NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 1 (2026)
The first night of G1 Climax 36 took place on July 11, 2026, at the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, marking the first time since 2019 that New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) opened its annual round-robin heavyweight tournament in the United States, and was headlined by an A Block match between Konosuke Takeshita and Yota Tsuji.
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Konosuke Takeshita as Konosuke Takeshita |
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Yota Tsuji as Yota Tsuji |
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Ryohei Oiwa as Ryohei Oiwa |
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Oleg Igorevich Boltin as Oleg Boltin |
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Yuya Uemura as Yuya Uemura |
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Callum Newman as Callum Newman |
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Hirooki Goto as Hirooki Goto |
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Seiya Sanada as SANADA |
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Luke James Uggles Eatwell as Zack Sabre Jr. |
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Shota Umino as Shota Umino |
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Tomoyuki Oka as Great-O-Khan |
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Yuto Nakashima as Yuto-Ice |
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Ren Narita as Ren Narita |
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Oskar Münchow as OSKAR |
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Shin Takagi as Shingo Takagi |
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Lee Jae-kyung as Jake Lee |
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Aaron Henry as HENARE |
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Aaron Phillip Wolf as Aaron Wolf |
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Walker Stewart as Walker Stewart - English Commentary |
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Chris Charlton as Chris Charlton - English Commentary |
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John Raymond Rivera as Rocky Romero - English Commentary |
