Jon Moxley officially confirmed he will enter this year’s G1 Climax tournament. Moxley defeated Shota Umino today in the opening match from New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Dominion event in Osaka. It was just Moxley’s second match in the promotion, having won the IWGP United States championship from Juice Robinson in his first on Wednesday.
Following today’s match in Osaka, Moxley cut a short promo and confirmed he will be entering this year’s G1.
Later in the evening, KENTA (fka Hideo Itami) was also confirmed for this year’s tournament.
The tournament kicks off on July 7th with a show from the American Airlines Arena in Dallas. It will then return to Japan will it will take place from July 13th to August 12th.
G1 Climax Tournament Previous Winners
Since re-branding as the G1 in 1991, here are the tournament’s previous winners:
- 1991: Masahiro Chono
- 1992: Masahiro Chono (2)
- 1993: Tatsumi Fujinami
- 1994: Masahiro Chono (3)
- 1995: Keiji Mutoh
- 1996: Riki Choshu (2) *
- 1997: Kensuke Sasaki
- 1998: Shinya Hashimoto
- 1999: Manabu Nakanishi
- 2000: Kensuke Sasaki
- 2001: Yuji Nagata
- 2002: Masahiro Chono (4)
- 2003: Hiroyoshi Tenzan
- 2004: Hiroyoshi Tenzan (2)
- 2005: Masahiro Chono (5)
- 2006: Hiroyoshi Tenzan (3)
- 2007: Hiroshi Tanahashi
- 2008: HIrooki Goto
- 2009: Togi Makabe
- 2010: Satoshi Kojima
- 2011: Shinsuke Nakamura
- 2012: Kazuchika Okada
- 2013: Tetsuya Naito
- 2014: Kazuchika Okada (2)
- 2015: Hiroshi Tanahashi (2)
- 2016: Kenny Omega
- 2017: Tetsuya Naito (2)
- 2018: Hiroshi Tanahashi (3)
