The G1 Climax 30 was a professional wrestling tournament produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The tournament commenced on September 19 and concluded on October 18, 2020. It was the thirtieth edition of G1 Climax, and forty-sixth edition of the tournament counting its previous forms under different names. A Block winner Kota Ibushi defeated B Block winner Sanada in the final to win the tournament.

G1 Climax 30
G1 Climax 30 logo
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateSeptember 19 to October 18, 2020
CitySee venues
VenueSee venues
Tagline(s)Be The One!
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Kota Ibushi, winner of G1 Climax 30
Tournament information
SportProfessional wrestling
Location
DatesSeptember 19, 2020–October 18, 2020
Tournament
format(s)
Two-block round-robin tournament
Participants20
Final positions
ChampionKota Ibushi
Runner-upSanada
Tournament statistics
Bouts fought91

Considered NJPW's most important tournament, the G1 Climax features twenty wrestlers, divided in two blocks of ten ("A" and "B"). Each participant faces all nine other wrestlers within the same block in singles matches. The winner of each block is determined via a point system, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no point for a defeat; each night of the event sees the ten members of one block compete for the tournament. On the final day of the event, the winners of both blocks face each other to determine the winner of the G1 Climax, who will gain a future match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom, NJPW's biggest yearly event. The event was broadcast live on TV Asahi and Fighting TV Samurai [ja] in Japan, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling World worldwide.

Production

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Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
English Commentators Kevin Kelly (nights 1–16 VOD, 17–19 live)
Rocky Romero (nights 1–16 VOD, 17–19 live)
Chris Charlton (nights 17–19)
Japanese Commentators Koki Yamazaki (nights 1, 2, 5)
Shinji Yoshino (nights 1, 2, 11, 12, 19)
Shigeki Kiyono (nights 8–13)
Yuichi Tabata (nights 1, 2, 5, 11, 12, 17)
Haruo Murata (nights 3, 4, 6, 7, 14–16)
Kazuo Yamazaki (nights 6 & 18)
Yohei Onishi (nights 5, 18, 19)
Milano Collection A.T.
Souichi Shibata (nights 7–9)
Jyushin Thunder Liger (nights 1, 2, 10, 13, 15, 16, 19)
Miki Motoi (nights 3, 4, 6, 14)
Katsuhiko Kanazawa (nights 5, 6, 17)
Daisuke Takahashi (nights 6 & 7)
Kazuki Kusanagi (night 17)
Hiroki Mikami (nights 17 & 18)
Shunpei Terakawa (nights 18 & 19)
Ring announcers Kimihiko Ozaki
Makoto Abe
Referees Kenta Sato
Marty Asami
Red Shoes Unno

Tournament rules

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The tournament features twenty wrestlers, divided in two blocks of ten ("A" and "B"). Each participant faces all nine other wrestler within the same block in singles match, with the winner of each block being determined via a point system, gaining two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no point for a loss; each night of the event sees the ten members of a same block compete for the tournament. In case of several wrestler sharing the top score, the results of the matches those wrestlers had when facing each others in the tournament act as tiebreaker, with the one having the most wins over the other top-scorers determining the winner of the block.[1][2]

On the final day of the event, the respective winners of both blocks face each other to determine the winner of the G1 Climax, who would gain a future match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, NJPW's top championship, at Wrestle Kingdom, NJPW's biggest yearly event; if the IWGP Heavyweight Champion himself wins, he gets to pick his opponent at Wrestle Kingdom. The Young Lion matches have a fifteen-minutes time limit, while the matches of the tournament have a 30-minutes time limit (with the time limit being reached resulting in a tie); the final match between the two block winners has no time limit.[1][2]

History

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In January 2020, NJPW announced that the 2020 edition of the G1 Climax would take place from September to October, instead of its usual July–August schedule, to avoid conflict with the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] During the New Japan Road event on September 9, NJPW announced the full tournament bracket for the G1 Climax.[4][5]

Storylines

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The event includes matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[6]

The tournament saw the in-ring returns of Juice Robinson and Will Ospreay to NJPW for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.[7] Jay White, Jeff Cobb, and Kenta returned to NJPW in August on their weekly TV show, NJPW Strong, which was taped in America. However, this tournament was White, Cobb, and Kenta's returns to Japan since the start of the pandemic.

Venues

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Dates[8] Venue Location
September 19 Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium Namba, Osaka
September 20
September 23 Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Toyohira-ku, Sapporo
September 24
September 27 World Memorial Hall Chūō-ku, Kobe
September 29 Korakuen Hall Bunkyo, Tokyo
September 30
October 1 City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka Nagaoka, Niigata
October 5 Takamatsu City General Gymnasium Takamatsu, Kagawa
October 6 Hiroshima Sun Plaza Nishi-ku, Hiroshima
October 7
October 8 Zip Arena Okayama Okayama, Okayama
October 10 Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium Namba, Osaka
October 11 Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium Nagoya, Aichi
October 13 Hamamatsu Arena Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
October 14 Yokohama Budokan Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
October 16 Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumida, Tokyo
October 17
October 18

Results

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Night 1 (A Block)

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The first night of A Block took place on September 19, 2020 at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Namba, Osaka.[9]

No.Results[9]StipulationsTimes
1Yuya Uemura defeated Yota Tsuji by submissionSingles match6:57
2Will Ospreay defeated Yujiro TakahashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament7:34
3Taichi defeated Jeff CobbSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:47
4Minoru Suzuki defeated Tomohiro IshiiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament13:00
5Jay White defeated Shingo TakagiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament19:28
6Kota Ibushi defeated Kazuchika OkadaSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament21:35

Tournament scores

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Rank Wrestler Result Points
Pre Post
1 Kota Ibushi Win 0 2
Jay White Win 0 2
Minoru Suzuki Win 0 2
Taichi Win 0 2
Will Ospreay Win 0 2
2 Shingo Takagi Loss 0 0
Jeff Cobb Loss 0 0
Tomohiro Ishii Loss 0 0
Yujiro Takahashi Loss 0 0
Kazuchika Okada Loss 0 0

Night 2 (B Block)

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The first night of B Block took place on September 20, 2020 at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Namba, Osaka.[10]

No.Results[10]StipulationsTimes
1Yota Tsuji defeated Gabriel Kidd by submissionSingles match9:15
2Juice Robinson defeated Yoshi-HashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:57
3Toru Yano defeated Sanada by count outSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament6:16
4Kenta defeated Hirooki Goto by submissionSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:15
5Zack Sabre Jr. defeated EvilSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:54
6Tetsuya Naito defeated Hiroshi TanahashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament27:16

Tournament scores

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Rank Wrestler Result Points
Pre Post
1 Tetsuya Naito Win 0 2
Toru Yano Win 0 2
Juice Robinson Win 0 2
Zack Sabre Jr. Win 0 2
Kenta Win 0 2
2 Hiroshi Tanahashi Loss 0 0
Sanada Loss 0 0
Yoshi-Hashi Loss 0 0
Evil Loss 0 0
Hirooki Goto Loss 0 0

Night 3 (A Block)

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The second night of A Block took place on September 23, 2020 at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo.[11]

No.Results[11]StipulationsTimes
1Gabriel Kidd defeated Yuya UemuraSingles match7:21
2Jeff Cobb defeated Shingo TakagiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:44
3Kazuchika Okada defeated Yujiro Takahashi by submissionSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:01
4Taichi defeated Minoru SuzukiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:11
5Will Ospreay defeated Tomohiro IshiiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:20
6Jay White (with Gedo) defeated Kota IbushiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament20:28

Tournament scores

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Rank Wrestler Result Points
Pre Post
1 Will Ospreay Win 2 4
Taichi Win 2 4
Jay White Win 2 4
2 Kota Ibushi Loss 2 2
Minoru Suzuki Loss 2 2
Kazuchika Okada Win 0 2
Jeff Cobb Win 0 2
3 Tomohiro Ishii Loss 0 0
Yujiro Takahashi Loss 0 0
Shingo Takagi Loss 0 0

Night 4 (B Block)

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The second night of B Block took place on September 24, 2020 at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo.[12]

No.Results[12]StipulationsTimes
1Yota Tsuji defeated Yuya Uemura by submissionSingles match8:13
2Hirooki Goto defeated SanadaSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:03
3Toru Yano defeated Hiroshi TanahashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament7:15
4Juice Robinson defeated KentaSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:01
5Evil defeated Yoshi-HashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:21
6Tetsuya Naito defeated Zack Sabre Jr.Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament28:28

Tournament scores

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Rank Wrestler Result Points
Pre Post
1 Tetsuya Naito Win 2 4
Toru Yano Win 2 4
Juice Robinson Win 2 4
2 Zack Sabre Jr. Loss 2 2
Kenta Loss 2 2
Evil Win 0 2
Hirooki Goto Win 0 2
3 Hiroshi Tanahashi Loss 0 0
Sanada Loss 0 0
Yoshi-Hashi Loss 0 0

Night 5 (A Block)

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The third night of A Block took place on September 27, 2020 at the World Memorial Hall in Chūō-ku, Kobe.[13]

No.Results[13]StipulationsTimes
1Gabriel Kidd defeated Yota TsujiSingles match7:40
2Taichi defeated Yujiro TakahashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:03
3Minoru Suzuki defeated Jeff CobbSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament9:24
4Kota Ibushi defeated Tomohiro IshiiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:41
5Shingo Takagi defeated Will OspreaySingles match for the G1 Climax tournament22:03
6Jay White defeated Kazuchika OkadaSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:48

Tournament scores

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Rank Wrestler Result Points
Pre Post
1 Taichi Win 4 6
Jay White Win 4 6
2 Will Ospreay Loss 4 4
Kota Ibushi Win 2 4
Minoru Suzuki Win 2 4
3 Kazuchika Okada Loss 2 2
Jeff Cobb Loss 2 2
Shingo Takagi Win 0 2
4 Tomohiro Ishii Loss 0 0
Yujiro Takahashi Loss 0 0

Night 6 (B Block)

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The third night of B Block took place on September 29, 2020 at Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo.[14]

No.Results[14]StipulationsTimes
1Yuya Uemura defeated Gabriel Kidd by submissionSingles match9:10
2Yoshi-Hashi defeated SanadaSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:15
3Kenta defeated Zack Sabre Jr.Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:46
4Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Juice RobinsonSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:16
5Toru Yano defeated EvilSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament4:33
6Tetsuya Naito defeated Hirooki GotoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament21:58

Tournament scores

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Rank Wrestler Result Points
Pre Post
1 Tetsuya Naito Win 4 6
Toru Yano Win 4 6
2 Juice Robinson Loss 4 4
Kenta Win 2 4
3 Zack Sabre Jr. Loss 2 2
Evil Loss 2 2
Hirooki Goto Loss 2 2
4 Hiroshi Tanahashi Win 0 2
Yoshi-Hashi Win 0 2
5 Sanada Loss 0 0

Night 7 (A Block)

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The fourth night of A Block took place on September 30, 2020 at Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo.[15]

No.Results[15]StipulationsTimes
1Yota Tsuji defeated Yuya Uemura by submissionSingles match7:35
2Minoru Suzuki defeated Yujiro TakahashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament7:53
3Kota Ibushi defeated Jeff CobbSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament10:43
4Kazuchika Okada defeated Taichi by referee stoppageSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:03
5Will Ospreay defeated Jay WhiteSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:46
6Tomohiro Ishii defeated Shingo TakagiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament26:01

Tournament scores

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Rank Wrestler Result Points
Pre Post
1 Taichi Loss 6 6
Jay White Loss 6 6
Will Ospreay Win 4 6
Kota Ibushi Win 4 6
Minoru Suzuki Win 4 6
2 Kazuchika Okada Win 2 4
3 Jeff Cobb Loss 2 2
Shingo Takagi Loss 2 2
Tomohiro Ishii Win 0 2
4 Yujiro Takahashi Loss 0 0

Night 8 (B Block)

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The fourth night of B Block took place on October 1, 2020 at City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka in Nagaoka, Niigata.[16]

No.Results[16]StipulationsTimes
1Yota Tsuji vs. Gabriel Kidd ended in a time limit drawSingles match15:00
2Juice Robinson defeated Toru YanoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament6:42
3Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Hirooki GotoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament3:59
4Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Yoshi-HashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:41
5Evil defeated KentaSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:40
6Sanada defeated Tetsuya NaitoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament27:08

Tournament scores

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Rank Wrestler Result Points
Pre Post
1 Tetsuya Naito Loss 6 6
Toru Yano Loss 6 6
Juice Robinson Win 4 6
2 Kenta Loss 4 4
Zack Sabre Jr. Win 2 4
Evil Win 2 4
Hiroshi Tanahashi Win 2 4
3 Hirooki Goto Loss 2 2
Yoshi-Hashi Loss 2 2
Sanada Win 0 2

Night 9 (A Block)

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The fifth night of A Block took place on October 5, 2020 at the Takamatsu City General Gymnasium in Takamatsu, Kagawa.[17]

No.Results[17]StipulationsTimes
1Yuya Uemura defeated Gabriel Kidd by submissionSingles match7:35
2Shingo Takagi defeated Yujiro TakahashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament13:28
3Jeff Cobb defeated Jay WhiteSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:24
4Kazuchika Okada defeated Minoru SuzukiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:10
5Tomohiro Ishii defeated TaichiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:41
6Kota Ibushi defeated Will OspreaySingles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:56

Tournament scores

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Rank Wrestler Result Points
Pre Post
1 Kota Ibushi Win 6 8
2 Jay White Loss 6 6
Will Ospreay Loss 6 6
Taichi Loss 6 6
Minoru Suzuki Loss 6 6
Kazuchika Okada Win 4 6
3 Jeff Cobb Win 2 4
Shingo Takagi Win 2 4
Tomohiro Ishii Win 2 4
4 Yujiro Takahashi Loss 0 0

Night 10 (B Block)

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The fifth night of B Block took place on October 6, 2020 at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza in Nishi-ku, Hiroshima.[18]

No.Results[18]StipulationsTimes
1Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura ended in a time limit drawSingles match15:00
2Hirooki Goto defeated Toru YanoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament0:18[a]
3Sanada defeated Zack Sabre Jr.Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:31
4Evil defeated Juice RobinsonSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:35
5Tetsuya Naito defeated Yoshi-HashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament24:43
6Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Kenta by submissionSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament23:41

Tournament scores

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Rank Wrestler Result Points
Pre Post
1 Tetsuya Naito Win 6 8
2 Evil Win 4 6
Hiroshi Tanahashi Win 4 6
Toru Yano Loss 6 6
Juice Robinson Loss 6 6
3 Hirooki Goto Win 2 4
Sanada Win 2 4
Kenta Loss 4 4
Zack Sabre Jr. Loss 4 4
4 Yoshi-Hashi Loss 2 2

Night 11 (A Block)

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The sixth night of the A Block took place on October 7, 2020 at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza in Nishi-ku, Hiroshima.[19]

No.Results[19]StipulationsTimes
1Yota Tsuji defeated Gabriel KiddSingles match6:43
2Tomohiro Ishii defeated Yujiro TakahashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:25
3Kazuchika Okada defeated Jeff CobbSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:03
4Will Ospreay defeated Minoru SuzukiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:26
5Jay White defeated TaichiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:16
6Shingo Takagi defeated Kota IbushiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament21:56

Tournament scores

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Colors
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Rank Wrestler Result Points
Pre Post
1 Kota Ibushi Loss 8 8
Jay White Win 6 8
Kazuchika Okada Win 6 8
Will Ospreay Win 6 8
2 Minoru Suzuki Loss 6 6
Taichi Loss 6 6
Shingo Takagi Win 4 6
Tomohiro Ishii Win 4 6
3 Jeff Cobb Loss 4 4
4 Yujiro Takahashi Loss 0 0

Night 12 (B Block)

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The sixth night of the B Block took place on October 8, 2020 at Zip Arena Okayama in Okayama, Okayama.[20]

No.Results[20]StipulationsTimes
1Gabriel Kidd defeated Yuya UemuraSingles match8:47
2Hirooki Goto defeated Yoshi-HashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:12
3Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Toru Yano by submissionSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:20
4Sanada defeated KentaSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:24
5Tetsuya Naito defeated Juice RobinsonSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament25:01
6Evil defeated Hiroshi TanahashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament19:58

Tournament scores

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Colors
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Rank Wrestler Result Points
Pre Post
1 Tetsuya Naito Win 8 10
2 Evil Win 6 8
3 Hiroshi Tanahashi Loss 6 6
Juice Robinson Loss 6 6
Toru Yano Loss 6 6
Hirooki Goto Win 4 6
Sanada Win 4 6
Zack Sabre Jr. Win 4 6
4 Kenta Loss 4 4
5 Yoshi-Hashi Loss 2 2

Night 13 (A Block)

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The seventh night of A Block took place on October 10, 2020 at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Namba, Osaka.[21]

No.Results[21]StipulationsTimes
1Yuya Uemura defeated Yota TsujiSingles match9:03
2Jeff Cobb defeated Tomohiro IshiiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:57
3Jay White defeated Yujiro TakahashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament3:40
4Will Ospreay defeated TaichiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament16:26
5Kota Ibushi defeated Minoru SuzukiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament16:58
6Kazuchika Okada defeated Shingo Takagi by referee stoppageSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament27:45

Tournament scores

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Colors
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Rank Wrestler Result Points
Pre Post
1 Kota Ibushi Win 8 10
Jay White Win 8 10
Kazuchika Okada Win 8 10
Will Ospreay Win 8 10
2 Taichi Loss 6 6
Shingo Takagi Loss 6 6
Minoru Suzuki Loss 6 6
Tomohiro Ishii Loss 6 6
Jeff Cobb Win 4 6
3 Yujiro Takahashi Loss 0 0

Night 14 (B Block)

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The seventh night of B Block took place on October 11, 2020 at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, Aichi.[22]

No.Results[22]StipulationsTimes
1Gabriel Kidd defeated Yota TsujiSingles match7:09
2Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Yoshi-Hashi by submissionSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament13:34
3Kenta defeated Toru Yano by count outSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament8:56
4Sanada defeated Juice RobinsonSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:06
5Hirooki Goto defeated Hiroshi TanahashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament13:38
6Evil defeated Tetsuya NaitoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament23:57

Tournament scores

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Colors
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Rank Wrestler Result Points
Pre Post
1 Evil Win 8 10
Tetsuya Naito Loss 10 10
2 Hirooki Goto Win 6 8
Zack Sabre Jr. Win 6 8
Sanada Win 6 8
3 Toru Yano Loss 6 6
Hiroshi Tanahashi Loss 6 6
Juice Robinson Loss 6 6
Kenta Win 4 6
4 Yoshi-Hashi Loss 2 2

Night 15 (A Block)

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The eighth night of A Block took place on October 13, 2020 at the Hamamatsu Arena in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka.[23]

No.Results[23]StipulationsTimes
1Yuya Uemura defeated Gabriel KiddSingles match8:37
2Jeff Cobb defeated Will OspreaySingles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:21
3Kota Ibushi defeated Yujiro TakahashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:28
4Taichi defeated Shingo TakagiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament16:21
5Jay White defeated Minoru SuzukiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament20:30
6Kazuchika Okada defeated Tomohiro Ishii by referee stoppageSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament26:13

Tournament scores

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Colors
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Rank Wrestler Result Points
Pre Post
1 Jay White Win 10 12
Kota Ibushi Win 10 12
Kazuchika Okada Win 10 12
2 Will Ospreay Loss 10 10
3 Taichi Win 6 8
Jeff Cobb Win 6 8
4 Minoru Suzuki Loss 6 6
Tomohiro Ishii Loss 6 6
Shingo Takagi Loss 6 6
5 Yujiro Takahashi Loss 0 0

Night 16 (B Block)

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The eighth night of B Block took place on October 14, 2020 at the Yokohama Budokan in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama.[24]

No.Results[24]StipulationsTimes
1Yota Tsuji defeated Yuya Uemura by submissionSingles match7:56
2Kenta defeated Yoshi-Hashi by submissionSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:39
3Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Juice RobinsonSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:30
4Tetsuya Naito defeated Toru YanoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament8:04
5Evil defeated Hirooki GotoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:33
6Sanada defeated Hiroshi TanahashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament28:25

Tournament scores

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Colors
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Rank Wrestler Result Points
Pre Post
1 Evil Win 10 12
Tetsuya Naito Win 10 12
2 Sanada Win 8 10
Zack Sabre Jr. Win 8 10
3 Hirooki Goto Loss 8 8
Kenta Win 6 8
4 Hiroshi Tanahashi Loss 6 6
Juice Robinson Loss 6 6
Toru Yano Loss 6 6
5 Yoshi-Hashi Loss 2 2

Night 17 (A Block Final)

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The ninth night of A Block took place on October 16, 2020 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Sumida, Tokyo.[25] Kota Ibushi was declared the winner of A Block after Tomohiro Ishii pinned Jay White.

No.Results[25]StipulationsTimes
1Yota Tsuji defeated Gabriel Kidd by submissionSingles match6:52
2Yujiro Takahashi defeated Jeff CobbSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament10:30
3Shingo Takagi defeated Minoru SuzukiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:29
4Will Ospreay defeated Kazuchika OkadaSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:04
5Kota Ibushi defeated TaichiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:12
6Tomohiro Ishii defeated Jay WhiteSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament24:35

Tournament scores

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Colors

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Did not win the block
Rank Wrestler Result Points
Pre Post
1 Kota Ibushi Win 12 14
2 Jay White Loss 12 12
Will Ospreay Win 10 12
Kazuchika Okada Loss 12 12
3 Taichi Loss 8 8
Jeff Cobb Loss 8 8
Shingo Takagi Win 6 8
Tomohiro Ishii Win 6 8
4 Minoru Suzuki Loss 6 6
5 Yujiro Takahashi Win 0 2

Night 18 (B Block Final)

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The ninth night of B Block will take place on October 17, 2020 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Sumida, Tokyo.[26] Sanada was declared the winner of B Block after pinning Evil.

No.Results[26]StipulationsTimes
1Gabriel Kidd defeated Yuya UemuraSingles match8:16
2Yoshi-Hashi defeated Toru YanoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament6:10
3Juice Robinson defeated Hirooki GotoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:07
4Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Zack Sabre Jr.Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:01
5Kenta defeated Tetsuya NaitoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament21:06
6Sanada defeated EvilSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament27:01

Tournament scores

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Colors

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Rank Wrestler Result Points
Pre Post
1 Sanada Win 10 12
2 Evil Loss 12 12
Tetsuya Naito Loss 12 12
3 Kenta Win 8 10
Zack Sabre Jr. Loss 10 10
4 Juice Robinson Win 6 8
Hiroshi Tanahashi Win 6 8
Hirooki Goto Loss 8 8
5 Toru Yano Loss 6 6
6 Yoshi-Hashi Win 2 4

Night 19 (Final)

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The final night took place on October 18, 2020 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Sumida, Tokyo. A Block winner Kota Ibushi defeated B Block winner Sanada to be declared the winner of the tournament.[27]

No.Results[27]StipulationsTimes
1Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., Douki and El Desperado) defeated Chaos (Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, Yoshi-Hashi and Hirooki Goto)Eight-man tag team match10:34
2Los Ingobernables de Japón (Hiromu Takahashi and Shingo Takagi) defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)Tag team match11:54
3Taguchi Japan (Master Wato, Jeff Cobb, Juice Robinson and Hiroshi Tanahashi) defeated Bullet Club (Jay White, Kenta, Gedo and Taiji Ishimori)Eight-man tag team match9:12
4Will Ospreay and Great-O-Khan defeated Chaos (Sho and Kazuchika Okada)Tag team match12:36
5Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi and Evil) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi and Tetsuya Naito)Tag team match14:14
6Kota Ibushi defeated SanadaSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament final35:12

Participants

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Final standings
Block A Block B
Kota Ibushi 14 Sanada 12
Will Ospreay 12 Evil 12
Jay White 12 Tetsuya Naito 12
Kazuchika Okada 12 Kenta 10
Taichi 8 Zack Sabre Jr. 10
Jeff Cobb 8 Hirooki Goto 8
Tomohiro Ishii 8 Hiroshi Tanahashi 8
Shingo Takagi 8 Juice Robinson 8
Minoru Suzuki 6 Toru Yano 6
Yujiro Takahashi 2 Yoshi-Hashi 4
Tournament overview
Block A Ibushi Cobb Okada Ishii Ospreay Takagi Suzuki Taichi White Takahashi
Ibushi Ibushi
(10:43)[15]
Ibushi
(21:35)[9]
Ibushi
(15:41)[13]
Ibushi
(15:56)[17]
Takagi
(21:56)[19]
Ibushi
(16:58)[21]
Ibushi
(17:12)[25]
White
(20:28)[10]
Ibushi
(12:28)[23]
Cobb Ibushi
(10:43)[15]
Okada
(11:03)[19]
Cobb
(14:57)[21]
Cobb
(12:21)[23]
Cobb
(11:44)[10]
Suzuki
(9:24)[13]
Taichi
(12:47)[9]
Cobb
(12:24)[17]
Takahashi
(10:30)[25]
Okada Ibushi
(21:35)[9]
Okada
(11:03)[19]
Okada
(26:13)[23]
Ospreay
(17:04)[25]
Okada
(27:45)[21]
Okada
(14:10)[17]
Okada
(17:03)[15]
White
(18:48)[13]
Okada
(12:01)[10]
Ishii Ibushi
(15:41)[13]
Cobb
(14:57)[21]
Okada
(26:13)[23]
Ospreay
(18:20)[10]
Ishii
(26:01)[15]
Suzuki
(13:00)[9]
Ishii
(18:41)[17]
Ishii
(24:35)[25]
Ishii
(15:25)[19]
Ospreay Ibushi
(15:56)[17]
Cobb
(12:21)[23]
Ospreay
(17:04)[25]
Ospreay
(18:20)[10]
Takagi
(22:03)[13]
Ospreay
(14:26)[19]
Ospreay
(16:26)[21]
Ospreay
(18:46)[15]
Ospreay
(7:34)[9]
Takagi Takagi
(21:56)[19]
Cobb
(11:44)[10]
Okada
(27:45)[21]
Ishii
(26:01)[15]
Takagi
(22:03)[13]
Takagi
(12:29)[25]
Taichi
(16:21)[23]
White
(19:28)[9]
Takagi
(13:38)[17]
Suzuki Ibushi
(16:28)[21]
Suzuki
(9:24)[13]
Okada
(14:10)[17]
Suzuki
(13:00)[9]
Ospreay
(14:26)[19]
Takagi
(12:29)[25]
Taichi
(12:11)[10]
White
(20:30)[23]
Suzuki
(7:53)[15]
Taichi Ibushi
(17:12)[25]
Taichi
(12:47)[9]
Okada
(17:03)[15]
Ishii
(18:41)[17]
Ospreay
(16:26)[21]
Taichi
(16:21)[23]
Taichi
(12:11)[10]
White
(15:16)[19]
Taichi
(11:03)[13]
White White
(20:28)[10]
Cobb
(12:24)[17]
White
(18:48)[13]
Ishii
(24:35)[25]
Ospreay
(18:46)[15]
White
(19:28)[9]
White
(20:30)[23]
White
(15:16)[19]
White
(3:40)[21]
Takahashi Ibushi
(12:28)[23]
Takahashi
(10:30)[25]
Okada
(12:01)[10]
Ishii
(15:25)[19]
Ospreay
(7:34)[9]
Takagi
(13:38)[17]
Suzuki
(7:53)[15]
Taichi
(11:03)[13]
White
(3:40)[21]
Block B Tanahashi Robinson Goto Yano Yoshi-Hashi Naito Sanada Sabre Kenta Evil
Tanahashi Tanahashi
(14:16)[14]
Goto
(13:38)[22]
Yano
(7:15)[10]
Tanahashi
(18:41)[16]
Naito
(27:16)[10]
Sanada
(28:25)[24]
Tanahashi
(12:01)[26]
Tanahashi
(23:41)[18]
Evil
(19:58)[20]
Robinson Tanahashi
(14:16)[14]
Robinson
(12:07)[26]
Robinson
(6:42)[16]
Robinson
(15:57)[10]
Naito
(25:01)[20]
Sanada
(15:06)[22]
Sabre
(14:30)[24]
Robinson
(17:01)[10]
Evil
(15:35)[18]
Goto Goto
(13:38)[22]
Robinson
(12:07)[26]
Goto
(0:18)[18]
Goto
(14:12)[20]
Naito
(21:58)[14]
Goto
(11:03)[10]
Sabre
(3:59)[16]
Kenta
(17:15)[10]
Evil
(15:33)[24]
Yano Yano
(7:15)[10]
Robinson
(6:42)[16]
Goto
(0:18)[18]
Yoshi-Hashi
(6:10)[26]
Naito
(8:04)[24]
Yano
(6:16)[10]
Sabre
(12:20)[20]
Kenta
(8:56)[22]
Yano
(4:33)[14]
Yoshi-Hashi Tanahashi
(18:41)[16]
Robinson
(15:57)[10]
Goto
(14:12)[20]
Yoshi-Hashi
(6:10)[26]
Naito
(24:43)[18]
Yoshi-Hashi
(15:15)[14]
Sabre
(13:34)[22]
Kenta
(17:39)[24]
Evil
(17:21)[10]
Naito Naito
(27:16)[10]
Naito
(25:01)[20]
Naito
(21:58)[14]
Naito
(8:04)[24]
Naito
(24:43)[18]
Sanada
(27:08)[16]
Naito
(28:28)[10]
Kenta
(21:06)[26]
Evil
(23:57)[22]
Sanada Sanada
(28:25)[24]
Sanada
(15:06)[22]
Goto
(11:03)[10]
Yano
(6:16)[10]
Yoshi-Hashi
(15:15)[14]
Sanada
(27:08)[16]
Sanada
(14:31)[18]
Sanada
(11:24)[20]
Sanada
(27:01)[26]
Sabre Tanahashi
(12:01)[26]
Sabre
(14:30)[24]
Sabre
(3:59)[16]
Sabre
(12:20)[20]
Sabre
(13:34)[22]
Naito
(28:28)[10]
Sanada
(14:31)[18]
Kenta
(15:46)[14]
Sabre
(14:54)[10]
Kenta Tanahashi
(23:41)[18]
Robinson
(17:01)[10]
Kenta
(17:15)[10]
Kenta
(8:56)[22]
Kenta
(17:36)[24]
Kenta
(21:06)[26]
Sanada
(11:24)[20]
Kenta
(15:46)[14]
Evil
(15:40)[16]
Evil Evil
(19:58)[20]
Evil
(15:35)[18]
Evil
(15:33)[24]
Yano
(4:33)[14]
Evil
(17:21)[10]
Evil
(23:57)[22]
Sanada
(27:01)[26]
Sabre
(14:54)[10]
Evil
(15:40)[16]
Final
   
A1 Kota Ibushi Pin[b]
B1 Sanada 35:12[27]

Aftermath

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On night 17, during the match between Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay, Bea Priestley, Ospreay's girlfriend, made her debut appearance in NJPW, at ringside. As Okada locked his Money Clip submission onto Ospreay, Priestley attempted to enter the ring, distracting the referee in the process, allowing Tomoyuki Oka to make his return to the company as Great O-Kharn (later changed to Great O-Khan, in reference to Genghis Khan of the Mongol Empire),[28] attacking Okada with an Eliminator, helping earn the victory for Ospreay. Afterwards, Ospreay turned heel on Okada by attacking him after the match from behind with his Hidden Blade elbow. In a backstage interview, Ospreay announced that he would officially leave Chaos to start a new faction with him, Priestley, and O-Khan called The Empire (later changed to United Empire).[29]

On November 7, 2020, Kota Ibushi unsuccessfully defended his briefcase, being the first man to do so, by losing it to Jay White at Power Struggle.

Notes

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  1. ^ This match broke the record for the shortest match in G1 Climax history; previously held by Kenzo Suzuki vs. Tadao Yasuda in the 2002 tournament, which lasted 37 seconds.
  2. ^ Ibushi became the first wrestler to win back to back G1 Climax tournaments since Hiroyoshi Tenzan in 2003 and 2004.

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