Following up on yesterday’s announcement at the New Japan event, here is the full entry list for this year’s G1 Climax 33 Tournament:
Kazuchika Okada
Tetsuya Naito
SANADA
Will Ospreay
Hiroshi Tanahashi
David Finlay
Shota Umino
Shingo Takagi
Tomohiro Ishii
Tama Tonga
Tanga Loa
Hikuleo
Hirooki Goto
YOSHI-HASHI
Toru Yano
KENTA
Zack Sabre Jr.
Taichi
El Phantasmo
Eddie Kingston
Ren Narita
EVIL
Chase Owens
Jeff Cobb
Great-O-Khan
Aaron Henare
Gabriel Kidd
Alex Coughlin
Shane Haste
Mikey Nicholls
Yota Tsuji
Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH)
Okada is the 2-time defending champion and going for a 3-peat and should be considered the heavy favorite. Naito is a 2-tine winner, Tanahashi a 3-time winner and Goto a one-time winner. Whoever wins gets a future IWGP World Hevayweight Championship match, traditionally on 1/4 at Tokyo Dome but this is not always the case.
The blocks will be announced Saturday.
