G1 Climax

The G1 Climax is a tournament held by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It is considered to be the most important tournament in the company. The tournament was first created by Antonio Inoki and was first held in 1974. The name of the tournament was originally called the World League from 1974 until 1977,[1] the MSG League from 1978 until 1982, and the IWGP League from 1983 until 1988. The tournaments under these names are not viewed as part of the official history of the G1 Climax by New Japan however.[2] The first tournament under the G1 name was held from August 7 until August 11, 1991. Seiji Sakaguchi, president of New Japan, named the tournament after a horse race.[3]

The current rules of the G1 Climax tournament are held in a round-robin format. There are two blocks of wrestlers who fight for points. A wrestler who gets a win gets two points for a victory, a wrestler who gets a draw gets one point, and a wrestler who loses doesn't get a point. The wrestler from each block who has the most points will then fight each other in the finals to decide who the winner of the G1 will be. The tournament is held for four weeks.[4] In 2022, the tournament would go back to having four blocks for the first time since 2000.[5]

The first non-Japanese wrestler to win the G1 was Kenny Omega in 2016.[6] Tetsuya Naito is the current winner.

Tournament winners
Tournament Year Winner Refs.
World League1974Antonio Inoki[7]
1975Antonio Inoki[8]
1976Seiji Sakaguchi[9]
1977Seiji Sakaguchi[10]
MSG League1978Antonio Inoki[11]
1979Antonio Inoki[12]
1980Antonio Inoki[13]
1981Antonio Inoki[14]
1982André the Giant[15]
IWGP League1983Hulk Hogan[16]
1984Antonio Inoki[17]
1985André the Giant[18]
1986Antonio Inoki[19]
1987Antonio Inoki[20]
1988Antonio Inoki[21]
World Cup Tournament1989Riki Choshu[22]
G1 Climax1991Masahiro Chono[23]
1992Masahiro Chono[24]
1993Tatsumi Fujinami[25]
1994Masahiro Chono[26]
1995Keiji Mutoh[27]
1996Riki Choshu[28]
1997Kensuke Sasaki[29]
1998Shinya Hashimoto[30]
1999Manabu Nakanishi[31]
2000Kensuke Sasaki[32]
2001Yuji Nagata[33]
2002Masahiro Chono[34]
2003Hiroyoshi Tenzan[35]
2004Hiroyoshi Tenzan[36]
2005Masahiro Chono[37]
2006Hiroyoshi Tenzan[38]
2007Hiroshi Tanahashi[39]
2008Hirooki Goto[40]
2009Togi Makabe[41]
2010Satoshi Kojima[42]
2011Shinsuke Nakamura[43]
2012Kazuchika Okada[44]
2013Tetsuya Naito[45]
2014Kazuchika Okada[46]
2015Hiroshi Tanahashi[47]
2016Kenny Omega[48]
2017Tetsuya Naito[49]
2018Hiroshi Tanahashi[50]
2019Kota Ibushi[51]
2020Kota Ibushi[52]
2021Kazuchika Okada[53]
2022Kazuchika Okada[54]
2023Tetsuya Naito[55]

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