2022 edition of the G1 Climax
The G1 Climax 32 was a professional wrestling tournament promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The tournament commenced on July 16 and concluded on August 18, 2022. It was the thirty-second edition of G1 Climax and the forty-eighth edition of the tournament counting its previous forms under different names.
Considered NJPW's most important tournament, the G1 Climax featured twenty-eight wrestlers, divided into four blocks of seven ("A", "B", "C", and "D"). Each participant faced all six other wrestlers within the same block in singles matches. The winner of each block was determined via a point system, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a defeat. Each night of the event saw one match from each block between two members. On the final two days of the event, the winners of each block entered a four-man playoff to determine the winner of the tournament, who also receives a future match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom . The event was broadcast live on TV Asahi and Fighting TV Samurai in Japan, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling World worldwide.
For the first time in three years, the block returned to the summer, moving away from the previous years where it was held in the fall between September–October due to the 2020 Summer Olympic Games being held in Japan, while coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic .[ 1] At twenty-eight participants, it was the largest field in G1 Climax history and the most competitors since 2014. The tournament also ran in a four-block round-robin format for the first time since 2000.
The event saw the G1 Climax debuts of Tom Lawlor , Jonah , El Phantasmo , Aaron Henare , and David Finlay .[ 2]
Production
Tournament rules
Other on-screen personnel
Role:
Name:
English Commentators
Kevin Kelly
Chris Charlton (nights 1–2, 4–7, 11–13, 16, 18–20)
El Phantasmo (nights 8 & 14)
Tom Lawlor (night 9)
Lance Archer (nights 10 & 15)
David Finlay (night 16)
Jonah (night 17)
Chase Owens (night 18)
Japanese Commentators
Milano Collection A.T. (nights 1–3, 8–13, 17–20)
Shigeki Kiyono (nights 8–9, 11–13, 17)
Kazuki Kusanagi (nights 4, 16, 20)
Hiroki Mikami (nights 1 & 2)
Miki Motoi (nights 4–7)
Haruo Murata (nights 3 & 10)
Shimpei Nogami (night 18)
Yusuke Okamoto (nights 14–16)
Yohei Ohnishi (night 18)
Yuichi Tabata (nights 1–2, 6–7, 16, 19)
Shunpei Terakawa (nights 5, 18, 20)
Daisuke Takahashi (nights 4–7)
Koki Yamazaki (nights 14–15, 19)
Shinji Yoshino (nights 1–2, 14–15, 19–20)
Ring announcers
Kimihiko Ozaki
Makoto Abe
Referees
Jeremy Marcus
Kenta Sato
Yuya Sakamoto
Marty Asami
Red Shoes Unno
The tournament features twenty-eight wrestlers, divided into four blocks of seven ("A", "B", "C", and "D"). Each participant faces all six 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 points for a loss; each night of the event sees one match from each block between two members competing for the tournament. In case of several wrestlers sharing the top score, the results of the matches those wrestlers had when facing each other in the tournament act as tiebreaker, with the one having the most wins over the other top-scorers determining the winner of the block.[ 3] [ 4]
On the final two days of the event, the respective winners of each block enter a four-man single-elimination playoff to determine the winner of the G1 Climax, who would gain a future match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship , NJPW's top championship, at Wrestle Kingdom , NJPW's biggest yearly event; if the IWGP Heavyweight Champion himself wins, he selects 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 semifinal (block winners) and final (semifinal winners) matches, where a winner must be determined, have no time limit.[ 3] [ 4]
History
On April 9, 2022, at Hyper Battle '22 , NJPW announced that the 2022 edition of the G1 Climax would take place from July to August, returning to the summer for the first time since 2019.[ 1] During Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall on June 22, NJPW announced the participants for the G1 Climax.[ 5]
Storylines
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]
Venues
Dates[ 1]
Venue
Location
July 16
Hokkai Kitayell
Toyohira-ku , Sapporo
July 17
July 20
Xebio Arena Sendai
Sendai , Miyagi
July 23
Ota City General Gymnasium
Ōta, Tokyo
July 24
July 26
Korakuen Hall
Bunkyo, Tokyo
July 27
July 30
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
Nagoya, Aichi
July 31
August 2
Hamamatsu Arena
Hamamatsu , Shizuoka
August 5
Item Ehime
Matsuyama , Ehime
August 6
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
Namba , Osaka
August 7
August 9
Hiroshima Sun Plaza
Nishi-ku, Hiroshima
August 10
August 13
Machida Municipal Gymnasium
Machida, Tokyo
August 14
White Ring
Nagano, Nagano
August 16
Nippon Budokan
Chiyoda, Tokyo
August 17
August 18
Results
Night 1
The first night of the tournament took place on July 16, 2022, at Hokkai Kitayell in Toyohira-ku , Sapporo .[ 7]
Tournament scores
Night 2
The second night of the tournament took place on July 17, 2022, at Hokkai Kitayell in Toyohira-ku , Sapporo .[ 9]
Tournament scores
Night 3
The third night of the tournament took place on July 20, 2022, at Xebio Arena Sendai in Sendai , Miyagi .[ 11]
Tournament scores
Night 4
The fourth night of the tournament took place on July 23, 2022, at Ota City General Gymnasium in Ōta, Tokyo .[ 12]
Tournament scores
Night 5
The fifth night of the tournament took place on July 24, 2022, at Ota City General Gymnasium in Ōta, Tokyo .[ 13]
Tournament scores
Night 6
The sixth night of the tournament took place on July 26, 2022, at Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo .[ 14]
Tournament scores
Night 7
The seventh night of the tournament took place on July 27, 2022, at Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo .[ 15]
Tournament scores
Night 8
The eighth night of the tournament took place on July 30, 2022, at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, Aichi .[ 16]
Tournament scores
Night 9
The ninth night of the tournament took place on July 31, 2022, at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, Aichi .[ 17]
Tournament scores
Night 10
The tenth night of the tournament took place on August 2, 2022, at Hamamatsu Arena in Hamamatsu , Shizuoka .[ 18]
Tournament scores
Night 11
The eleventh night of the tournament took place on August 5, 2022, at Item Ehime in Matsuyama , Ehime .[ 19]
Tournament scores
Night 12
The twelfth night of the tournament took place on August 6, 2022, at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Namba , Osaka .[ 20]
Tournament scores
Night 13
The thirteenth night of the tournament took place on August 7, 2022, at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Namba , Osaka .[ 22]
Tournament scores
Night 14
The fourteenth night of the tournament took place on August 9, 2022, at Hiroshima Sun Plaza in Nishi-ku, Hiroshima .[ 24]
Tournament scores
Night 15
The fifteenth night of the tournament took place on August 10, 2022, at Hiroshima Sun Plaza in Nishi-ku, Hiroshima .[ 27]
Tournament scores
Night 16
The sixteenth night of the tournament took place on August 13, 2022, at Machida Municipal Gymnasium in Machida, Tokyo .[ 29]
Tournament scores
Night 17
The seventeenth night of the tournament took place on August 14, 2022, at White Ring in Nagano, Nagano .[ 31]
No. Results[ 32] Stipulations Times 1 House of Torture [broken anchor ] (Evil , Yujiro Takahashi , Sho and Dick Togo ) defeated Hirooki Goto , Yuto Nakashima, Ryohei Oiwa and Kosei Fujita by submission Eight-man tag team match 8:05 2 United Empire (Will Ospreay and Aaron Henare ) defeated TMDK (Jonah and Bad Dude Tito ) by pinfall Tag team match 4:52 3 Bullet Club (Juice Robinson , Bad Luck Fale , Chase Owens and El Phantasmo ) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito , Shingo Takagi , Sanada and Bushi ) by pinfall Eight-man tag team match 7:31 4 Chaos (Kazuchika Okada , Yoshi-Hashi and Tomohiro Ishii ) defeated Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer , Zack Sabre Jr. and Taka Michinoku ) by pinfall Six-man tag team match 6:35 5 Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Jado ) defeated Bullet Club (Jay White and Gedo ) by pinfall Tag team match 7:07 6 Yoshi-Hashi defeated David Finlay by pinfall D Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament 11:14 7 Great-O-Khan defeated Taichi by pinfall B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament 7:06 8 Tom Lawlor defeated Jeff Cobb by pinfall A Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament 14:03 9 Kenta defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi by pinfall C Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament 23:46
Tournament scores
Night 18
The eighteenth night of the tournament took place on August 16, 2022, at Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo .[ 33]
Tournament scores
Night 19
The nineteenth night of the tournament took place on August 17, 2022, at Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo .[ 35]
No. Results[ 36] Stipulations Times 1 Chaos (Hirooki Goto , Tomohiro Ishii , Yoshi-Hashi and Yoh ) defeated Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer , Yoshinobu Kanemaru , Taka Michinoku and Douki) by pinfall Eight-man tag team match 6:24 2 Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. ) defeated Team Filthy (Tom Lawlor and Royce Isaacs ) by submission Tag team match 8:54 3 TMDK (Bad Dude Tito and Jonah ) defeated Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma ) by pinfall Tag team match 8:31 4 Bullet Club (Chase Owens , Bad Luck Fale and Juice Robinson ) defeated United Empire (Great-O-Khan , Aaron Henare and Jeff Cobb ) by pinfall Six-man tag team match 6:47 5 Bullet Club (Kenta , Evil , Yujiro Takahashi and El Phantasmo ) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi , Sanada , Hiromu Takahashi and Bushi ) by submission Eight-man tag team match 9:50 6 Hiroshi Tanahashi , Toru Yano , David Finlay and Kushida defeated Bullet Club (Jay White , Karl Anderson , Doc Gallows and Taiji Ishimori ) by pinfall Eight-man tag team match 9:08 7 Kazuchika Okada defeated Tama Tonga by pinfall Semi-final singles match in the G1 Climax tournament 19:08 8 Will Ospreay defeated Tetsuya Naito by pinfall Semi-final singles match in the G1 Climax tournament 20:23
Night 20
The final night of the tournament took place on August 18, 2022, at Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo .[ 37]
Participants
Tournament overview
Block A
Okada
Yano
Cobb
Archer
Fale
Lawlor
Jonah
Okada
—
Okada (10:10)
Okada (21:30)
Okada (12:43)
Okada (11:52)
Okada (16:16)
Jonah (21:53)
Yano
Okada (10:10)
—
Cobb (4:28)
Archer (9:14)
Fale (5:36)
Lawlor (10:13)
Yano (9:01)
Cobb
Okada (21:30)
Cobb (4:28)
—
Cobb (11:37)
Cobb (7:13)
Lawlor (14:03)
Jonah (14:50)
Archer
Okada (12:43)
Archer (9:14)
Cobb (11:37)
—
Fale (10:46)
Archer (11:50)
Archer (12:43)
Fale
Okada (11:52)
Fale (5:36)
Cobb (7:13)
Fale (10:46)
—
Lawlor (11:05)
Jonah (9:13)
Lawlor
Okada (16:16)
Lawlor (10:13)
Lawlor (14:03)
Archer (11:50)
Lawlor (11:05)
—
Jonah (11:32)
Jonah
Jonah (21:53)
Yano (9:01)
Jonah (14:50)
Archer (12:43)
Jonah (9:13)
Jonah (11:32)
—
Block B
White
Taichi
Tonga
Ishii
Sanada
O-Khan
Owens
White
—
White (23:30)
Tonga (13:56)
White (22:02)
White (18:07)
White (18:14)
White (13:12)
Taichi
White (23:30)
—
Tonga (16:53)
Taichi (15:21)
Sanada (16:09)
O-Khan (7:06)
Taichi (13:25)
Tonga
Tonga (13:56)
Tonga (16:53)
—
Ishii (20:07)
Tonga (16:28)
Tonga (14:32)
Tonga (13:18)
Ishii
White (22:02)
Taichi (15:21)
Ishii (20:07)
—
Ishii (12:35)
O-Khan (12:59)
Owens (16:50)
Sanada
White (18:07)
Sanada (16:09)
Tonga (16:28)
Ishii (12:35)
—
Sanada (16:35)
Sanada (12:45)
O-Khan
White (18:14)
O-Khan (7:06)
Tonga (14:32)
O-Khan (12:59)
Sanada (16:35)
—
Owens (11:58)
Owens
White (13:12)
Taichi (13:25)
Tonga (13:18)
Owens (16:50)
Sanada (12:45)
Owens (11:58)
—
Block C
Tanahashi
Naito
Evil
Goto
Sabre
Kenta
Henare
Tanahashi
—
Tanahashi (22:22)
Tanahashi (19:01)
Goto (19:01)
Tanahashi (17:32)
Kenta (23:46)
Henare (11:11)
Naito
Tanahashi (22:22)
—
Naito (24:54)
Goto (22:41)
Naito (1:58)
Naito (23:30)
Naito (17:31)
Evil
Tanahashi (19:01)
Naito (24:54)
—
Evil (8:40)
Sabre (0:44)
Evil (10:13)
Evil (10:28)
Goto
Goto (19:01)
Goto (22:41)
Evil (8:40)
—
Sabre (17:31)
Kenta (18:08)
Goto (17:12)
Sabre
Tanahashi (17:32)
Naito (1:58)
Sabre (0:44)
Sabre (17:31)
—
Sabre (21:33)
Sabre (14:15)
Kenta
Kenta (23:46)
Naito (23:30)
Evil (10:13)
Kenta (18:08)
Sabre (21:33)
—
Kenta (12:35)
Henare
Henare (11:11)
Naito (17:31)
Evil (10:28)
Goto (17:12)
Sabre (14:15)
Kenta (12:35)
—
Block D
Ospreay
Takagi
Robinson
Yoshi-Hashi
Phantasmo
Takahashi
Finlay
Ospreay
—
Takagi (21:55)
Ospreay (11:07)
Ospreay (18:48)
Ospreay (15:06)
Ospreay (11:17)
Finlay (15:28)
Takagi
Takagi (21:55)
—
Robinson (21:33)
Takagi (17:28)
Phantasmo (12:12)
Takagi (15:24)
Finlay (14:50)
Robinson
Ospreay (11:07)
Robinson (21:33)
—
Yoshi-Hashi (12:16)
Robinson (16:09)
Takahashi (11:36)
Finlay (24:01)
Yoshi-Hashi
Ospreay (18:48)
Takagi (17:28)
Yoshi-Hashi (12:16)
—
Yoshi-Hashi (15:47)
Takahashi (13:12)
Yoshi-Hashi (11:14)
Phantasmo
Ospreay (15:06)
Phantasmo (12:12)
Robinson (16:09)
Yoshi-Hashi (15:47)
—
Phantasmo (15:39)
Phantasmo (14:23)
Takahashi
Ospreay (11:17)
Takagi (15:24)
Takahashi (11:36)
Takahashi (13:12)
Phantasmo (15:39)
—
Takahashi (12:59)
Finlay
Finlay (15:28)
Finlay (14:50)
Finlay (24:01)
Yoshi-Hashi (11:14)
Phantasmo (14:23)
Takahashi (12:59)
—
Notes
^ Toru Yano was removed from the match after Jay White was scratched because of heat stroke-like symptoms, making the match a six-man tag instead of an eight-man.[ 25]
^ Gedo replaced Jay White , who was scratched on August 9 because of illness.[ 25]
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