New Japan Pro Wrestling has officially confirmed the lineup for their G1 Climax tournament which includes an AEW star.
28 wrestlers will be taking part in the tournament this year, with night 1 set to take place on July 16th from Hokkaido and the final night taking place on August 18th from Nippon Budokan.
G1 Climax 2022 Participants incl. AEW Star
Here are the names that New Japan confirmed would be part of the G1 Climax at the Dominion show today:
- Kazuchika Okada
- Hiroshi TanahashiÂ
- Tetsuya Naito
- Hirooki GotoÂ
- Tama TongaÂ
- Shingo TakagiÂ
- Chase OwensÂ
- Bad Luck FaleÂ
- Yujiro TakahashiÂ
- EVILÂ
- Tom Lawlor
- Juice Robinson
- JONAH
- YOSHI-HASHIÂ
- Toru YanoÂ
- Tomohiro Ishii
- Jeff Cobb
- Great-O-Khan
- Will Ospreay
- Aaron Henare
- SANADA
- Jay White
- KENTA
- El Phantasmo
- Taichi
- Zack Sabre Jr.
- Lance Archer
- David Finlay
Lance Archer is of course the AEW name that will be part of the upcoming tournament from Japan. Fans had been hoping that Bryan Danielson might be taking part, but as of writing that does not appear to be the case.
