G1 Climax

The G1 (Grade One) Climax is a professional wrestling tournament held each August by the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion. The G1 draws standing room only crowds each night, record receipt gates and generates front-page coverage on the sports sections of several of the daily newspapers in Tokyo. Though it has sometimes been held as a single-elimination tournament, it is usually (and currently) held as a round-robin, with winners from two blocks wrestling in the final to decide that year's winner. In its current format, the tournament lasts between one to two weeks. The winner of each block is determined by a points system; two points for a victory, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.

Tournament history

New Japan had an annual tournament since 1974 under various names: the World League (1974–77, based on the World (Big) League tournament from the old Japanese Wrestling Association held between 1959 and 1972);^{[1][2][3][4][5]} the MSG League (1978–82);^{[6][7][8][9][10]} the International Wrestling Grand Prix (IWGP) League (1983–88; although the first winner, Hulk Hogan, was awarded a championship belt, this is not the beginning of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship).^{[5][11][12][13][14][15]} Most of these tournaments were dominated by New Japan's founding top star, Antonio Inoki. In 1989, there was a World Cup Tournament, which included wrestlers from the then-Soviet Union.^[5][16] No tournament was held in 1990.

With Inoki's dominance over New Japan gone, the promotion established the G1 Climax tournament in 1991 as a platform to showcase the company's top heavyweights and have them compete in round robin matches where the winners of the two divisions would then square off in the tournament finals. The first G1 was held from August 7 to August 11, 1991 at Tokyo's Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The winner of the tournament, assuming they are not already the champion, has traditionally earned a shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Since 2012, the winner has earned a contract for a title shot at New Japan's largest event, Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome, held annually on January 4, that they then have to defend until the end of the year.^[5][17][18]

The G1 Climax tournament has often been used as a platform for New Japan to push their rising stars. Wins by young up-and-comers over Japanese legends would usually take their respective careers to new heights. Past winners include Masahiro Chono, Keiji Mutoh, Shinya Hashimoto, Yuji Nagata, Hiroshi Tanahashi and others who have gone on to become wrestling superstars.

Unlike the New Japan Cup, the G1 Climax features the then-reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion as one of the participants, except in 1992, 2001, 2004 and 2008, when then-champions Riki Choshu (in 1992), Kazuyuki Fujita (in 2001 and 2004), and Keiji Mutoh (in 2008), respectively, did not compete in the tournament. Often being labeled as a favorite to win the tournament, the IWGP Champion has reached the final five times, the first one being in 1995 when Keiji Mutoh won the tournament. Mutoh would repeat this feat again in 1999, but would lose the final to Manabu Nakanishi. Other then-reigning champions to reach the final include Kensuke Sasaki in 2000, Kazuyuki Fujita in 2005 and Yuji Nagata in 2007. Mutoh and Sasaki are the only two wrestlers to have won the G1 Climax while holding the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Overall, Antonio Inoki holds the record for most tournament wins with ten, while Masahiro Chono with his five wins holds the record for most tournament wins under its G1 Climax name. Hiroyoshi Tenzan has taken part in the G1 Climax tournament a record 19 times.

List of winners

Tournament	Year	Winner	Total won	Reference
01 !World League	1974	Antonio Inoki	1	[1]
02 !World League	1975	Antonio Inoki	2	[2]
03 !World League	1976	Seiji Sakaguchi	1	[3]
04 !World League	1977	Seiji Sakaguchi	2	[4]
05 !MSG League	1978	Antonio Inoki	3	[6]
06 !MSG League	1979	Antonio Inoki	4	[7]
07 !MSG League	1980	Antonio Inoki	5	[8]
08 !MSG League	1981	Antonio Inoki	6	[9]
09 !MSG League	1982	André the Giant	1	[10]
10 !International Wrestling Grand Prix	1983	Hulk Hogan	1	[11]
11 !International Wrestling Grand Prix	1984	Antonio Inoki	7	[12]
12 !International Wrestling Grand Prix	1985	André the Giant	2	[13]
13 !International Wrestling Grand Prix	1986	Antonio Inoki	8	[14]
14 !International Wrestling Grand Prix	1987	Antonio Inoki	9	[15]
15 !International Wrestling Grand Prix	1988	Antonio Inoki	10	[19]
16 !World Cup Tournament	1989	Riki Choshu	1	[16]
17 !G1 Climax	1991	Masahiro Chono	1	[20][21]
18 !G1 Climax	1992	Masahiro Chono	2	[20][22]
19 !G1 Climax	1993	Tatsumi Fujinami	1	[20][23]
20 !G1 Climax	1994	Masahiro Chono	3	[20][24]
21 !G1 Climax	1995	Keiji Mutoh	1	[20][25]
22 !G1 Climax	1996	Riki Choshu	2	[20][26]
23 !G1 Climax	1997	Kensuke Sasaki	1	[20][27]
24 !G1 Climax	1998	Shinya Hashimoto	1	[20][28]
25 !G1 Climax	1999	Manabu Nakanishi	1	[20][29]
26 !G1 Climax	2000	Kensuke Sasaki	2	[30]
27 !G1 Climax	2001	Yuji Nagata	1	[31]
28 !G1 Climax	2002	Masahiro Chono	4	[32]
29 !G1 Climax	2003	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	1	[33]
30 !G1 Climax	2004	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	2	[34]
31 !G1 Climax	2005	Masahiro Chono	5	[35]
32 !G1 Climax	2006	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	3	[36]
33 !G1 Climax	2007	Hiroshi Tanahashi	1	[37]
34 !G1 Climax	2008	Hirooki Goto	1	[38]
35 !G1 Climax	2009	Togi Makabe	1	[39]
36 !G1 Climax	2010	Satoshi Kojima	1	[40]
37 !G1 Climax	2011	Shinsuke Nakamura	1	[41]
38 !G1 Climax	2012	Kazuchika Okada	1	[42]
39 !G1 Climax	2013	Tetsuya Naito	1	[43]
40 !G1 Climax	2014	Kazuchika Okada	2	[44]
41 !G1 Climax	2015	Hiroshi Tanahashi	2	[45]
42 !G1 Climax	2016	TBD	N/A

1974

The 1974 World League ran from April 5 to May 8, 1974. The tournament began with 16 wrestlers, eight Japanese and eight gaijin, placed into groups accordingly. All first round matches featured the Japanese against the gaijin. The top four finishers from both groups advanced to a second round of round-robin competition.^[1][20]

Round one

Japanese		Gaijin
Seiji Sakaguchi	7.5	Killer Karl Krupp	7
Antonio Inoki	7	Invader I	6
Masa Saito	5.5	Stan Stasiak	5
Kantaro Hoshino	4	Geto Mongol	3.5
Kotetsu Yamamoto	3.5	Khosrow Vaziri	3
Haruka Eigan	2	Bolo Mongol	3
Osamu Kido	2	Walter Johnson	1
Katsuhita Shibata	1	Argentina Zuma	0

Round two

Antonio Inoki	5.5
Seiji Sakaguchi	5.5
Killer Karl Krupp	5.5
Masa Saito	5
Stan Stasiak	2.5
Invader I	2
Kantaro Hoshino	1.5
Geto Mongol	0

Tie-breaker

Antonio Inoki	2-0
Seiji Sakaguchi	1-1
Killer Karl Krupp	0-2

	Inoki	Krupp	Sakaguchi
Inoki	X	Inoki (7:17)	Inoki (16:52)
Krupp	Inoki (7:17)	X	Sakaguchi (12:46)
Sakaguchi	Inoki (16:52)	Sakaguchi (12:46)	X

1975

The 1975 World League ran from April 4 to May 16, 1975. The tournament featured 16 wrestlers. The top five finishers advanced to a knockout round, with the top finisher receiving a bye to the final.^[2][20]

Final standings

Killer Karl Krupp	13.5
Antonio Inoki	12.5
Seiji Sakaguchi	12.5
Kintaro Ohki	12.5
Strong Kobayashi	12.5
Super Destroyer	10.5
Masa Saito	9
Kotetsu Yamamoto	8
Kantaro Hoshino	7
Man Mountain Mike	7
Haruka Eigen	5
Katsuhisa Shibata	3
John Gagne	2
Sangre Fría	2
Father Singh	2
Osamu Kido	1

Quarterfinals

Semifinal

Final

2

Antonio Inoki

Sub

5

Strong Kobayashi

20:02

1

Killer Karl Krupp

Sub

2

Antonio Inoki

2

Antonio Inoki

16:42

Bye

3

Seiji Sakaguchi

DDQ

4

Kintaro Ohki

2:23

1976

The 1976 World League ran from April 2 to May 11, 1976. The tournament featured 14 wrestlers. The top finisher advanced to the final match of the tournament, to face the winner of a three-wrestler round-robin semifinal round.^[3][20]

First round

Pedro Morales	13
Killer Karl Krupp	10
Victor Rivera	10
Seiji Sakaguchi	10
Strong Kobayashi	9
Masa Saito	9
Kantaro Hoshino	7
Osamu Kido	6
Towering Inferno	5
Butcher Vachon	4
Haruka Eigen	3
Ken Mantell	3
Raul Mata	2
Kotetsu Yamamoto	0

Semifinals

Seiji Sakaguchi	2-0
Killer Karl Krupp	1-1
Victor Rivera	0-2

	Krupp	Rivera	Sakaguchi
Krupp	X	Krupp (12:06)	Sakaguchi (6:12)
Rivera	Krupp (12:06)	X	Sakaguchi (8:57)
Sakaguchi	Sakaguchi (6:12)	Sakaguchi (8:57)	X

	Final
	1	Pedro Morales	CO
	2	Seiji Sakaguchi	25:38

1977

The 1977 World League ran from April 21 to May 30, 1977. The tournament featured 11 wrestlers.^[4][20]

Final standings

The Masked Superstar	10
Seiji Sakaguchi	8
Mitsuo Yoshida	7.5
Nikolai Volkoff	7.5
Kantaro Hoshino	5
Johnny Powers	4
Manuel Soto	4
Haruka Eigen	3
Osamu Kido	3
Tony Charles	2
Enrique Vera	1

	Final
	1	The Masked Superstar	Sub
	2	Seiji Sakaguchi	20:05

1978

The 1978 MSG League ran from April 21 to May 30, 1978. The tournament featured nine wrestlers.^[6][20]

Final standings

André the Giant	37
Antonio Inoki	29
Seiji Sakaguchi	28
Tatsumi Fujinami	25
Bugsy McGraw	15
Nikolai Volkoff	14
Riki Choshu	9
Umanosuke Ueda	5
Chief Jay Strongbow	0

	Final
	1	André the Giant	CO
	2	Antonio Inoki	16:41

1979

The 1979 MSG League ran from April 27 to June 7, 1979. The tournament featured 10 wrestlers.^[7][20]

Final standings

Antonio Inoki	41
Stan Hansen	37
André the Giant	36
Seiji Sakaguchi	31
Tatsumi Fujinami	22
Riki Choshu	18
Canek	16
Masa Saito	10
Larry Zbyszko	5
Tony Garea	0

	Final
	1	Antonio Inoki	Pin
	2	Stan Hansen	9:03

1980

The 1980 MSG League ran from April 25 to June 5, 1980. The tournament featured 10 wrestlers.^[8][20]

Final standings

Antonio Inoki	35
Stan Hansen	32
André the Giant	32
Dusty Rhodes	29
Seiji Sakaguchi	29
Tatsumi Fujinami	20
Riki Choshu	14
Strong Kobayashi	12
Chavo Guerrero	7
Ryuma Go	0

	Final
	1	Antonio Inoki	DQ
	2	Stan Hansen	7:49

1981

The 1981 MSG League ran from May 8 to June 4, 1981. The tournament featured 11 wrestlers.^[9][20]

Final standings

Stan Hansen	39
Antonio Inoki	38
Tiger Jeet Singh	38
Hulk Hogan	36
Seiji Sakaguchi	33
Tatsumi Fujinami	29
Riki Choshu	16
Bobby Duncum	14
Sgt. Slaughter	12
Chris Adams	5
Mike Masters	0

	Final
	1	Stan Hansen	CO
	2	Antonio Inoki	7:45

1982

The 1982 MSG League ran from March 4 to April 1, 1982. The tournament featured 14 wrestlers.^[10][20]

Final standings

André the Giant	56
Antonio Inoki †	51
Killer Khan	48
Dick Murdoch	41
The Masked Superstar	35
Tatsumi Fujinami	35
Rusher Kimura	33
Seiji Sakaguchi	32
Tony Atlas	30
Tiger Toguchi	17
Yoshiaki Yatsu	13
Don Muraco	9
Riki Choshu	4
The Iron Sheik	4

† Antonio Inoki was injured and unable to compete in the final. Killer Khan, as the next highest finisher, took his place.

	Final
	1	André the Giant	Pin
	3	Killer Khan	16:42

1983

The 1983 International Wrestling Grand Prix ran from May 6 to June 2, 1983. The tournament featured 10 wrestlers.^[11][20] The winner was awarded a championship belt (this was not the beginning of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship).

Final standings

Hulk Hogan	37
Antonio Inoki †	36
André the Giant	35
Big John Studd	25
Killer Khan	24
Rusher Kimura	21
Akira Maeda	14
Canek	5
Otto Wanz	5
Enrique Vera	4

	Final
	1	Hulk Hogan	CO
	2	Antonio Inoki	21:27

1984

The 1984 International Wrestling Grand Prix ran from May 11 to June 14, 1984. The tournament featured 12 wrestlers, and was the first time that the tournament featured no sort of final round.^[12][20]

Final standings

Antonio Inoki	53
André the Giant	49
Tatsumi Fujinami	34
Riki Choshu	32
Dick Murdoch	30
Masa Saito	26
Adrian Adonis	25
The Masked Superstar	18
Ken Patera	17
John Quinn	10
Otto Wanz	6
Big John Studd	2

1985

The 1985 International Wrestling Grand Prix ran from May 10 to June 15, 1985. The tournament featured 13 wrestlers, and was single-elimination. This was the first time the tournament did not feature a points system.^[13][20]

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Bye

Bye

Seiji Sakaguchi

André the Giant

Ron Miller

Strong Machine

Strong Machine

André the Giant

André the Giant

Canek

Tatsumi Fujinami

André the Giant

Tatsumi Fujinami

Mike Sharpe

Tatsumi Fujinami

Adrian Adonis

Adrian Adonis

King Kong Bundy

Tatsumi Fujinami

Dick Murdoch

The Masked Superstar

Seiji Sakaguchi

Seiji Sakaguchi

Dick Murdoch

Kengo Kimura

Dick Murdoch

1986

The 1986 International Wrestling Grand Prix ran from May 16 to June 19, 1986. The tournament featured the return of the points system, with 14 wrestlers in two blocks of seven each. The top two from each block advanced to a knockout stage.^[14][20]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Antonio Inoki	25	Akira Maeda	27
André the Giant	17	Dick Murdoch	21
Seiji Sakaguchi	15	Tatsumi Fujinami	17
Kengo Kimura	15	Jimmy Snuka	16
The Masked Superstar	14	Umanosuke Ueda	13
Yoshiaki Fujiwara	11	The Wild Samoan	9
Klaus Wallace	0	The Cuban Assassin	0

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Antonio Inoki	Sub
	A2	André the Giant	9:30
						A1	Antonio Inoki	Pin
						B2	Dick Murdoch	30:07
	B1	Akira Maeda	CO
	B2	Dick Murdoch	16:22

1987

The 1987 International Wrestling Grand Prix ran from May 11 to June 14, 1987. The tournament featured 14 wrestlers in two blocks of seven each. The top finishers from each block advanced to the final, with the winner becoming the first IWGP Heavyweight Champion.^[15][20]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Antonio Inoki	29	Masa Saito	28
Yoshiaki Fujiwara	19	Kengo Kimura	21
Konga the Barbarian	18	Hacksaw Higgins	16
Scott Hall	13	George Takano	13
Seiji Sakaguchi	11	Akira Maeda	10
Killer Tim Brooks	4	Umanosuke Ueda	4
Tatsumi Fujinami	0	Alexis Smirnoff	4

	Final
	A1	Antonio Inoki	Pin
	B1	Masa Saito	14:53

1988

The 1988 International Wrestling Grand Prix ran from July 15 to July 29, 1988. The tournament featured five wrestlers in a single block, with the winner becoming the number one contender to IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tatsumi Fujinami for August 8.^[19]

Final standings

Antonio Inoki	6
Riki Choshu	6
Big Van Vader	4
Masa Saito	4
Kengo Kimura	0

1989

The 1989 World Cup Tournament was held from November 24 to December 7, 1989. The tournament featured 20 wrestlers in four blocks of five each.^[5][16]

Final standings

Block A		Block B		Block C		Block D
Riki Choshu	N/A	Masahiro Chono	N/A	Salman Hashimikov	N/A	Steve Williams	N/A
Victor Zangiev	N/A	Shinya Hashimoto	N/A	Brad Rheingans	N/A	Osamu Kido	N/A
Kengo Kimura	N/A	Manny Fernandez	N/A	Hiroshi Hase	N/A	Shiro Koshinaka	N/A
Wayne Bloom	N/A	Chimur Zarasov	N/A	George Takano	N/A	Super Strong Machine	N/A
Buzz Sawyer	0	Andrei Sulsaev	N/A	Tatsutoshi Goto	N/A	Vladimir Berkovich	N/A

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Shinya Hashimoto

Salman Hashimikov

[16]

Shinya Hashimoto

Steve Williams

[16]

Steve Williams

Victor Zangiev

[16]

Shinya Hashimoto

Riki Choshu

[16]

Riki Choshu

Osamu Kido

[16]

Riki Choshu

Masahiro Chono

[16]

Masahiro Chono

Brad Rheingans

[16]

1991

The 1991 G1 Climax was a round-robin tournament consisting of two four-man blocks, and running from August 7 to August 11, 1991.^[20][21]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Keiji Mutoh	4	Masahiro Chono	5
Tatsumi Fujinami	3	Shinya Hashimoto	5
Scott Norton	3	Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow	2
Big Van Vader	2	Riki Choshu	0

Block A	Tatsumi Fujinami	Keiji Mutoh	Scott Norton	Big Van Vader
Tatsumi Fujinami	X	Mutoh (13:56)	Draw (7:56)	Fujinami (12:13)
Keiji Mutoh	Mutoh (13:56)	X	Norton (9:56)	Mutoh (13:54)
Scott Norton	Draw (7:56)	Norton (9:56)	X	Vader (10:49)
Big Van Vader	Fujinami (12:13)	Mutoh (13:54)	Vader (10:49)	X
Block B	Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow	Masahiro Chono	Riki Choshu	Shinya Hashimoto
Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow	X	Chono (12:38)	Bigelow (10:10)	Hashimoto (9:59)
Masahiro Chono	Chono (12:38)	X	Chono (14:17)	Draw (30:00)
Riki Choshu	Bigelow (10:10)	Chono (14:17)	X	Hashimoto (7:50)
Shinya Hashimoto	Hashimoto (9:59)	Draw (30:00)	Hashimoto (7:50)	X

	Block B Decision					Final
						A1	Keiji Mutoh	Pin
	B1	Masahiro Chono	Sub			B1	Masahiro Chono	29:31
	B2	Shinya Hashimoto	15:50

1992

The 1992 G1 Climax was a 16-man single-elimination tournament, and was also for the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship. It ran from August 6 to August 12, 1992.^[20][22] Terry Taylor advanced to the quarterfinals, due to a shoulder injury suffered by his scheduled opponent Hiroshi Hase on August 3.

Round 1

Quarterfinals August 10

Semifinals August 11

Final August 12

Arn Anderson

Pin

Steve Austin

8:58

Steve Austin

Pin

Keiji Mutoh

17:05

Keiji Mutoh

Pin

Barry Windham

10:17

Masahiro Chono

Sub

Keiji Mutoh

26:07

Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow

Pin

Scott Norton

8:16

Scott Norton

Sub

Masahiro Chono

10:48

Masahiro Chono

Sub

Tony Halme

12:20

Masahiro Chono

Pin

Rick Rude

29:44

Jim Neidhart

Pin

Kensuke Sasaki

8:20

Kensuke Sasaki

Pin

Terry Taylor

9:35

Hiroshi Hase

Terry Taylor

Forf

Rick Rude

Pin

Kensuke Sasaki

19:24

The Barbarian

Pin

Shinya Hashimoto

11:29

Shinya Hashimoto

Pin

Rick Rude

13:52

Rick Rude

Pin

Super Strong Machine

11:54

1993

The 1993 G1 Climax was once again a 16-man single-elimination tournament, held from August 3 to August 7, 1993. NJPW invited several non-NJPW wrestlers to participate in the 1993 tournament, including Hiromichi Fuyuki, Ashura Hara, Takashi Ishikawa and The Great Kabuki from WAR, and Yoshiaki Fujiwara from Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi.^[20][23]

Round 1 August 3/4

Quarterfinals August 5

Semifinals August 6

Final August 7

Hiromichi Fuyuki

Pin

Takayuki Iizuka

12:10

Hiromichi Fuyuki

Sub

Masahiro Chono

19:04

Masahiro Chono

Sub

Ashura Hara

12:28

Masahiro Chono

Sub

Hiroshi Hase

26:46

Hiroshi Hase

Pin

Shinya Hashimoto

20:42

Hiroshi Hase

Pin

Kengo Kimura

15:55

Kengo Kimura

Pin

Michiyoshi Ohara

26:44

Hiroshi Hase

Sub

Tatsumi Fujinami

21:49

Shiro Koshinaka

Pin

Super Strong Machine

17:33

Super Strong Machine

Pin

Keiji Mutoh

17:22

The Great Kabuki

Pin

Keiji Mutoh

16:17

Keiji Mutoh

Sub

Tatsumi Fujinami

24:26

Takashi Ishikawa

Pin

Osamu Kido

11:33

Osamu Kido

Sub

Tatsumi Fujinami

11:58

Tatsumi Fujinami

Pin

Yoshiaki Fujiwara

14:32

1994

The 1994 G1 Climax returned to the round-robin format, this time with two blocks of six. It was held from August 3 to August 7, 1994. Guest natives included Yoshiaki Fujiwara from Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi and Yoshiaki Yatsu from Social Progress Wrestling Federation (SPWF).^[20][24]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Masahiro Chono	8	Power Warrior	7
Keiji Mutoh	6	Hiroshi Hase	6
Riki Choshu	6	Shinya Hashimoto	6
Yoshiaki Yatsu	4	Tatsumi Fujinami	6
Yoshiaki Fujiwara	4	Shiro Koshinaka	5
Osamu Kido	2	Takayuki Iizuka	0

Block A	Masahiro Chono	Riki Choshu	Yoshiaki Fujiwara	Osamu Kido	Keiji Mutoh	Yoshiaki Yatsu
Masahiro Chono	X	Choshu (3:47)	Chono (9:31)	Chono (6:55)	Chono (27:28)	Chono (15:01)
Riki Choshu	Choshu (3:47)	X	Fujiwara (9:14)	Choshu (5:13)	Mutoh (15:32)	Choshu (10:11)
Yoshiaki Fujiwara	Chono (9:31)	Fujiwara (8:26)	X	Kido (9:45)	Fujiwara (12:12)	Yatsu (9:14)
Osamu Kido	Chono (6:55)	Choshu (5:13)	Kido (9:45)	X	Mutoh (7:53)	Yatsu (8:25)
Keiji Mutoh	Chono (27:28)	Mutoh (15:32)	Fujiwara (12:12)	Mutoh (7:53)	X	Mutoh (15:12)
Yoshiaki Yatsu	Chono (15:01)	Choshu (10:11)	Yatsu (9:14)	Yatsu (8:25)	Mutoh (15:12)	X
Block B	Tatsumi Fujinami	Hiroshi Hase	Shinya Hashimoto	Takayuki Iizuka	Shiro Koshinaka	Power Warrior
Tatsumi Fujinami	X	Hase (11:53)	Hashimoto (10:31)	Fujinami (7:09)	Fujinami (12:59)	Fujinami (5:25)
Hiroshi Hase	Hase (11:53)	X	Hase (9:10)	Hase (17:32)	Koshinaka (20:44)	Warrior (16:50)
Shinya Hashimoto	Hashimoto (10:31)	Hase (9:10)	X	Hashimoto (13:04)	Draw (30:00)	Draw (30:00)
Takayuki Iizuka	Fujinami (7:09)	Hase (17:32)	Hashimoto (13:04)	X	Koshinaka (14:02)	Warrior (17:33)
Shiro Koshinaka	Fujinami (12:59)	Koshinaka (20:44)	Draw (30:00)	Koshinaka (14:02)	X	Warrior (14:10)
Power Warrior	Fujinami (5:25)	Warrior (16:50)	Draw (30:00)	Warrior (17:33)	Warrior (14:10)	X

	Final
	A1	Masahiro Chono	Sub
	B1	Power Warrior	21:51

1995

The 1995 G1 Climax was another eight-man round-robin tournament held August 11 to August 15, with the addition that the top two scorers from each block would advance to a four-man mini-tournament to decide the winner.^[20][25]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Keiji Mutoh	4	Shinya Hashimoto	4
Masahiro Chono	3	Scott Norton	4
Ric Flair	3	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	2
Shiro Koshinaka	2	Kensuke Sasaki	2

Block A	Masahiro Chono	Ric Flair	Shiro Koshinaka	Keiji Mutoh
Masahiro Chono	X	Draw (30:00)	Chono (11:10)	Mutoh (11:36)
Ric Flair	Draw (30:00)	X	Flair (17:17)	Mutoh (23:33)
Shiro Koshinaka	Chono (11:10)	Flair (17:17)	X	Koshinaka (15:47)
Keiji Mutoh	Mutoh (11:36)	Mutoh (23:33)	Koshinaka (15:47)	X
Block B	Shinya Hashimoto	Scott Norton	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Kensuke Sasaki
Shinya Hashimoto	X	Hashimoto (13:35)	Hashimoto (11:44)	Sasaki (21:46)
Scott Norton	Hashimoto (13:35)	X	Norton (15:08)	Norton (16:21)
Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Hashimoto (11:44)	Norton (15:08)	X	Tenzan (12:51)
Kensuke Sasaki	Sasaki (21:46)	Norton (16:21)	Tenzan (12:51)	X

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Keiji Mutoh	Pin
	B2	Scott Norton	17:07
						A1	Keiji Mutoh	Pin
						B1	Shinya Hashimoto	24:08
	A2	Masahiro Chono	Pin
	B1	Shinya Hashimoto	10:05

1996

The 1996 G1 Climax was held from August 2 to August 6, 1996, and was a round-robin tournament featuring two blocks of five.^[20][26] Junji Hirata suffered an injury during his match with Kensuke Sasaki, which caused him to forfeit his remaining matches.

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Riki Choshu	8	Masahiro Chono	6
Kensuke Sasaki	6	Shiro Koshinaka	4
Hiroyoshi Tenzan	4	Keiji Mutoh	4
Shinya Hashimoto	2	Kazuo Yamazaki	4
Junji Hirata	0	Satoshi Kojima	2

Block A	Riki Choshu	Shinya Hashimoto	Junji Hirata	Kensuke Sasaki	Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Riki Choshu	X	Choshu (17:14)	Choshu (Forf)	Choshu (15:13)	Choshu (5:12)
Shinya Hashimoto	Choshu (17:14)	X	Hashimoto (Forf)	Sasaki (9:13)	Tenzan (11:27)
Junji Hirata	Choshu (Forf)	Hashimoto (Forf)	X	Sasaki (5:08)	Tenzan (Forf)
Kensuke Sasaki	Choshu (15:13)	Sasaki (9:13)	Sasaki (5:08)	X	Sasaki (15:03)
Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Choshu (5:12)	Tenzan (11:27)	Tenzan (Forf)	Sasaki (15:03)	X
Block B	Masahiro Chono	Satoshi Kojima	Shiro Koshinaka	Keiji Mutoh	Kazuo Yamazaki
Masahiro Chono	X	Chono (13:46)	Koshinaka (22:10)	Chono (24:43)	Chono (12:25)
Satoshi Kojima	Chono (13:46)	X	Kojima (10:33)	Mutoh (15:21)	Yamazaki (9:56)
Shiro Koshinaka	Koshinaka (22:10)	Kojima (10:33)	X	Mutoh (11:59)	Koshinaka (13:50)
Keiji Mutoh	Chono (24:43)	Mutoh (15:21)	Mutoh (11:59)	X	Yamazaki (13:50)
Kazuo Yamazaki	Chono (12:25)	Yamazaki (9:56)	Koshinaka (13:50)	Yamazaki (13:50)	X

	Final
	A1	Riki Choshu	Sub
	B1	Masahiro Chono	13:45

1997

The 1997 G1 Climax was a 14-man single-elimination tournament, with Kensuke Sasaki and Buff Bagwell receiving byes to the quarterfinals. The tournament was held from August 1 to August 3.^[20][27]

Round 1 August 1

Quarterfinals August 2

Semifinals August 3

Final August 3

Satoshi Kojima

Pin

Steven Regal

9:45

Satoshi Kojima

Pin

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

11:43

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

Pin

Tadao Yasuda

10:39

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

Pin

Shinya Hashimoto

14:01

Masahiro Chono

Sub

Michiyoshi Ohara

18:39

Masahiro Chono

Sub

Shinya Hashimoto

5:45

Shinya Hashimoto

Stop

Kazuo Yamazaki

11:35

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

Pin

Kensuke Sasaki

8:09

Junji Hirata

Pin

Scott Norton

6:31

Scott Norton

Pin

The Great Muta

6:31

The Great Muta

Pin

Manabu Nakanishi

10:25

Scott Norton

Pin

Kensuke Sasaki

5:16

Buff Bagwell

Pin

Kensuke Sasaki

8:04

1998

The 1998 G1 Climax was another 16-man single-elimination tournament, held between July 31 and August 2. Genichiro Tenryu, who had separated from his own WAR promotion to become a freelancer since early in the year, was invited.^[20][28]

Round 1 July 31

Quarterfinals August 1

Semifinals August 2

Final August 2

Big Titan

Pin

Tadao Yasuda

10:35

Tadao Yasuda

Pin

Satoshi Kojima

13:38

Satoshi Kojima

Pin

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

11:08

Satoshi Kojima

Sub

Shinya Hashimoto

13:51

Tatsutoshi Goto

Stop

Shinya Hashimoto

4:00

Shinya Hashimoto

Pin

Genichiro Tenryu

13:13

Keiji Mutoh

Pin

Genichiro Tenryu

21:37

Shinya Hashimoto

Pin

Kazuo Yamazaki

15:34

Shiro Koshinaka

Pin

Osamu Nishimura

10:25

Shiro Koshinaka

Sub

Masahiro Chono

16:03

Masahiro Chono

Sub

Manabu Nakanishi

18:52

Masahiro Chono

Sub

Kazuo Yamazaki

9:43

Michiyoshi Ohara

Pin

Kensuke Sasaki

10:59

Kensuke Sasaki

Sub

Kazuo Yamazaki

6:42

Tatsumi Fujinami

Sub

Kazuo Yamazaki

7:51

1999

The 1999 G1 Climax was a 12-man round-robin tournament, held from August 10 to August 15.^[20][29]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Keiji Mutoh	8	Manabu Nakanishi	8
Yuji Nagata	8	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	6
Kensuke Sasaki	6	Shiro Koshinaka	6
Tatsumi Fujinami	6	Masahiro Chono	6
Satoshi Kojima	2	Shinya Hashimoto	4
Tadao Yasuda	0	Kazuo Yamazaki	0

Block A	T. Fujinami	Satoshi Kojima	Keiji Mutoh	Yuji Nagata	Kensuke Sasaki	Tadao Yasuda
Tatsumi Fujinami	X	Fujinami (13:10)	Fujinami (17:36)	Nagata (12:03)	Sasaki (10:23)	Fujinami (3:29)
Satoshi Kojima	Fujinami (13:10)	X	Mutoh (11:40)	Nagata (19:51)	Sasaki (13:50)	Kojima (13:51)
Keiji Mutoh	Fujinami (17:36)	Mutoh (11:40)	X	Mutoh (21:11)	Mutoh (20:56)	Mutoh (6:25)
Yuji Nagata	Nagata (12:03)	Nagata (19:51)	Mutoh (21:11)	X	Nagata (14:43)	Nagata (10:26)
Kensuke Sasaki	Sasaki (10:23)	Sasaki (13:50)	Mutoh (20:56)	Nagata (14:43)	X	Sasaki (7:28)
Tadao Yasuda	Fujinami (3:29)	Kojima (13:51)	Mutoh (6:25)	Nagata (10:26)	Sasaki (7:28)	X
Block B	Masahiro Chono	Shinya Hashimoto	Shiro Koshinaka	M. Nakanishi	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Kazuo Yamazaki
Masahiro Chono	X	Chono (21:36)	Koshinaka (13:05)	Chono (10:21)	Tenzan (17:25)	Chono (10:18)
Shinya Hashimoto	Chono (21:36)	X	Koshinaka (13:47)	Nakanishi (15:22)	Hashimoto (13:24)	Hashimoto (4:55)
Shiro Koshinaka	Koshinaka (13:05)	Koshinaka (13:47)	X	Nakanishi (14:15)	Tenzan (15:14)	Koshinaka (Forf)
Manabu Nakanishi	Chono (10:21)	Nakanishi (15:22)	Nakanishi (14:15)	X	Nakanishi (15:40)	Nakanishi (6:43)
Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Tenzan (17:25)	Hashimoto (13:24)	Tenzan (15:14)	Nakanishi (15:40)	X	Tenzan (12:30)
Kazuo Yamazaki	Chono (10:18)	Hashimoto (4:55)	Koshinaka (Forf)	Nakanishi (6:43)	Tenzan (12:30)	X

	Block A Decision					Final
						B1	Manabu Nakanishi	Sub
	A1	Keiji Mutoh	Sub			A1	Keiji Mutoh	14:43
	A2	Yuji Nagata	10:28

2000

The 2000 G1 Climax was a round-robin tournament, featuring four blocks of five, with each block champion advancing to a four-man tournament to decide that year's winner; it was held from August 7 to August 13. Also note that the points system was modified from the original: 1 point for a victory, and zero points for a draw or loss. This was the first time that two recognized junior heavyweights; IWGP titleholder Tatsuhito Takaiwa and previous champion Jushin Thunder Liger, were invited to compete in the heavyweight tournament.^[30]

Final standings

Block A		Block B		Block C		Block D
Yuji Nagata	3	Kensuke Sasaki	3	Manabu Nakanishi	3	Masahiro Chono	3
Takashi Iizuka	3	Satoshi Kojima	2	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	3	Junji Hirata	2
Tatsumi Fujinami	2	Brian Johnston	2	Tadao Yasuda	2	Shiro Koshinaka	2
Jushin Thunder Liger	1	Osamu Kido	0	Osamu Nishimura	2	Yutaka Yoshie	2
Tatsutoshi Goto	1	Hiro Saito	0	Kenzo Suzuki	0	Tatsuhito Takaiwa	1

Block A	Tatsumi Fujinami	Tatsutoshi Goto	Takashi Iizuka	Jushin Thunder Liger	Yuji Nagata
Tatsumi Fujinami	X	Fujinami (6:42)	Iizuka (11:46)	Fujinami (10:33)	Nagata (12:25)
Tatsutoshi Goto	Fujinami (6:42)	X	Iizuka (9:42)	Liger (7:17)	Goto (11:41)
Takashi Iizuka	Iizuka (11:46)	Iizuka (9:42)	X	Iizuka (15:13)	Nagata (16:38)
Jushin Thunder Liger	Fujinami (10:33)	Liger (7:17)	Iizuka (15:13)	X	Nagata (12:06)
Yuji Nagata	Nagata (12:25)	Goto (11:41)	Nagata (16:38)	Nagata (12:06)	X
Block B	Brian Johnston	Osamu Kido	Satoshi Kojima	Hiro Saito	Kensuke Sasaki
Brian Johnston	X	Johnston (5:38)	Kojima (10:08)	Johnston (5:18)	Sasaki (6:48)
Osamu Kido	Johnston (5:38)	X	Kojima (9:55)	Draw (6:29)	Sasaki (4:21)
Satoshi Kojima	Kojima (10:08)	Kojima (9:55)	X	Draw (5:54)	Sasaki (19:39)
Hiro Saito	Johnston (5:18)	Draw (6:29)	Draw (5:54)	X	Draw (5:37)
Kensuke Sasaki	Sasaki (6:48)	Sasaki (4:21)	Sasaki (19:39)	Draw (5:37)	X
Block C	Manabu Nakanishi	Osamu Nishimura	Kenzo Suzuki	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Tadao Yasuda
Manabu Nakanishi	X	Nakanishi (13:04)	Nakanishi (8:43)	Tenzan (18:21)	Nakanishi (9:23)
Osamu Nishimura	Nakanishi (13:04)	X	Nishimura (7:37)	Nishimura (14:22)	Yasuda (11:47)
Kenzo Suzuki	Nakanishi (8:43)	Nishimura (7:37)	X	Tenzan (13:24)	Yasuda (10:43)
Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Tenzan (18:21)	Nishimura (14:22)	Tenzan (13:24)	X	Tenzan (11:40)
Tadao Yasuda	Nakanishi (9:23)	Yasuda (11:47)	Yasuda (10:43)	Tenzan (11:40)	X
Block D	Masahiro Chono	Junji Hirata	Shiro Koshinaka	Tatsuhito Takaiwa	Yutaka Yoshie
Masahiro Chono	X	Chono (11:42)	Koshinaka (12:40)	Chono (14:22)	Chono (20:16)
Junji Hirata	Chono (11:42)	X	Hirata (8:24)	Hirata (11:08)	Yoshie (11:19)
Shiro Koshinaka	Koshinaka (12:40)	Hirata (8:24)	X	Takaiwa (9:04)	Koshinaka (10:38)
Tatsuhito Takaiwa	Chono (14:22)	Hirata (11:08)	Takaiwa (9:04)	X	Yoshie (13:48)
Yutaka Yoshie	Chono (20:16)	Yoshie (11:19)	Koshinaka (10:38)	Yoshie (13:48)	X

Decision Matches

Semifinals

Final

A2

Takashi Iizuka

Sub

A1

Yuji Nagata

10:48

A1

Yuji Nagata

Pin

B1

Kensuke Sasaki

15:12

B1

Kensuke Sasaki

Sub

C1

Manabu Nakanishi

19:42

C1

Manabu Nakanishi

Sub

C2

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

11:26

C1

Manabu Nakanishi

Sub

D1

Masahiro Chono

9:33

2001

The 2001 G1 Climax was a two-block, twelve-man round-robin tournament held from August 4 to August 12. It returned to the original method of scoring, and also reintroduced the 1995 G1's format of each block's top two scorers advancing to the final four, which is still used today. Jushin Thunder Liger and Minoru Tanaka were the junior heavyweight invitees.^[31]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Yuji Nagata	7	Keiji Mutoh	8
Tadao Yasuda	6	Masahiro Chono	6
Manabu Nakanishi	6	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	6
Kazunari Murakami	5	Satoshi Kojima	4
Tatsumi Fujinami	4	Jushin Thunder Liger	3
Minoru Tanaka	2	Osamu Nishimura	3

Block A	Fujinami	Murakami	Nagata	Nakanishi	Tanaka	Yasuda
Fujinami	X	Fujinami (0:36)	Nagata (11:30)	Nakanishi (5:18)	Fujinami (8:38)	Yasuda (5:14)
Murakami	Fujinami (0:36)	X	Draw (8:01)	Murakami (2:02)	Tanaka (5:10)	Murakami (3:48)
Nagata	Nagata (11:30)	Draw (8:01)	X	Nakanishi (14:15)	Nagata (12:39)	Nagata (8:11)
Nakanishi	Nakanishi (5:18)	Murakami (2:02)	Nakanishi (14:15)	X	Nakanishi (9:47)	Yasuda (7:11)
Tanaka	Fujinami (8:38)	Tanaka (5:10)	Nagata (12:39)	Nakanishi (9:47)	X	Yasuda (7:35)
Yasuda	Yasuda (5:14)	Murakami (3:48)	Nagata (8:11)	Yasuda (7:11)	Yasuda (7:35)	X
Block B	Chono	Kojima	Liger	Mutoh	Nishimura	Tenzan
Chono	X	Kojima (17:18)	Chono (14:16)	Mutoh (8:14)	Chono (26:16)	Chono (17:53)
Kojima	Kojima (17:18)	X	Liger (16:01)	Kojima (17:30)	Nishimura (19:23)	Tenzan (20:53)
Liger	Chono (14:16)	Liger (16:01)	X	Mutoh (14:24)	Draw (30:00)	Tenzan (15:44)
Mutoh	Muto (8:14)	Kojima (17:30)	Mutoh (14:24)	X	Mutoh (16:08)	Mutoh (18:35)
Nishimura	Chono (26:16)	Nishimura (19:23)	Draw (30:00)	Mutoh (16:08)	X	Tenzan (24:06)
Tenzan	Chono (17:53)	Tenzan (20:53)	Tenzan (15:44)	Muto (18:35)	Tenzan (24:06)	X

	Semifinals					Final
	B1	Keiji Mutoh	Sub
	A2	Tadao Yasuda	11:22
						B1	Keiji Mutoh	Sub
						A1	Yuji Nagata	22:03
	B2	Masahiro Chono	Sub
	A1	Yuji Nagata	13:44

2002

The 2002 G1 Climax was identical in structure to the previous year's, and was held from August 8 to August 11.^[30]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Yoshihiro Takayama	8	Masahiro Chono	7
Hiroyoshi Tenzan	6	Osamu Nishimura	5
Kensuke Sasaki	6	Manabu Nakanishi	5
Hiroshi Tanahashi	4	Yuji Nagata	5
Shiro Koshinaka	4	Kenzo Suzuki	4
Yutaka Yoshie	2	Tadao Yasuda	4

Block A	Koshinaka	Sasaki	Takayama	Tanahashi	Tenzan	Yoshie
Koshinaka	X	Sasaki (8:33)	Takayama (12:00)	Tanahashi (8:52)	Koshinaka (11:02)	Koshinaka (10:54)
Sasaki	Sasaki (8:33)	X	Sasaki (12:11)	Tanahashi (1:40)	Tenzan (15:52)	Sasaki (0:41)
Takayama	Takayama (12:00)	Sasaki (12:11)	X	Takayama (9:24)	Takayama (13:18)	Takayama (11:28)
Tanahashi	Tanahashi (8:52)	Tanahashi (1:40)	Takayama (9:24)	X	Tenzan (14:49)	Yoshie (10:38)
Tenzan	Koshinaka (11:02)	Tenzan (15:52)	Takayama (13:18)	Tenzan (14:49)	X	Tenzan (15:53)
Yoshie	Koshinaka (10:54)	Sasaki (0:41)	Takayama (11:28)	Yoshie (10:38)	Tenzan (15:53)	X
Block B	Chono	Nagata	Nakanishi	Nishimura	Suzuki	Yasuda
Chono	X	Nagata (16:00)	Chono (16:17)	Draw (30:00)	Chono (17:33)	Chono (Forf)
Nagata	Nagata (16:00)	X	Nakanishi (17:21)	Draw (30:00)	Nagata (14:51)	Yasuda (11:10)
Nakanishi	Chono (16:17)	Nakanishi (17:21)	X	Draw (30:00)	Nakanishi (11:17)	Yasuda (2:15)
Nishimura	Draw (30:00)	Draw (30:00)	Draw (30:00)	X	Suzuki (18:10)	Nishimura (1:36)
Suzuki	Chono (17:33)	Nagata (14:51)	Nakanishi (11:17)	Suzuki (18:10)	X	Suzuki (0:37)
Yasuda	Chono (Forf)	Yasuda (11:10)	Yasuda (2:15)	Nishimura (1:36)	Suzuki (0:37)	X

Block B Decision

Semifinals

Final

A1

Yoshihiro Takayama

Pin

B2

Osamu Nishimura

22:38

B3

Manabu Nakanishi

Sub

B2

Osamu Nishimura

5:49

A1

Yoshihiro Takayama

Pin

B1

Masahiro Chono

20:23

B1

Masahiro Chono

Sub

A2

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

22:03

2003

The 2003 G1 Climax was another 12-man round-robin tournament, held from August 10 to August 17. Jun Akiyama from Pro Wrestling Noah, along with freelancer Yoshihiro Takayama were invitees.^[33]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Jun Akiyama	7	Yoshihiro Takayama	8
Hiroyoshi Tenzan	6	Yuji Nagata	5
Masahiro Chono	5	Katsuyori Shibata	5
Manabu Nakanishi	4	Yutaka Yoshie	4
Osamu Nishimura	4	Shinsuke Nakamura	4
Hiroshi Tanahashi	4	Tadao Yasuda	4

Block A	Akiyama	Chono	Nakanishi	Nishimura	Tanahashi	Tenzan
Akiyama	X	Draw (30:00)	Akiyama (16:35)	Nishimura (27:17)	Akiyama (16:08)	Akiyama (19:43)
Chono	Draw (30:00)	X	Nakanishi (11:39)	Chono (24:08)	Chono (13:11)	Tenzan (21:21)
Nakanishi	Akiyama (16:35)	Nakanishi (11:39)	X	Nishimura (13:45)	Nakanishi (14:04)	Tenzan (14:50)
Nishimura	Nishimura (27:17)	Chono (24:08)	Nishimura (13:45)	X	Tanahashi (14:03)	Tenzan (25:56)
Tanahashi	Akiyama (16:08)	Chono (13:11)	Nakanishi (14:04)	Tanahashi (14:03)	X	Tanahashi (15:14)
Tenzan	Akiyama (19:43)	Tenzan (21:21)	Tenzan (14:50)	Tenzan (25:56)	Tanahashi (15:14)	X
Block B	Nagata	Nakamura	Shibata	Takayama	Yasuda	Yoshie
Nagata	X	Nagata (11:32)	Draw (13:17)	Takayama (14:05)	Yasuda (12:21)	Nagata (12:51)
Nakamura	Nagata (11:32)	X	Nakamura (10:14)	Takayama (7:08)	Nakamura (7:38)	Yoshie (12:31)
Shibata	Draw (13:17)	Nakamura (10:14)	X	Takayama (6:38)	Shibata (1:14)	Shibata (9:17)
Takayama	Takayama (14:05)	Takayama (7:08)	Takayama (6:38)	X	Yasuda (11:16)	Takayama (12:31)
Yasuda	Yasuda (12:21)	Nakamura (7:38)	Shibata (1:14)	Yasuda (11:16)	X	Yoshie (13:01)
Yoshie	Nagata (12:51)	Yoshie (12:31)	Shibata (9:17)	Takayama (12:31)	Yoshie (13:01)	X

Block B Decision

Semifinals

Final

A1

Jun Akiyama

Pin

B2

Yuji Nagata

16:11

B2

Yuji Nagata

KO

B3

Katsuyori Shibata

4:11

A1

Jun Akiyama

Sub

A2

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

31:43

B1

Yoshihiro Takayama

KO

A2

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

21:13

2004

The 2004 G1 Climax was a two-block, sixteen-man tournament held from August 7 to August 15. As well as the increased number of participants, it introduced a format in which the second and third runner-ups from each block would advance to a four-man tournament, the two finalists of which would advance to a second four-man tournament also featuring each block winner; the eventual winner of this tournament would win the G1 Climax. Also, it would seem that, for this particular year, matches which ended in a double countout or double disqualification would result in zero points for both competitors.^[34]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Katsuyori Shibata	8	Hiroshi Tanahashi	12
Genichiro Tenryu	8	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	11
Shinsuke Nakamura	8	Kensuke Sasaki	9
Masahiro Chono	8	Koji Kanemoto	6
Minoru Suzuki	8	Manabu Nakanishi	6
Yuji Nagata	8	Osamu Nishimura	6
Blue Wolf	4	Togi Makabe	4
Yutaka Yoshie	2	Yoshihiro Takayama	2

Block A	Wolf	Chono	Nagata	Nakamura	Shibata	Suzuki	Tenryu	Yoshie
Wolf	X	Chono (14:29)	Nagata (13:35)	Nakamura (8:15)	Wolf (11:46)	Suzuki (13:34)	Tenryu (6:09)	Wolf (14:04)
Chono	Chono (14:29)	X	Chono (16:26)	Draw (14:36)1	Shibata (15:05)	Chono (17:32)	Tenryu (0:38)	Chono (12:57)
Nagata	Nagata (13:35)	Chono (16:26)	X	Nakamura (13:08)	Nagata (12:44)	Suzuki (17:39)	Nagata (11:28)	Nagata (13:50)
Nakamura	Nakamura (8:15)	Draw (14:36)1	Nakamura (13:08)	X	Shibata (12:00)	Nakamura (11:58)	Tenryu (14:43)	Nakamura (11:33)
Shibata	Wolf (11:46)	Shibata (15:05)	Nagata (12:44)	Shibata (12:00)	X	Suzuki (7:20)	Shibata (7:15)	Shibata (10:22)
Suzuki	Suzuki (13:34)	Chono (17:32)	Suzuki (17:39)	Nakamura (11:58)	Suzuki (7:20)	X	Tenryu (13:01)	Suzuki (9:12)
Tenryu	Tenryu (6:09)	Tenryu (0:38)	Nagata (11:28)	Tenryu (14:43)	Shibata (7:15)	Tenryu (13:01)	X	Yoshie (4:07)
Yoshie	Wolf (14:04)	Chono (12:57)	Nagata (13:50)	Nakamura (11:33)	Shibata (10:22)	Suzuki (9:12)	Yoshie (4:07)	X
Block B	Kanemoto	Makabe	Nakanishi	Nishimura	Sasaki	Takayama	Tanahashi	Tenzan
Kanemoto	X	Kanemoto (13:50)	Kanemoto (9:54)	Nishimura (14:03)	Sasaki (16:55)	Kanemoto (Forf)	Tanahashi (15:45)	Tenzan (16:55)
Makabe	Kanemoto (13:50)	X	Nakanishi (7:40)	Makabe (12:51)	Sasaki (6:34)	Makabe (Forf)	Tanahashi (11:35)	Tenzan (11:33)
Nakanishi	Kanemoto (9:54)	Nakanishi (7:40)	X	Nakanishi (14:36)	Sasaki (17:57)	Nakanishi (15:48)	Tanahashi (9:12)	Tenzan (12:47)
Nishimura	Nishimura (14:03)	Makabe (12:51)	Nakanishi (14:36)	X	Sasaki (14:00)	Nishimura (Forf)	Tanahashi (16:23)	Nishimura (20:02)
Sasaki	Sasaki (16:55)	Sasaki (6:34)	Sasaki (17:57)	Sasaki (14:00)	X	Takayama (14:40)	Tanahashi (12:00)	Draw (30:00)
Takayama	Kanemoto (Forf)	Makabe (Forf)	Nakanishi (15:48)	Nishimura (Forf)	Takayama (14:40)	X	Tanahashi (Forf)	Tenzan (Forf)
Tanahashi	Tanahashi (15:45)	Tanahashi (11:35)	Tanahashi (9:12)	Tanahashi (16:23)	Tanahashi (12:00)	Tanahashi (Forf)	X	Tenzan (15:15)
Tenzan	Tenzan (16:55)	Tenzan (11:33)	Tenzan (12:47)	Nishimura (20:02)	Draw (30:00)	Tenzan (Forf)	Tenzan (15:15)	X

¹ This was a double countout, and so neither Chono nor Nakamura received any points.

Block A Decision

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

N/A

N/A

B1

Hiroshi Tanahashi

Pin

A2

Genichiro Tenryu

6:34

A2

Genichiro Tenryu

Pin

B3

Kensuke Sasaki

8:11

B1

Hiroshi Tanahashi

Sub

B2

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

21:01

N/A

N/A

A1

Katsuyori Shibata

KO

B2

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

7:11

B2

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

Sub

A3

Shinsuke Nakamura

13:06

A4

Masahiro Chono

DQ

A3

Shinsuke Nakamura

4:39

2005

The 2005 G1 Climax was another 16-man round-robin tournament, held from August 4 to August 14. It returned to the format of 2003, eliminating the "quarterfinals" seen in 2004, and simply bringing each block's top two scorers into the final four.^[35]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Masahiro Chono	10	Kazuyuki Fujita	14
Toshiaki Kawada	10	Shinsuke Nakamura	11
Yuji Nagata	8	Manabu Nakanishi	10
Hiroyoshi Tenzan	8	Hiroshi Tanahashi	7
Minoru Suzuki	6	Yutaka Yoshie	6
Kendo Kashin	5	Tatsutoshi Goto	4
Osamu Nishimura	5	Toru Yano	4
Tatsumi Fujinami	4	Togi Makabe	0

Block A	Chono	Fujinami	Kashin	Kawada	Nagata	Nishimura	Suzuki	Tenzan
Chono	X	Chono (11:08)	Chono (1:45)	Chono (12:14)	Chono (17:02)	Nishimura (20:55)	Chono (17:50)	Tenzan (18:33)
Fujinami	Chono (11:08)	X	Fujinami (4:50)	Kawada (12:03)	Nagata (9:37)	Nishimura (11:29)	Fujinami (10:17)	Tenzan (12:49)
Kashin	Chono (1:45)	Fujinami (4:50)	X	Kashin (11:16)	Nagata (13:08)	Kashin (15:07)	Draw (12:17)	Tenzan (12:19)
Kawada	Chono (12:14)	Kawada (12:03)	Kashin (11:16)	X	Kawada (26:55)	Kawada (17:00)	Kawada (17:11)	Kawada (19:08)
Nagata	Chono (17:02)	Nagata (9:37)	Nagata (13:08)	Kawada (26:55)	X	Nagata (19:34)	Suzuki (12:06)	Nagata (16:55)
Nishimura	Nishimura (20:55)	Nishimura (11:29)	Kashin (15:07)	Kawada (17:00)	Nagata (19:34)	X	Draw (30:00)	Tenzan (18:46)
Suzuki	Chono (17:50)	Fujinami (10:17)	Draw (12:17)	Kawada (17:11)	Suzuki (12:06)	Draw (30:00)	X	Suzuki (13:50)
Tenzan	Tenzan (18:33)	Tenzan (12:49)	Tenzan (12:19)	Kawada (19:08)	Nagata (16:55)	Tenzan (18:46)	Suzuki (13:50)	X
Block B	Fujita	Goto	Makabe	Nakamura	Nakanishi	Tanahashi	Yano	Yoshie
Fujita	X	Fujita (3:19)	Fujita (Forf)	Fujita (6:25)	Fujita (8:02)	Fujita (9:14)	Fujita (3:41)	Fujita (8:45)
Goto	Fujita (3:19)	X	Goto (Forf)	Nakamura (6:11)	Nakanishi (7:26)	Tanahashi (9:09)	Goto (4:16)	Yoshie (8:22)
Makabe	Fujita (Forf)	Goto (Forf)	X	Nakamura (2:30)	Nakanishi (Forf)	Tanahashi (Forf)	Yano (Forf)	Yoshie (12:23)
Nakamura	Fujita (6:25)	Nakamura (6:11)	Nakamura (2:30)	X	Nakamura (14:38)	Nakamura (13:35)	Draw (5:15)	Nakamura (10:49)
Nakanishi	Fujita (8:02)	Nakanishi (7:26)	Nakanishi (Forf)	Nakamura (14:38)	X	Nakanishi (13:50)	Nakanishi (5:17)	Nakanishi (12:40)
Tanahashi	Fujita (9:14)	Tanahashi (9:09)	Tanahashi (Forf)	Nakamura (13:35)	Nakanishi (13:50)	X	Draw (30:00)	Tanahashi (15:01)
Yano	Fujita (3:41)	Goto (4:16)	Yano (Forf)	Draw (5:15)	Nakanishi (5:17)	Draw (30:00)	X	Yoshie (12:39)
Yoshie	Fujita (8:45)	Yoshie (8:22)	Yoshie (12:23)	Nakamura (10:49)	Nakanishi (12:40)	Tanahashi (15:01)	Yoshie (12:39)	X

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Masahiro Chono	Sub
	B2	Shinsuke Nakamura	11:35
						A1	Masahiro Chono	Pin
						B1	Kazuyuki Fujita	8:52
	B1	Kazuyuki Fujita	Pin
	A2	Toshiaki Kawada	6:23

2006

The 2006 G1 Climax was a 10-man round-robin tournament held from August 6 to August 13.^[36]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Satoshi Kojima	7	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	8
Giant Bernard	5	Koji Kanemoto	5
Hiroshi Tanahashi	4	Yuji Nagata	4
Jushin Thunder Liger	2	Togi Makabe	3
Manabu Nakanishi	2	Naofumi Yamamoto	0

Block A	Giant Bernard	Satoshi Kojima	Jushin Thunder Liger	Manabu Nakanishi	Hiroshi Tanahashi
Giant Bernard	X	Draw (25:54)	Bernard (6:53)	Nakanishi (11:41)	Bernard (17:54)
Satoshi Kojima	Draw (25:54)	X	Kojima (14:09)	Kojima (18:17)	Kojima (21:55)
Jushin Thunder Liger	Bernard (6:53)	Kojima (14:09)	X	Liger (8:32)	Tanahashi (14:18)
Manabu Nakanishi	Nakanishi (11:41)	Kojima (18:17)	Liger (8:32)	X	Tanahashi (14:51)
Hiroshi Tanahashi	Bernard (17:54)	Kojima (21:55)	Tanahashi (14:18)	Tanahashi (14:51)	X
Block B	Koji Kanemoto	Togi Makabe	Yuji Nagata	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Naofumi Yamamoto
Koji Kanemoto	X	Kanemoto (11:25)	Draw (30:00)	Tenzan (13:07)	Kanemoto (13:14)
Togi Makabe	Kanemoto (11:25)	X	Draw (15:44)	Tenzan (12:23)	Makabe (11:18)
Yuji Nagata	Draw (30:00)	Draw (15:44)	X	Tenzan (15:41)	Nagata (10:28)
Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Tenzan (13:07)	Tenzan (12:23)	Tenzan (15:41)	X	Tenzan (12:28)
Naofumi Yamamoto	Kanemoto (13:14)	Makabe (11:18)	Nagata (10:28)	Tenzan (12:28)	X

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Satoshi Kojima	Pin
	B2	Koji Kanemoto	15:41
						A1	Satoshi Kojima	Pin
						B1	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	27:36
	B1	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Sub
	A2	Giant Bernard	11:13

2007

The 2007 G1 Climax, featuring twelve men in two blocks, was held from August 5 to August 12.^[37]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Togi Makabe	6	Shinsuke Nakamura	7
Yuji Nagata	6	Hiroshi Tanahashi	6
Akebono	5	Toru Yano	5
Giant Bernard	5	Shiro Koshinaka	4
Hiroyoshi Tenzan	4	Milano Collection A.T.	4
Masahiro Chono	4	Manabu Nakanishi	4

Block A	Bernard	Chono	Makabe	Nagata	Tenzan	Akebono
Bernard	X	Bernard (3:40)	Makabe (8:34)	Nagata (13:58)	Bernard (13:24)	Draw (9:57)
Chono	Bernard (3:40)	X	Makabe (11:17)	Chono (16:15)	Tenzan (17:20)	Chono (7:45)
Makabe	Makabe (8:34)	Makabe (11:17)	X	Makabe (15:44)	Tenzan (15:45)	Akebono (7:48)
Nagata	Nagata (13:58)	Chono (16:15)	Makabe (15:44)	X	Nagata (10:41)	Nagata (6:32)
Tenzan	Bernard (13:24)	Tenzan (17:20)	Tenzan (15:45)	Nagata (10:41)	X	Akebono (9:18)
Akebono	Draw (9:57)	Chono (7:45)	Akebono (7:48)	Nagata (6:32)	Akebono (9:18)	X
Block B	Koshinaka	Milano	Nakamura	Nakanishi	Tanahashi	Yano
Koshinaka	X	Milano (10:29)	Koshinaka (10:34)	Koshinaka (10:30)	Tanahashi (17:04)	Yano (9:52)
Milano	Milano (10:29)	X	Nakamura (12:30)	Nakanishi (5:29)	Tanahashi (9:59)	Milano (6:00)
Nakamura	Koshinaka (10:34)	Nakamura (12:30)	X	Nakamura (12:38)	Draw (30:00)	Nakamura (12:13)
Nakanishi	Koshinaka (10:30)	Nakanishi (5:29)	Nakamura (12:38)	X	Nakanishi (12:13)	Yano (10:41)
Tanahashi	Tanahashi (17:04)	Tanahashi (9:59)	Draw (30:00)	Nakanishi (12:13)	X	Draw (12:27)
Yano	Yano (9:52)	Milano (6:00)	Nakamura (12:13)	Yano (10:41)	Draw (12:27)	X

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Togi Makabe	Pin
	B2	Hiroshi Tanahashi	15:24
						B2	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Pin
						A2	Yuji Nagata	19:02
	B1	Shinsuke Nakamura	Stop
	A2	Yuji Nagata	18:22

2008

The 2008 G1 Climax, featuring fourteen men in two blocks, was held from August 9 to August 17 over seven shows.^[38]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Togi Makabe	8	Hirooki Goto	8
Satoshi Kojima	7	Shinsuke Nakamura	8
Shinjiro Otani	7	Toshiaki Kawada	7
Manabu Nakanishi	6	Yutaka Yoshie	7
Giant Bernard	6	Yuji Nagata	6
Hiroshi Tanahashi	4	Toru Yano	4
Wataru Inoue	4	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	2

Block A	Bernard	Inoue	Kojima	Makabe	Nakanishi	Otani	Tanahashi
Bernard	X	Inoue (7:32)	Bernard (13:27)	Makabe (10:56)	Nakanishi (13:17)	Bernard (14:12)	Bernard (13:51)
Inoue	Inoue (7:32)	X	Kojima (12:39)	Makabe (12:59)	Inoue (8:38)	Otani (9:56)	Tanahashi (14:07)
Kojima	Bernard (13:27)	Kojima (12:39)	X	Makabe (12:26)	Kojima (15:15)	Draw (30:00)	Kojima (16:57)
Makabe	Makabe (10:56)	Makabe (12:59)	Makabe (12:26)	X	Nakanishi (9:31)	Otani (12:11)	Makabe (20:14)
Nakanishi	Nakanishi (13:17)	Inoue (8:38)	Kojima (15:15)	Nakanishi (9:31)	X	Otani (12:21)	Nakanishi (17:33)
Otani	Bernard (14:12)	Otani (9:56)	Draw (30:00)	Otani (12:11)	Otani (12:21)	X	Tanahashi (12:44)
Tanahashi	Bernard (13:51)	Tanahashi (14:07)	Kojima (16:57)	Makabe (20:14)	Nakanishi (17:33)	Tanahashi (12:44)	X
Block B	Goto	Kawada	Nagata	Nakamura	Tenzan	Yano	Yoshie
Goto	X	Kawada (13:24)	Goto (12:12)	Goto (14:22)	Goto (12:43)	Goto (9:11)	Yoshie (14:28)
Kawada	Kawada (13:24)	X	Kawada (16:38)	Nakamura (14:36)	Tenzan (19:24)	Kawada (8:38)	Draw (30:00)
Nagata	Goto (12:12)	Kawada (16:38)	X	Nakamura (15:52)	Nagata (11:34)	Nagata (13:10)	Nagata (15:38)
Nakamura	Goto (14:22)	Naka. (14:36)	Naka. (15:52)	X	Naka. (12:16)	Yano (12:53)	Naka. (15:20)
Tenzan	Goto (12:43)	Tenzan (19:24)	Nagata (11:34)	Nakamura (12:16)	X	Yano (11:50)	Yoshie (15:09)
Yano	Goto (9:11)	Kawada (8:38)	Nagata (13:10)	Yano (12:53)	Yano (11:50)	X	Yoshie (11:38)
Yoshie	Yoshie (14:28)	Draw (30:00)	Nagata (15:38)	Nakamura (15:20)	Yoshie (15:09)	Yoshie (11:38)	X

	Final
	A1	Togi Makabe	Pin
	B1	Hirooki Goto	22:25

2009

The 2009 G1 Climax, featuring fourteen men in two blocks, was held from August 7 to August 16 over eight shows. In a tournament first, the exact tie for first place in Block A between Togi Makabe and Hiroshi Tanahashi was decided by a coin toss.^[39]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Togi Makabe	7	Shinsuke Nakamura	12
Hiroshi Tanahashi	7	Takashi Sugiura	7
Masato Tanaka	7	Hirooki Goto	6
Toru Yano	6	Manabu Nakanishi	6
Takao Omori	6	Yuji Nagata	5
Giant Bernard	5	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	4
Tajiri	4	Takashi Iizuka	2

Block A	Bernard	Makabe	Omori	Tajiri	Tanahashi	Tanaka	Yano
Bernard	X	Bernard (12:15)	Bernard (10:11)	Tajiri (10:33)	Tanahashi (19:57)	Draw (13:07)	Yano (9:50)
Makabe	Bernard (12:15)	X	Omori (14:40)	Makabe (12:17)	Draw (30:00)	Makabe (12:29)	Makabe (13:18)
Omori	Bernard (10:11)	Omori (14:40)	X	Omori (1:05)	Omori (18:20)	Tanaka (13:08)	Yano (9:11)
Tajiri	Tajiri (10:33)	Makabe (12:17)	Omori (1:05)	X	Tajiri (18:03)	Tanaka (11:24)	Yano (11:34)
Tanahashi	Tanahashi (19:57)	Draw (30:00)	Omori (18:20)	Tajiri (18:03)	X	Tanahashi (22:28)	Tanahashi (18:39)
Tanaka	Draw (13:07)	Makabe (12:29)	Tanaka (13:08)	Tanaka (11:24)	Tanahashi (22:28)	X	Tanaka (10:44)
Yano	Yano (9:50)	Makabe (13:18)	Yano (9:11)	Yano (11:34)	Tanahashi (18:39)	Tanaka (10:44)	X
Block B	Goto	Iizuka	Nagata	Nakamura	Nakanishi	Sugiura	Tenzan
Goto	X	Goto (12:24)	Nagata (17:48)	Nakamura (16:42)	Goto (14:55)	Sugiura (13:32)	Goto (6:57)
Iizuka	Goto (12:24)	X	Iizuka (7:53)	Nakamura (5:11)	Nakanishi (11:58)	Sugiura (9:05)	Tenzan (10:59)
Nagata	Nagata (17:48)	Iizuka (7:53)	X	Nakamura (17:41)	Nakanishi (21:58)	Draw (30:00)	Nagata (11:01)
Nakamura	Nakamura (16:42)	Nakamura (5:11)	Nakamura (17:41)	X	Nakamura (7:10)	Nakamura (13:51)	Nakamura (8:41)
Nakanishi	Goto (14:55)	Nakanishi (11:58)	Nakanishi (21:58)	Nakamura (7:10)	X	Sugiura (14:22)	Nakanishi (10:30)
Sugiura	Sugiura (13:32)	Sugiura (9:05)	Draw (30:00)	Nakamura (13:51)	Sugiura (14:22)	X	Tenzan (12:42)
Tenzan	Goto (6:57)	Tenzan (10:59)	Nagata (11:01)	Nakamura (8:41)	Nakanishi (10:30)	Tenzan (12:42)	X

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Togi Makabe	Pin
	B2	Takashi Sugiura	11:57
						A1	Togi Makabe	Pin
						B1	Shinsuke Nakamura	18:29
	B1	Shinsuke Nakamura	Pin
	A2	Hiroshi Tanahashi	13:31

2010

The 2010 version of the G1 Climax tournament was announced in late May 2010 and was the 20th anniversary of the G1 Climax tournament. The tournament took place over eight shows between August 6 and August 15, 2010.^[46][47][48] Naomichi Marufuji was scheduled to participate in the tournament, but was forced to pull out after suffering an arm injury on July 25.^[49] On August 5 New Japan announced that Prince Devitt would replace Marufuji in the tournament.^[50] With his victory, freelancer Satoshi Kojima became the third man to have won both the G1 Climax and All Japan Pro Wrestling's Champion Carnival.

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Hiroshi Tanahashi	9	Satoshi Kojima	10
Togi Makabe	8	Shinsuke Nakamura	9
Manabu Nakanishi	8	Go Shiozaki	9
Toru Yano	8	Hirooki Goto	8
Prince Devitt	8	Yuji Nagata	8
Tetsuya Naito	7	Giant Bernard	6
Strong Man	4	Yujiro Takahashi	4
Karl Anderson	4	Wataru Inoue	2

Block A	Karl Anderson	Prince Devitt	Togi Makabe	Tetsuya Naito	Manabu Nakanishi	Strong Man	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Toru Yano
Karl Anderson	X	Devitt (10:44)[51]	Makabe (11:07)[52]	Naito (11:52)[53]	Nakanishi (7:29)[54]	Strong Man (6:30)[55]	Anderson (11:42)[56]	Anderson (9:16)[57]
Prince Devitt	Devitt (10:44)[51]	X	Makabe (13:36)[54]	Devitt (11:42)[52]	Nakanishi (9:23)[55]	Devitt (7:36)[56]	Devitt (11:35)[57]	Yano (7:26)[40]
Togi Makabe	Makabe (11:07)[52]	Makabe (13:36)[54]	X	Naito (14:34)[56]	Makabe (10:52)[57]	Makabe (5:57)[53]	Tanahashi (11:58)[40]	Yano (7:18)[51]
Tetsuya Naito	Naito (11:52)[53]	Devitt (11:42)[52]	Naito (14:34)[56]	X	Naito (10:52)[40]	Strong Man (7:55)[57]	Draw (30:00)[54]	Yano (10:59)[55]
Manabu Nakanishi	Nakanishi (7:29)[54]	Nakanishi (9:23)[55]	Makabe (10:52)[57]	Naito (10:52)[40]	X	Nakanishi (8:41)[52]	Tanahashi (15:01)[53]	Nakanishi (7:30)[56]
Strong Man	Strong Man (6:30)[55]	Devitt (7:36)[56]	Makabe (5:57)[53]	Strong Man (7:55)[57]	Nakanishi (8:41)[52]	X	Tanahashi (6:50)[51]	Yano (5:16)[54]
Hiroshi Tanahashi	Anderson (11:42)[56]	Devitt (11:35)[57]	Tanahashi (11:58)[40]	Draw (30:00)[54]	Tanahashi (15:01)[53]	Tanahashi (6:50)[51]	X	Tanahashi (14:49)[52]
Toru Yano	Anderson (9:16)[57]	Yano (7:26)[40]	Yano (7:18)[51]	Yano (10:59)[55]	Nakanishi (7:30)[56]	Yano (5:16)[54]	Tanahashi (14:49)[52]	X
Block B	Giant Bernard	Hirooki Goto	Wataru Inoue	Satoshi Kojima	Yuji Nagata	Shinsuke Nakamura	Go Shiozaki	Yujiro Takahashi
Giant Bernard	X	Bernard (11:25)[53]	Bernard (9:19)[56]	Kojima (11:44)[52]	Bernard (13:05)[51]	Nakamura (10:39)[54]	Shiozaki (11:07)[55]	Yujiro (8:03)[57]
Hirooki Goto	Bernard (11:25)[53]	X	Goto (10:14)[54]	Kojima (12:09)[40]	Goto (15:22)[52]	Goto (16:51)[51]	Shiozaki (17:52)[57]	Goto (13:03)[55]
Wataru Inoue	Bernard (9:19)[56]	Goto (10:14)[54]	X	Kojima (13:56)[53]	Nagata (10:18)[57]	Nakamura (11:18)[55]	Shiozaki (16:03)[51]	Inoue (8:19)[52]
Satoshi Kojima	Kojima (11:44)[52]	Kojima (12:09)[40]	Kojima (13:56)[53]	X	Nagata (16:18)[55]	Nakamura (16:45)[57]	Kojima (15:13)[54]	Kojima (8:20)[56]
Yuji Nagata	Bernard (13:05)[51]	Goto (15:22)[52]	Nagata (10:18)[57]	Nagata (16:18)[55]	X	Nagata (17:43)[56]	Nagata (16:25)[53]	Yujiro (5:28)[40]
Shinsuke Nakamura	Nakamura (10:39)[54]	Goto (16:51)[51]	Nakamura (11:18)[55]	Nakamura (16:45)[57]	Nagata (17:43)[56]	X	Draw (30:00)[40]	Nakamura (11:47)[53]
Go Shiozaki	Shiozaki (11:07)[55]	Shiozaki (17:52)[57]	Shiozaki (16:03)[51]	Kojima (15:13)[54]	Nagata (16:25)[53]	Draw (30:00)[40]	X	Shiozaki (10:36)[56]
Yujiro Takahashi	Yujiro (8:03)[57]	Goto (13:03)[55]	Inoue (8:19)[52]	Kojima (8:20)[56]	Yujiro (5:28)[40]	Nakamura (11:47)[53]	Shiozaki (10:36)[56]	X

	Final
	A1	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Pin
	B1	Satoshi Kojima	21:25[40]

2011

The 2011 version of the G1 Climax tournament was announced on May 3, 2011. It took place over ten shows between August 1 and August 14, 2011, and included 20 participants, making it at the time the largest G1 Climax in history.^[58][59]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Tetsuya Naito	12	Shinsuke Nakamura	14
Hiroshi Tanahashi	12	Satoshi Kojima	12
Yoshihiro Takayama	10	Minoru Suzuki	12
Togi Makabe	10	MVP	12
Giant Bernard	10	Hirooki Goto	12
Toru Yano	10	Karl Anderson	8
Yuji Nagata	10	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	8
Lance Archer	8	La Sombra	4
Yujiro Takahashi	6	Wataru Inoue	4
Hideo Saito	2	Strong Man	4

Block A	Archer	Bernard	Makabe	Nagata	Naito	Saito	Takahashi	Takayama	Tanahashi	Yano
Archer	X	Bernard (11:23)[60]	Archer (8:18)[61]	Nagata (8:42)[62]	Naito (12:38)[63]	Archer (6:42)[64]	Archer (7:14)[65]	Archer (7:19)[41]	Tanahashi (11:43)[66]	Yano (8:51)[67]
Bernard	Bernard (11:23)[60]	X	Makabe (12:35)[67]	Bernard (10:00)[68]	Naito (10:44)[62]	Bernard (9:47)[61]	Bernard (8:58)[64]	Takayama (9:36)[66]	Tanahashi (13:05)[65]	Bernard (7:29)[41]
Makabe	Archer (8:18)[61]	Makabe (12:35)[67]	X	Makabe (13:13)[63]	Makabe (14:27)[60]	Makabe (5:23)[66]	Takahashi (8:37)[41]	Takayama (12:14)[62]	Tanahashi (18:46)[68]	Makabe (10:54)[64]
Nagata	Nagata (8:42)[62]	Bernard (10:00)[68]	Makabe (13:13)[63]	X	Nagata (13:11)[64]	Saito (4:29)[41]	Nagata (9:49)[66]	Nagata (13:51)[67]	Nagata (18:19)[61]	Yano (11:24)[60]
Naito	Naito (12:38)[63]	Naito (10:44)[62]	Makabe (14:27)[60]	Nagata (13:11)[64]	X	Naito (7:25)[67]	Takahashi (10:52)[61]	Naito (10:32)[65]	Naito (5:11)[41]	Naito (14:05)[66]
Saito	Archer (6:42)[64]	Bernard (9:47)[61]	Makabe (5:23)[66]	Saito (4:29)[41]	Naito (7:25)[67]	X	Takahashi (9:25)[60]	Takayama (3:29)[68]	Tanahashi (8:01)[63]	Yano (6:09)[65]
Takahashi	Archer (7:14)[65]	Bernard (8:58)[64]	Takahashi (8:37)[41]	Nagata (9:49)[66]	Takahashi (10:52)[61]	Takahashi (9:25)[60]	X	Takayama (9:25)[63]	Tanahashi (12:43)[67]	Yano (8:30)[68]
Takayama	Archer (7:19)[41]	Takayama (9:36)[66]	Takayama (12:14)[62]	Nagata (13:51)[67]	Naito (10:32)[65]	Takayama (3:29)[68]	Takayama (9:25)[63]	X	Tanahashi (11:57)[64]	Takayama (6:29)[61]
Tanahashi	Tanahashi (11:43)[66]	Tanahashi (13:05)[65]	Tanahashi (18:46)[68]	Nagata (18:19)[61]	Naito (5:11)[41]	Tanahashi (8:01)[63]	Tanahashi (12:43)[67]	Tanahashi (11:57)[64]	X	Yano (16:57)[62]
Yano	Yano (8:51)[67]	Bernard (7:29)[41]	Makabe (10:54)[64]	Yano (11:24)[60]	Naito (14:05)[66]	Yano (6:09)[65]	Yano (8:30)[68]	Takayama (6:29)[61]	Yano (16:57)[62]	X
Block B	Anderson	Goto	Inoue	Kojima	MVP	Nakamura	Sombra	Strong Man	Suzuki	Tenzan
Anderson	X	Goto (10:56)[68]	Inoue (9:07)[63]	Kojima (12:55)[67]	Anderson (8:30)[41]	Nakamura (12:11)[65]	Anderson (7:49)[64]	Anderson (7:55)[66]	Suzuki (10:59)[60]	Anderson (9:39)[62]
Goto	Goto (10:56)[68]	X	Goto (11:09)[67]	Goto (16:15)[60]	MVP (10:39)[65]	Goto (13:13)[62]	Goto (9:06)[66]	Strong Man (7:27)[41]	Suzuki (12:38)[63]	Goto (10:37)[61]
Inoue	Inoue (9:07)[63]	Goto (11:09)[67]	X	Kojima (9:51)[62]	MVP (9:34)[60]	Nakamura (12:29)[66]	Sombra (8:41)[61]	Inoue (7:00)[64]	Suzuki (14:19)[65]	Tenzan (9:50)[68]
Kojima	Kojima (12:55)[67]	Goto (16:15)[60]	Kojima (9:51)[62]	X	Kojima (11:26)[68]	Nakamura (15:05)[64]	Kojima (9:25)[65]	Kojima (8:15)[63]	Kojima (12:40)[61]	Tenzan (14:10)[41]
MVP	Anderson (8:30)[41]	MVP (10:39)[65]	MVP (9:34)[60]	Kojima (11:26)[68]	X	MVP (12:02)[61]	MVP (4:59)[62]	MVP (8:18)[67]	Suzuki (12:03)[64]	MVP (11:17)[63]
Nakamura	Nakamura (12:11)[65]	Goto (13:13)[62]	Nakamura (12:29)[66]	Nakamura (15:05)[64]	MVP (12:02)[61]	X	Nakamura (10:49)[63]	Nakamura (6:56)[68]	Nakamura (12:13)[41]	Nakamura (13:43)[60]
Sombra	Anderson (7:49)[64]	Goto (9:06)[66]	Sombra (8:41)[61]	Kojima (9:25)[65]	MVP (4:59)[62]	Nakamura (10:49)[63]	X	Sombra (6:48)[60]	Suzuki (9:32)[68]	Tenzan (9:16)[67]
Strong Man	Anderson (7:55)[66]	Strong Man (7:27)[41]	Inoue (7:00)[64]	Kojima (8:15)[63]	MVP (8:18)[67]	Nakamura (6:56)[68]	Sombra (6:48)[60]	X	Strong Man (9:31)[62]	Tenzan (7:18)[65]
Suzuki	Suzuki (10:59)[60]	Suzuki (12:38)[63]	Suzuki (14:19)[65]	Kojima (12:40)[61]	Suzuki (12:03)[64]	Nakamura (12:13)[41]	Suzuki (9:32)[68]	Strong Man (9:31)[62]	X	Suzuki (14:26)[66]
Tenzan	Anderson (9:39)[62]	Goto (10:37)[61]	Tenzan (9:50)[68]	Tenzan (14:10)[41]	MVP (11:17)[63]	Nakamura (13:43)[60]	Tenzan (9:16)[67]	Tenzan (7:18)[65]	Suzuki (14:26)[66]	X

	Final
	A1	Tetsuya Naito	Pin
	B1	Shinsuke Nakamura	20:19[41]

2012

The 2012 version of the G1 Climax tournament took place over nine shows between August 1 and August 12, 2012, and included 18 participants.^[69][70] The 24-year-old Kazuchika Okada went on to become the youngest G1 Climax winner in history, breaking the previous record held by the then 27-year-old Masahiro Chono.^[42] Okada also became the first winner since Hirooki Goto to win the tournament in his first attempt.^[42] Karl Anderson became the first foreigner to make it to the finals of the tournament since Rick Rude in 1992.^[71]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Karl Anderson	10	Kazuchika Okada	10
Hiroshi Tanahashi	10	Lance Archer	8
Shelton Benjamin	8	Hirooki Goto	8
Yuji Nagata	8	Togi Makabe	8
Minoru Suzuki	8	MVP	8
Satoshi Kojima	8	Tetsuya Naito	8
Naomichi Marufuji	8	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	8
Toru Yano	6	Shinsuke Nakamura	8
Yujiro Takahashi	6	Rush	6

Block A	Anderson	Benjamin	Kojima	Marufuji	Nagata	Suzuki	Takahashi	Tanahashi	Yano
Anderson	X	Anderson (9:15)[72]	Kojima (12:47)[73]	Marufuji (9:14)[74]	Anderson (11:28)[75]	Anderson (12:22)[76]	Takahashi (10:16)[77]	Anderson (11:15)[42]	Anderson (9:14)[78]
Benjamin	Anderson (9:15)[72]	X	Benjamin (9:04)[42]	Benjamin (7:54)[76]	Nagata (9:52)[78]	Suzuki (10:45)[79]	Benjamin (7:40)[73]	Tanahashi (13:54)[75]	Benjamin (8:11)[77]
Kojima	Kojima (12:47)[73]	Benjamin (9:04)[42]	X	Marufuji (11:37)[75]	Kojima (13:52)[74]	Kojima (13:33)[78]	Takahashi (8:34)[76]	Tanahashi (17:41)[77]	Kojima (9:03)[79]
Marufuji	Marufuji (9:14)[74]	Benjamin (7:54)[76]	Marufuji (11:37)[75]	X	Nagata (13:04)[77]	Suzuki (14:49)[73]	Marufuji (8:34)[79]	Marufuji (21:29)[72]	Yano (9:55)[42]
Nagata	Anderson (11:28)[75]	Nagata (9:52)[78]	Kojima (13:52)[74]	Nagata (13:04)[77]	X	Nagata (9:03)[42]	Takahashi (9:31)[72]	Tanahashi (17:24)[79]	Nagata (10:01)[76]
Suzuki	Anderson (12:22)[76]	Suzuki (10:45)[79]	Kojima (13:33)[78]	Suzuki (14:49)[73]	Nagata (9:03)[42]	X	Suzuki (8:05)[75]	Suzuki (10:13)[74]	Yano (8:05)[72]
Takahashi	Takahashi (10:16)[77]	Benjamin (7:40)[73]	Takahashi (8:34)[76]	Marufuji (8:34)[79]	Takahashi (9:31)[72]	Suzuki (8:05)[75]	X	Tanahashi (14:23)[78]	Yano (7:34)[74]
Tanahashi	Anderson (11:15)[42]	Tanahashi (13:54)[75]	Tanahashi (17:41)[77]	Marufuji (21:29)[72]	Tanahashi (17:24)[79]	Suzuki (10:13)[74]	Tanahashi (14:23)[78]	X	Tanahashi (14:18)[73]
Yano	Anderson (9:14)[78]	Benjamin (8:11)[77]	Kojima (9:03)[79]	Yano (9:55)[42]	Nagata (10:01)[76]	Yano (8:05)[72]	Yano (7:34)[74]	Tanahashi (14:18)[73]	X
Block B	Archer	Goto	Makabe	MVP	Naito	Nakamura	Okada	Rush	Tenzan
Archer	X	Archer (9:41)[74]	Archer (9:55)[75]	MVP (10:50)[42]	Archer (10:41)[78]	Nakamura (12:11)[77]	Okada (13:39)[73]	Rush (7:30)[76]	Archer (10:57)[72]
Goto	Archer (9:41)[74]	X	Makabe (13:31)[79]	Goto (9:19)[77]	Goto (11:05)[42]	Goto (13:31)[76]	Goto (18:36)[78]	Rush (8:02)[75]	Tenzan (13:39)[73]
Makabe	Archer (9:55)[75]	Makabe (13:31)[79]	X	MVP (9:30)[76]	Makabe (14:10)[72]	Makabe (14:12)[74]	Okada (9:33)[42]	Makabe (7:17)[78]	Tenzan (11:58)[77]
MVP	MVP (10:50)[42]	Goto (9:19)[77]	MVP (9:30)[76]	X	Naito (9:33)[74]	Nakamura (12:14)[73]	Okada (10:44)[79]	MVP (7:53)[72]	MVP (9:35)[78]
Naito	Archer (10:41)[78]	Goto (11:05)[42]	Makabe (14:10)[72]	Naito (9:33)[74]	X	Naito (13:39)[75]	Naito (21:59)[76]	Rush (9:39)[73]	Naito (13:27)[79]
Nakamura	Nakamura (12:11)[77]	Goto (13:31)[76]	Makabe (14:12)[74]	Nakamura (12:14)[73]	Naito (13:39)[75]	X	Nakamura (16:16)[72]	Nakamura (10:07)[79]	Tenzan (12:48)[42]
Okada	Okada (13:39)[73]	Goto (18:36)[78]	Okada (9:33)[42]	Okada (10:44)[79]	Naito (21:59)[76]	Nakamura (16:16)[72]	X	Okada (9:20)[77]	Okada (11:20)[75]
Rush	Rush (7:30)[76]	Rush (8:02)[75]	Makabe (7:17)[78]	MVP (7:53)[72]	Rush (9:39)[73]	Nakamura (10:07)[79]	Okada (9:20)[77]	X	Tenzan (9:30)[74]
Tenzan	Archer (10:57)[72]	Tenzan (13:39)[73]	Tenzan (11:58)[77]	MVP (9:35)[78]	Naito (13:27)[79]	Tenzan (12:48)[42]	Okada (11:20)[75]	Tenzan (9:30)[74]	X

	Final
	A1	Karl Anderson	Pin
	B1	Kazuchika Okada	23:19[42]

2013

The 2013 version of the G1 Climax tournament took place over nine shows between August 1 and August 11, 2013, and included 20 participants.^[80][81] In an unprecedented move, New Japan broadcast all nine events live on internet pay-per-view (iPPV) through Niconico and Ustream.^[82] On August 8, New Japan announced that Hirooki Goto and Hiroyoshi Tenzan had suffered jaw and rib fractures respectively and would both miss the rest of the tournament.^[83]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Hiroshi Tanahashi	11	Tetsuya Naito	10
Katsuyori Shibata	10	Minoru Suzuki	10
Davey Boy Smith, Jr.	10	Karl Anderson	10
Prince Devitt	10	Shelton X Benjamin	10
Togi Makabe	10	Shinsuke Nakamura	10
Kazuchika Okada	9	Yuji Nagata	10
Hirooki Goto	8	Kota Ibushi	8
Lance Archer	8	Toru Yano	8
Satoshi Kojima	8	Yujiro Takahashi	8
Tomohiro Ishii	6	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	6

Block A	Archer	Devitt	Goto	Ishii	Kojima	Makabe	Okada	Shibata	Smith	Tanahashi
Archer	X	Archer (8:14)[84]	Goto (8:35)[85]	Archer (10:43)[86]	Archer (12:38)[87]	Makabe (9:07)[88]	Okada (11:26)[89]	Shibata (6:41)[90]	Archer (14:37)[43]	Tanahashi (10:56)[91]
Devitt	Archer (8:14)[84]	X	Goto (8:04)[90]	Devitt (10:28)[89]	Devitt (9:02)[88]	Devitt (8:43)[43]	Devitt (12:56)[86]	Shibata (6:56)[91]	Smith (7:26)[87]	Devitt (11:07)[85]
Goto	Goto (8:35)[85]	Goto (8:04)[90]	X	Ishii (forfeit)	Goto (7:13)[89]	Makabe (11:20)[86]	Goto (12:43)[84]	Shibata (forfeit)	Smith (forfeit)	Tanahashi (15:30)[88]
Ishii	Archer (10:43)[86]	Devitt (10:28)[89]	Ishii (forfeit)	X	Kojima (11:20)[90]	Makabe (14:00)[87]	Okada (11:21)[91]	Ishii (12:17)[85]	Smith (11:17)[88]	Ishii (17:42)[84]
Kojima	Archer (12:38)[87]	Devitt (9:02)[88]	Goto (7:13)[89]	Kojima (11:20)[90]	X	Makabe (15:40)[91]	Kojima (11:56)[43]	Kojima (9:40)[84]	Smith (11:43)[85]	Kojima (16:07)[86]
Makabe	Makabe (9:07)[88]	Devitt (8:43)[43]	Makabe (11:20)[86]	Makabe (14:00)[87]	Makabe (15:40)[91]	X	Makabe (13:55)[85]	Shibata (7:23)[89]	Smith (10:13)[84]	Tanahashi (13:37)[90]
Okada	Okada (11:26)[89]	Devitt (12:56)[86]	Goto (12:43)[84]	Okada (11:21)[91]	Kojima (11:56)[43]	Makabe (13:55)[85]	X	Okada (9:13)[88]	Okada (13:33)[90]	Draw (30:00)[87]
Shibata	Shibata (6:41)[90]	Shibata (6:56)[91]	Shibata (forfeit)	Ishii (12:17)[85]	Kojima (9:40)[84]	Shibata (7:23)[89]	Okada (9:13)[88]	X	Shibata (9:06)[86]	Tanahashi (10:56)[43]
Smith	Archer (14:37)[43]	Smith (7:26)[87]	Smith (forfeit)	Smith (11:17)[88]	Smith (11:43)[85]	Smith (10:13)[84]	Okada (13:33)[90]	Shibata (9:06)[86]	X	Tanahashi (14:35)[89]
Tanahashi	Tanahashi (10:56)[91]	Devitt (11:07)[85]	Tanahashi (15:30)[88]	Ishii (17:42)[84]	Kojima (16:07)[86]	Tanahashi (13:37)[90]	Draw (30:00)[87]	Tanahashi (10:56)[43]	Tanahashi (14:35)[89]	X
Block B	Anderson	Benjamin	Ibushi	Nagata	Naito	Nakamura	Suzuki	Takahashi	Tenzan	Yano
Anderson	X	Anderson (6:28)[84]	Ibushi (9:52)[89]	Anderson (10:09)[91]	Naito (13:11)[43]	Anderson (12:54)[86]	Suzuki (10:40)[90]	Anderson (7:00)[87]	Anderson (9:55)[85]	Yano (7:24)[88]
Benjamin	Anderson (6:28)[84]	X	Benjamin (10:20)[88]	Benjamin (8:17)[85]	Naito (8:36)[90]	Benjamin (10:34)[43]	Suzuki (8:42)[91]	Takahashi (7:58)[89]	Benjamin (8:20)[86]	Benjamin (7:35)[87]
Ibushi	Ibushi (9:52)[89]	Benjamin (10:20)[88]	X	Nagata (13:49)[90]	Ibushi (13:16)[84]	Nakamura (19:18)[85]	Suzuki (13:37)[87]	Takahashi (8:45)[91]	Ibushi (forfeit)	Ibushi (7:32)[86]
Nagata	Anderson (10:09)[91]	Benjamin (8:17)[85]	Nagata (13:49)[90]	X	Naito (11:40)[89]	Nakamura (13:55)[88]	Nagata (14:34)[86]	Nagata (9:06)[43]	Nagata (forfeit)	Nagata (6:46)[84]
Naito	Naito (13:11)[43]	Naito (8:36)[90]	Ibushi (13:16)[84]	Naito (11:40)[89]	X	Naito (14:50)[87]	Naito (16:19)[85]	Takahashi (9:30)[86]	Tenzan (12:20)[88]	Yano (9:26)[91]
Nakamura	Anderson (12:54)[86]	Benjamin (10:34)[43]	Nakamura (19:18)[85]	Nakamura (13:55)[88]	Naito (14:50)[87]	X	Suzuki (13:44)[84]	Nakamura (10:47)[90]	Nakamura (forfeit)	Nakamura (11:36)[89]
Suzuki	Suzuki (10:40)[90]	Suzuki (8:42)[91]	Suzuki (13:37)[87]	Nagata (14:34)[86]	Naito (16:19)[85]	Suzuki (13:44)[84]	X	Suzuki (10:31)[88]	Tenzan (11:46)[89]	Yano (9:23)[43]
Takahashi	Anderson (7:00)[87]	Takahashi (7:58)[89]	Takahashi (8:45)[91]	Nagata (9:06)[43]	Takahashi (9:30)[86]	Nakamura (10:47)[90]	Suzuki (10:31)[88]	X	Takahashi (9:07)[84]	Yano (7:04)[85]
Tenzan	Anderson (9:55)[85]	Benjamin (8:20)[86]	Ibushi (forfeit)	Nagata (forfeit)	Tenzan (12:20)[88]	Nakamura (forfeit)	Tenzan (11:46)[89]	Takahashi (9:07)[84]	X	Tenzan (8:39)[90]
Yano	Yano (7:24)[88]	Benjamin (7:35)[87]	Ibushi (7:32)[86]	Nagata (6:46)[84]	Yano (9:26)[91]	Nakamura (11:36)[89]	Yano (9:23)[43]	Yano (7:04)[85]	Tenzan (8:39)[90]	X

	Final
	A1	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Pin
	B1	Tetsuya Naito	26:44[43]

2014

The 2014 version of the G1 Climax tournament took place between July 21 and August 10, 2014, with the finals taking place in Tokorozawa, Saitama at the Seibu Dome for the first time departing Ryōgoku Kokugikan, which housed the finals from every year since the tournament began.^[92] With 22 participants, the tournament marked the largest G1 Climax in history. Like the previous year, all events in the tournament were made available on iPPV through Niconico and Ustream.^[93] Kota Ibushi was scheduled to take part in the tournament, but on July 18 New Japan announced that he would have to pull out due to a concussion suffered at the beginning of the month.^[94] The following day, Tomoaki Honma was named Ibushi's replacement in the tournament.^[95]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Shinsuke Nakamura	16	Kazuchika Okada	16
Hiroshi Tanahashi	14	A.J. Styles	16
Bad Luck Fale	12	Karl Anderson	10
Katsuyori Shibata	12	Minoru Suzuki	10
Shelton X Benjamin	10	Tetsuya Naito	10
Tomohiro Ishii	10	Lance Archer	8
Satoshi Kojima	10	Yujiro Takahashi	8
Davey Boy Smith, Jr.	10	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	8
Doc Gallows	8	Toru Yano	8
Yuji Nagata	8	Hirooki Goto	8
Tomoaki Honma	0	Togi Makabe	8

Block A	Fale	Benjamin	Gallows	Honma	Ishii	Kojima	Nagata	Nakamura	Shibata	Smith	Tanahashi
Fale	X	Benjamin (5:55)[96]	Gallows (8:04)[97]	Fale (6:40)[98]	Fale (9:39)[99]	Kojima (8:25)[100]	Fale (10:57)[101]	Nakamura (11:08)[102]	Fale (7:14)[103]	Fale (7:10)[104]	Fale (12:27)[105]
Benjamin	Benjamin (5:55)[96]	X	Benjamin (8:54)[99]	Benjamin (8:08)[102]	Benjamin (8:11)[101]	Kojima (10:11)[98]	Nagata (10:52)[106]	Nakamura (9:01)[97]	Shibata (14:01)[105]	Benjamin (8:44)[100]	Tanahashi (12:32)[103]
Gallows	Gallows (8:04)[97]	Benjamin (8:54)[99]	X	Gallows (7:37)[101]	Ishii (8:11)[105]	Kojima (7:11)[106]	Gallows (7:53)[103]	Nakamura (11:35)[104]	Gallows (6:30)[102]	Smith (10:08)[98]	Tanahashi (11:14)[96]
Honma	Fale (6:40)[98]	Benjamin (8:08)[102]	Gallows (7:37)[101]	X	Ishii (12:06)[100]	Kojima (6:55)[104]	Nagata (11:15)[96]	Nakamura (10:19)[105]	Shibata (10:47)[106]	Smith (8:53)[103]	Tanahashi (10:01)[99]
Ishii	Fale (9:39)[99]	Benjamin (8:11)[101]	Ishii (8:11)[105]	Ishii (12:06)[100]	X	Ishii (12:27)[96]	Ishii (11:46)[102]	Nakamura (15:14)[98]	Shibata (12:24)[104]	Ishii (10:24)[106]	Tanahashi (15:02)[97]
Kojima	Kojima (8:25)[100]	Kojima (10:11)[98]	Kojima (7:11)[106]	Kojima (6:55)[104]	Ishii (12:27)[96]	X	Kojima (11:27)[99]	Nakamura (12:51)[103]	Shibata (10:11)[97]	Smith (11:30)[105]	Tanahashi (13:01)[101]
Nagata	Fale (10:57)[101]	Nagata (10:52)[106]	Gallows (7:53)[103]	Nagata (11:15)[96]	Ishii (11:46)[102]	Kojima (11:27)[99]	X	Nakamura (16:11)[100]	Nagata (13:31)[98]	Nagata (9:39)[97]	Tanahashi (12:34)[104]
Nakamura	Nakamura (11:08)[102]	Nakamura (9:01)[97]	Nakamura (11:35)[104]	Nakamura (10:19)[105]	Nakamura (15:14)[98]	Nakamura (12:51)[103]	Nakamura (16:11)[100]	X	Shibata (15:27)[99]	Nakamura (13:37)[96]	Tanahashi (17:00)[106]
Shibata	Fale (7:14)[103]	Shibata (14:01)[105]	Gallows (6:30)[102]	Shibata (10:47)[106]	Shibata (12:24)[104]	Shibata (10:11)[97]	Nagata (13:31)[98]	Shibata (15:27)[99]	X	Smith (9:42)[101]	Shibata (16:16)[100]
Smith	Fale (7:10)[104]	Benjamin (8:44)[100]	Smith (10:08)[98]	Smith (8:53)[103]	Ishii (10:24)[106]	Smith (11:30)[105]	Nagata (9:39)[97]	Nakamura (13:37)[96]	Smith (9:42)[101]	X	Smith (12:57)[102]
Tanahashi	Fale (12:27)[105]	Tanahashi (12:32)[103]	Tanahashi (11:14)[96]	Tanahashi (10:01)[99]	Tanahashi (15:02)[97]	Tanahashi (13:01)[101]	Tanahashi (12:34)[104]	Tanahashi (17:00)[106]	Shibata (16:16)[100]	Smith (12:57)[102]	X
Block B	Anderson	Archer	Goto	Makabe	Naito	Okada	Styles	Suzuki	Takahashi	Tenzan	Yano
Anderson	X	Archer (7:35)[101]	Anderson (11:36)[97]	Makabe (8:44)[96]	Anderson (7:51)[102]	Anderson (12:34)[100]	Styles (14:33)[103]	Anderson (8:35)[104]	Anderson (7:45)[98]	Tenzan (10:11)[99]	Yano (5:46)[105]
Archer	Archer (7:35)[101]	X	Archer (8:52)[102]	Makabe (10:35)[100]	Naito (8:39)[96]	Okada (11:05)[104]	Styles (12:52)[106]	Suzuki (9:17)[97]	Takahashi (9:00)[103]	Archer (10:44)[105]	Archer (4:38)[98]
Goto	Anderson (11:36)[97]	Archer (8:52)[102]	X	Goto (11:37)[99]	Goto (12:21)[106]	Okada (15:34)[103]	Styles (14:58)[105]	Goto (7:03)[101]	Goto (10:31)[96]	Tenzan (11:46)[98]	Yano (1:21)[100]
Makabe	Makabe (8:44)[96]	Makabe (10:35)[100]	Goto (11:37)[99]	X	Makabe (12:02)[98]	Okada (14:49)[101]	Styles (11:33)[102]	Suzuki (12:21)[106]	Takahashi (8:16)[97]	Makabe (8:22)[103]	Yano (2:48)[104]
Naito	Anderson (7:51)[102]	Naito (8:39)[96]	Goto (12:21)[106]	Makabe (12:02)[98]	X	Naito (13:54)[105]	Naito (15:55)[100]	Suzuki (12:16)[103]	Takahashi (13:54)[99]	Naito (10:23)[104]	Naito (9:11)[101]
Okada	Anderson (12:34)[100]	Okada (11:05)[104]	Okada (15:34)[103]	Okada (14:49)[101]	Naito (13:54)[105]	X	Okada (18:03)[99]	Okada (17:14)[102]	Okada (12:49)[106]	Okada (12:51)[96]	Okada (9:01)[97]
Styles	Styles (14:33)[103]	Styles (12:52)[106]	Styles (14:58)[105]	Styles (11:33)[102]	Naito (15:55)[100]	Okada (18:03)[99]	X	Styles (16:20)[98]	Styles (8:36)[104]	Styles (14:22)[97]	Styles (9:53)[96]
Suzuki	Anderson (8:35)[104]	Suzuki (9:17)[97]	Goto (7:03)[101]	Suzuki (12:21)[106]	Suzuki (12:16)[103]	Okada (17:14)[102]	Styles (16:20)[98]	X	Suzuki (8:39)[105]	Suzuki (11:04)[100]	Yano (2:15)[99]
Takahashi	Anderson (7:45)[98]	Takahashi (9:00)[103]	Goto (10:31)[96]	Takahashi (8:16)[97]	Takahashi (13:54)[99]	Okada (12:49)[106]	Styles (8:36)[104]	Suzuki (8:39)[105]	X	Tenzan (11:16)[101]	Takahashi (2:56)[102]
Tenzan	Tenzan (10:11)[99]	Archer (10:44)[105]	Tenzan (11:46)[98]	Makabe (8:22)[103]	Naito (10:23)[104]	Okada (12:51)[96]	Styles (14:22)[97]	Suzuki (11:04)[100]	Tenzan (11:16)[101]	X	Tenzan (4:33)[106]
Yano	Yano (5:46)[105]	Archer (4:38)[98]	Yano (1:21)[100]	Yano (2:48)[104]	Naito (9:11)[101]	Okada (9:01)[97]	Styles (9:53)[96]	Yano (2:15)[99]	Takahashi (2:56)[102]	Tenzan (4:33)[106]	X

	Final
	A1	Shinsuke Nakamura	Pin
	B1	Kazuchika Okada	23:18[44]

2015

The 2015 version of the G1 Climax tournament took place between July 20 and August 16, 2015. Taking place over 19 shows, it was the longest G1 Climax in history.^[107] The final three days took place back at Ryōgoku Kokugikan.^[108] Participants in the tournament were announced on June 7.^[109] For the tournament, NJPW introduced a new format, where each show would only include five tournament matches all from the same block, giving the other participants more time to rest.^[110] Shinsuke Nakamura injured his left elbow in his second match, forcing him to forfeit his third match against Michael Elgin.^[111]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Hiroshi Tanahashi	14	Shinsuke Nakamura	14
A.J. Styles	12	Kazuchika Okada	14
Tetsuya Naito	10	Karl Anderson	12
Bad Luck Fale	10	Hirooki Goto	12
Toru Yano	8	Tomohiro Ishii	10
Katsuyori Shibata	8	Michael Elgin	8
Kota Ibushi	8	Yujiro Takahashi	6
Togi Makabe	8	Yuji Nagata	6
Hiroyoshi Tenzan	6	Satoshi Kojima	6
Doc Gallows	6	Tomoaki Honma	2

Block A	Fale	Gallows	Ibushi	Makabe	Naito	Shibata	Styles	Tanahashi	Tenzan	Yano
Fale	X	Fale (8:43)[112]	Fale (8:30)[113]	Fale (8:06)[114]	Naito (10:41)[115]	Shibata (7:51)[116]	Styles (9:53)[117]	Fale (13:07)[118]	Fale (9:51)[119]	Yano (3:44)[120]
Gallows	Fale (8:43)[112]	X	Ibushi (8:35)[114]	Makabe (8:55)[113]	Gallows (8:22)[117]	Gallows (7:52)[120]	Styles (10:14)[116]	Tanahashi (11:37)[119]	Tenzan (9:17)[115]	Gallows (6:58)[118]
Ibushi	Fale (8:30)[113]	Ibushi (8:35)[114]	X	Ibushi (9:07)[120]	Naito (17:18)[119]	Shibata (13:25)[118]	Ibushi (19:10)[112]	Tanahashi (20:53)[115]	Ibushi (11:14)[116]	Yano (0:50)[117]
Makabe	Fale (8:06)[114]	Makabe (8:55)[113]	Ibushi (9:07)[120]	X	Makabe (15:45)[116]	Shibata (9:35)[112]	Styles (11:17)[119]	Tanahashi (16:15)[117]	Makabe (8:41)[118]	Makabe (6:26)[115]
Naito	Naito (10:41)[115]	Gallows (8:22)[117]	Naito (17:18)[119]	Makabe (15:45)[116]	X	Shibata (12:11)[114]	Naito (17:13)[118]	Naito (24:14)[112]	Tenzan (14:14)[120]	Naito (8:01)[113]
Shibata	Shibata (7:51)[116]	Gallows (7:52)[120]	Shibata (13:25)[118]	Shibata (9:35)[112]	Shibata (12:11)[114]	X	Styles (13:36)[115]	Tanahashi (21:20)[113]	Tenzan (9:49)[117]	Yano (4:01)[119]
Styles	Styles (9:53)[117]	Styles (10:14)[116]	Ibushi (19:10)[112]	Styles (11:17)[119]	Naito (17:13)[118]	Styles (13:36)[115]	X	Tanahashi (27:56)[120]	Styles (13:29)[113]	Styles (10:13)[114]
Tanahashi	Fale (13:07)[118]	Tanahashi (11:37)[119]	Tanahashi (20:53)[115]	Tanahashi (16:15)[117]	Naito (24:14)[112]	Tanahashi (21:20)[113]	Tanahashi (27:56)[120]	X	Tanahashi (15:11)[114]	Tanahashi (14:59)[116]
Tenzan	Fale (9:51)[119]	Tenzan (9:17)[115]	Ibushi (11:14)[116]	Makabe (8:41)[118]	Tenzan (14:14)[120]	Tenzan (9:49)[117]	Styles (13:29)[113]	Tanahashi (15:11)[114]	X	Yano (6:38)[112]
Yano	Yano (3:44)[120]	Gallows (6:58)[118]	Yano (0:50)[117]	Makabe (6:26)[115]	Naito (8:01)[113]	Yano (4:01)[119]	Styles (10:13)[114]	Tanahashi (14:59)[116]	Yano (6:38)[112]	X
Block B	Anderson	Elgin	Goto	Honma	Ishii	Kojima	Nagata	Nakamura	Okada	Takahashi
Anderson	X	Anderson (12:56)[121]	Anderson (11:34)[122]	Anderson (11:37)[123]	Ishii (16:31)[124]	Kojima (10:53)[125]	Anderson (11:15)[126]	Anderson (17:41)[127]	Okada (14:34)[128]	Anderson (10:04)[129]
Elgin	Anderson (12:56)[121]	X	Goto (11:41)[129]	Elgin (9:55)[126]	Ishii (14:30)[125]	Kojima (12:49)[122]	Elgin (11:02)[123]	Elgin (forfeit)[111]	Okada (11:48)[127]	Elgin (11:58)[128]
Goto	Anderson (11:34)[122]	Goto (11:41)[129]	X	Goto (12:20)[124]	Goto (17:11)[121]	Goto (12:39)[123]	Nagata (13:00)[125]	Nakamura (16:32)[128]	Goto (16:45)[126]	Goto (11:48)[127]
Honma	Anderson (11:37)[123]	Elgin (9:55)[126]	Goto (12:20)[124]	X	Honma (16:13)[129]	Kojima (10:15)[128]	Nagata (12:49)[127]	Nakamura (11:50)[121]	Okada (17:51)[122]	Takahashi (10:33)[125]
Ishii	Ishii (16:31)[124]	Ishii (14:30)[125]	Goto (17:11)[121]	Honma (16:13)[129]	X	Ishii (12:20)[127]	Ishii (16:19)[128]	Nakamura (14:47)[126]	Okada (17:07)[123]	Ishii (12:17)[122]
Kojima	Kojima (10:53)[125]	Kojima (12:49)[122]	Goto (12:39)[123]	Kojima (10:15)[128]	Ishii (12:20)[127]	X	Nagata (10:50)[121]	Nakamura (11:24)[129]	Okada (18:22)[124]	Takahashi (13:01)[126]
Nagata	Anderson (11:15)[126]	Elgin (11:02)[123]	Nagata (13:00)[125]	Nagata (12:49)[127]	Ishii (16:19)[128]	Nagata (10:50)[121]	X	Nakamura (16:26)[122]	Okada (18:14)[129]	Takahashi (12:03)[124]
Nakamura	Anderson (17:41)[127]	Elgin (forfeit)[111]	Nakamura (16:32)[128]	Nakamura (11:50)[121]	Nakamura (14:47)[126]	Nakamura (11:24)[129]	Nakamura (16:26)[122]	X	Nakamura (23:31)[125]	Nakamura (10:36)[123]
Okada	Okada (14:34)[128]	Okada (11:48)[127]	Goto (16:45)[126]	Okada (17:51)[122]	Okada (17:07)[123]	Okada (18:22)[124]	Okada (18:14)[129]	Nakamura (23:31)[125]	X	Okada (14:21)[121]
Takahashi	Anderson (10:04)[129]	Elgin (11:58)[128]	Goto (11:48)[127]	Takahashi (10:33)[125]	Ishii (12:17)[122]	Takahashi (13:01)[126]	Takahashi (12:03)[124]	Nakamura (10:36)[123]	Okada (14:21)[121]	X

	Final
	A1	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Pin
	B1	Shinsuke Nakamura	32:15[45]

2016

The 2016 version of the G1 Climax tournament is scheduled to take place between July 18 and August 14, 2016.^[130]

See also

• Champion Carnival
• Global League Tournament
• Fire Festival

References

External links

• G1 Climax at NJPW.co.jp (Japanese)

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