The New Japan Pro-Wrestling G1 Climax 33 tournament is set to begin on July 15th and run through August 13.
At the June 10th New Japan Road event, the block lineups for the 32 competitors were announced. There will be four separate blocks at NJPW G1 Climax 33.
The block lineups are as follows:
A BLOCK:
- SANADA (8th entry, 8th consecutive. IWGP World Heavyweight Champion)
- Chase Owens (3rd entry, 3rd consecutive)
- Hikuleo (debut entry)
- Ren Narita (debut entry)
- Shota Umino (debut entry)
- Yota Tsuji (debut entry)
- Gabe Kidd (debut entry)
- Kaito Kiyomiya (debut entry)
B BLOCK:
- Kazuchika Okada (12th entry, 12th consecutive. 2012, 2014, 2021, 2022 G1 winner. NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion)
- YOSHI-HASHI (7th entry, 4th consecutive. IWGP/NJPW STRONG Tag Team Champion)
- Taichi (5th entry, 5th consecutive. KOPW 2023 title holder)
- KENTA (5th entry, 5th consecutive. NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion)
- Great-O-Khan (3rd entry, 3rd consecutive. RPW British Heavyweight Champion)
- Will Ospreay (4th entry, 2nd consecutive)
- Tanga Loa (2nd entry, 1st in two years)
- El Phantasmo (2nd entry, 2nd consecutive)
C BLOCK:
- David Finlay (2nd entry, 2nd consecutive. NEVER Openweight Champion)
- Tomohiro Ishii (11th entry, 11th consecutive. NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion)
- EVIL (8th entry, 8th consecutive)
- Tama Tonga (6th entry, 3rd consecutive)
- Shingo Takagi (5th entry, 5th conseuctive)
- Aaron Henare (2nd entry, 2nd consecutive)
- Eddie Kingston (debut entry)
- Mikey Nicholls (debut entry)
D BLOCK:
- Hiroshi Tanahashi (22nd entry, 22nd consecutive. 2007, 2015, 2018 G1 winner. NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion)
- Tetsuya Naito (14th entry, 14th consecutive. 2013, 2017 G1 winner)
- Hirooki Goto (16th entry, 16th consecutive. 2008 G1 winner. IWGP Tag Team Champion)
- Zack Sabre Jr. (7th entry, 7th consecutive. NJPW World TV Champion)
- Toru Yano (18th entry, 17th consecutive)
- Jeff Cobb (5th entry, 5th consecutive)
- Shane Haste (debut entry)
- Alex Coughlin (debut entry)
The winner of the G1 Climax 33 Tournament will go on to challenge for IWGP World Title currently held by SANADA at Wrestle Kingdom 18 in January 2024.
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