New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the dates for their annual G1 Climax tournament, the 2018 iteration will be taking place from Saturday July 14th to Sunday August 12th. NJPW released the following statement on their NJPW1972.com English language site regarding the dates, arenas and tag line for the 28th G1 Climax:
The G1 Climax is the most physically and emotionally demanding month for the creme de la creme of professional wrestling. Its eventual victor has to have the will to outlast and overcome the best competition in the world night in and night out, a sentiment that is captured by this year’s tagline:
G1 Climax 28: Be A Survivor!
This year, the G1 Climax starts in Tokyo’s Ota Ward in the Ota General Gymnasium on Saturday July 14 and Sunday July 15. Then, it’s up north to Hokkaido Monday July 16 and Hokkai Kita Yell.
We then go back to Tokyo for three nights in Korakuen from Thursday July 19 through to Saturday the 21st, before a first for the G1 Climax in Hachioji’s Esforta Arena on Sunday July 22.
Osaka always sees some of the most explosive moments in the G1, and now there’s double the excitement as we rock Edion arena in Osaka for two nights August 4th and 5th. Finally, for the first time in G1 history, and the first time in 14 years for New Japan, we head to the Nippon Budokan for three nights from Friday August 10 to Sunday August 12.
Here are the full dates for the tournament, the shows that will be aired on NJPWWorld.com have not yet been confirmed:
- Saturday July 14 • Tokyo • Ota General Gymnasium (opening day)
- Sunday July 15 • Tokyo • Ota General Gymnasium
- Monday July 16 • Hokkaido • Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell
- Thursday July 19 • Tokyo • Korakuen Hall
- Friday July 20 • Tokyo • Korakuen Hall
- Saturday July 21 • Tokyo • Korakuen Hall
- Sunday July 22 • Tokyo • Hachioji Esforta Arena
- Thursday July 26 • Niigata • Aore Nagaoka
- Friday July 27 • Shizuoka • Act City Hamamatsu
- Saturday July 28 • Aichi • Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
- Monday July 30 • Kagawa • Takamatsu City General Gymnasium Arena 1
- Wednesday August 1 • Kagoshima • Kagoshima Arena
- Thursday August 2 • Fukuoka • Fukuoka Public Gymnasium
- Saturday August 4 • Osaka • Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium (Edion Arena Osaka)
- Sunday August 5 • Osaka • Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium (Edion Arena Osaka)
- Wednesday August 8 • Kanagawa • Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
- Friday August 10 • Tokyo • Nippon Budokan
- Saturday August 11 • Tokyo • Nippon Budokan
- Sunday August 12 • Tokyo • Nippon Budokan (Finals)
The battle lines have been drawn for G1 Climax 28! From two days in Ota, to two explosive Osaka nights and a Budokan climax, Who will BE A SURVIVOR?#njpwhttps://t.co/oRQnjGpjgF pic.twitter.com/WLVIYDNzSU
— njpw_global (@njpwglobal) April 2, 2018
