOCK: Satoshi Kojima vs. Tomoaki Honma
(7) B BLOCK: Yuji Nagata vs. Tomohiro Ishii
(8) B BLOCK: Kazuchika Okada vs. Karl Anderson
(9) B BLOCK: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hirooki Goto
G1 CLIMAX 25 – Day 11″, 8/5/2015 [Wed]
(5) A BLOCK: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Bad Luck Fale
(6) A BLOCK: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Toru Yano
(7) A BLOCK: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Doc Gallows
(8) A BLOCK: AJ Styles vs. Togi Makabe
(9) A BLOCK: Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito
(5) A BLOCK: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Bad Luck Fale
(6) A BLOCK: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Toru Yano
(7) A BLOCK: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Doc Gallows
(8) A BLOCK: AJ Styles vs. Togi Makabe
(9) A BLOCK: Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito
G1 CLIMAX 25 – Day 12″, 8/7/2015 [Fri]
(5) B BLOCK: Yuji Nagata vs. Michael Elgin
(6) B BLOCK: Tomoaki Honma vs. Karl Anderson
(7) B BLOCK: Satoshi Kojima vs. Hirooki Goto
(8) B BLOCK: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Yujiro Takahashi
(9) B BLOCK: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tomohiro Ishii
(5) B BLOCK: Yuji Nagata vs. Michael Elgin
(6) B BLOCK: Tomoaki Honma vs. Karl Anderson
(7) B BLOCK: Satoshi Kojima vs. Hirooki Goto
(8) B BLOCK: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Yujiro Takahashi
(9) B BLOCK: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tomohiro Ishii
G1 CLIMAX 25 – Day 13″, 8/8/2015 [Sat]
(5) A BLOCK: Kota Ibushi vs. Bad Luck Fale
(6) A BLOCK: Tetsuya Naito vs. Toru Yano
(7) A BLOCK: AJ Styles vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
(8) A BLOCK: Togi Makabe vs. Doc Gallows
(9) A BLOCK: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata
(5) A BLOCK: Kota Ibushi vs. Bad Luck Fale
(6) A BLOCK: Tetsuya Naito vs. Toru Yano
(7) A BLOCK: AJ Styles vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
(8) A BLOCK: Togi Makabe vs. Doc Gallows
(9) A BLOCK: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata
G1 CLIMAX 25 – Day 14″, 8/9/2015 [Sun]
(5) B BLOCK: Michael Elgin vs. Karl Anderson
(6) B BLOCK: Satoshi Kojima vs. Yuji Nagata
(7) B BLOCK: Kazuchika Okada vs. Yujiro Takahashi
(8) B BLOCK: Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii
(9) B BLOCK: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tomoaki Honma
(5) B BLOCK: Michael Elgin vs. Karl Anderson
(6) B BLOCK: Satoshi Kojima vs. Yuji Nagata
(7) B BLOCK: Kazuchika Okada vs. Yujiro Takahashi
(8) B BLOCK: Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii
(9) B BLOCK: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tomoaki Honma
G1 CLIMAX 25 – Day 15″, 8/11/2015 [Tue]
(5) A BLOCK: Tetsuya Naito vs. Doc Gallows
(6) A BLOCK: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Katsuyori Shibata
(7) A BLOCK: Kota Ibushi vs. Toru Yano
(8) A BLOCK: AJ Styles vs. Bad Luck Fale
(9) A BLOCK: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Togi Makabe
(5) A BLOCK: Tetsuya Naito vs. Doc Gallows
(6) A BLOCK: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Katsuyori Shibata
(7) A BLOCK: Kota Ibushi vs. Toru Yano
(8) A BLOCK: AJ Styles vs. Bad Luck Fale
(9) A BLOCK: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Togi Makabe
G1 CLIMAX 25 – Day 16″, 8/12/2015 [Wed]
(5) B BLOCK: Karl Anderson vs. Yujiro Takahashi
(6) B BLOCK: Hirooki Goto vs. Michael Elgin
(7) B BLOCK: Satoshi Kojima vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
(8) B BLOCK: Kazuchika Okada vs. Yuji Nagata
(9) B BLOCK: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tomoaki Honma
(5) B BLOCK: Karl Anderson vs. Yujiro Takahashi
(6) B BLOCK: Hirooki Goto vs. Michael Elgin
(7) B BLOCK: Satoshi Kojima vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
(8) B BLOCK: Kazuchika Okada vs. Yuji Nagata
(9) B BLOCK: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tomoaki Honma
G1 CLIMAX 25 – Day 17″, 8/14/2015 [Fri]
() A BLOCK: Toru Yano vs. Bad Luck Fale
() A BLOCK: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Doc Gallows
() A BLOCK: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Tetsuya Naito
() A BLOCK: Togi Makabe vs. Kota Ibushi
() A BLOCK: AJ Styles vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
() A BLOCK: Toru Yano vs. Bad Luck Fale
() A BLOCK: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Doc Gallows
() A BLOCK: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Tetsuya Naito
() A BLOCK: Togi Makabe vs. Kota Ibushi
() A BLOCK: AJ Styles vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
G1 CLIMAX 25 – Day 18″, 8/15/2015 [Sat]
() B BLOCK: Tomoaki Honma vs. Yujiro Takahashi
() B BLOCK: Satoshi Kojima vs. Karl Anderson
() B BLOCK: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Michael Elgin
() B BLOCK: Hirooki Goto vs. Yuji Nagata
() B BLOCK: Kazuchika Okada vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
() B BLOCK: Tomoaki Honma vs. Yujiro Takahashi
() B BLOCK: Satoshi Kojima vs. Karl Anderson
() B BLOCK: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Michael Elgin
() B BLOCK: Hirooki Goto vs. Yuji Nagata
() B BLOCK: Kazuchika Okada vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
G1 CLIMAX 25 – Day FINAL” 8/16/2015 [Sun]
Final Match: [A BLOCK #1] vs. [B BLOCK #1]
Just judging by how things are set up on the final days it seems everything is more or less written for the A BLOCK to come down to either AJ Styles vs. Tanahashi and for the B BLOCK with Okada vs. Nakamura.
We could very well see a final between Tanahashi and Nakamura. Tanahashi who last won the G1 all the way back in 2007 and Nakamura just back here in 2011. Of course anything can happen in the G1 and I personally would like to see a curve ball thrown in the mix to make this less predictable if it comes down to the route that NJPW looks to have planned
Final Match: [A BLOCK #1] vs. [B BLOCK #1]
Just judging by how things are set up on the final days it seems everything is more or less written for the A BLOCK to come down to either AJ Styles vs. Tanahashi and for the B BLOCK with Okada vs. Nakamura.
We could very well see a final between Tanahashi and Nakamura. Tanahashi who last won the G1 all the way back in 2007 and Nakamura just back here in 2011. Of course anything can happen in the G1 and I personally would like to see a curve ball thrown in the mix to make this less predictable if it comes down to the route that NJPW looks to have planned