In less than a month from now, New Japan Pro Wrestling‘s G1 Climax Tournament will begin, and the promotion recently announced which wrestlers will be taking part in the 28th edition of the tournament. The talent announced for the A Block and B Block for the round-robin portion tournament that will occur during the majority of the nineteen shows that will be airing live and streamed on NJPW World (along with the option of English commentary). Both blocks feature exciting possibilities, including several rematches from prior tournaments and title matches, and one-on-one matches between wrestlers who are aligned in the same stable/faction/tag team and normally wouldn’t face each other.

A Block:

• Hiroshi Tanahashi
• Togi Makabe
• Michael Elgin
• Kazuchika Okada
• Jay White
• Yoshi-Hashi
• Bad Luck Fale
• Hangman Page
• Evil
• Minoru Suzuki

B Block:

• Juice Robinson
• Hirooki Goto
• Tomohiro Ishii
• Toru Yano
• Kenny Omega
• Kota Ibushi
• Tama Tonga
• Tetsuya Naito
• Sanada
• Zack Sabre Jr.