G1 Climax 35
The G1 Climax 35 was a professional wrestling tournament promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The tournament commenced on July 19 and concluded on August 17, 2025. It was the thirty-fifth edition of G1 Climax, and the fifty-first edition of the tournament, counting its previous forms under different names.
Considered NJPW's most important tournament, the G1 Climax features 20 wrestlers, divided into two blocks of ten. Each participant will face all nine other wrestlers within the same block in singles matches. The winner of each block will be determined via a point system, with two points for a win, one point each for a draw, and no points for a defeat. Each night of the event seen matches from two blocks per night. On the final three days of the event, top 3 wrestlers in each block will advance and will enter into a six-man playoff, with the block winners earning a bye into the semifinals to determine the winner of the tournament, who also receives a future match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
Production
Tournament rules
The tournament features 20 wrestlers, divided into two blocks of ten. Each participant faces all nine other wrestlers within the same block in singles matches. The winner of each block is determined via a point system, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss; each night of the event sees one match from each block between two members competing for the tournament. In case of several wrestlers sharing the top score, the results of the matches those wrestlers had when facing each other in the tournament act as a tiebreaker, with the one having the most wins over the other top-scorers determining the winner of the block.On the final three days of the event, top 3 wrestlers in each block advances and enter into a six-man playoff, with the block winners earning a bye into the semifinals to determine the winner of the G1 Climax, who would gain a future match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, NJPW's top championship, at Wrestle Kingdom, NJPW's biggest yearly event; if the IWGP Heavyweight Champion himself wins, he selects his opponent at Wrestle Kingdom. The matches of the tournament have a 30-minutes time limit ; the quarterfinals, the semifinal, and final matches, where a winner must be determined, have no time limit.
History
On April 7, 2025, after Sakura Genesis, NJPW officially announced the 2025 edition of the tournament will take place between July 19 and August 17; as usual, the tournament will take place over several cities and locations across Japan.Storylines
The event includes matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.Venues
The venue list was announced on April 7, 2025, after Sakura Genesis.| Dates | Venue | Location | Block play |
| July 19 | Hokkai Kitayell | Sapporo, Hokkaido | A and B |
| July 20 | Hokkai Kitayell | Sapporo, Hokkaido | A and B |
| July 22 | Sendai Sun Plaza Hall | Sendai, Miyagi | A |
| July 23 | City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka | Nagaoka, Niigata | B |
| July 25 | Ota City General Gymnasium | Ōta, Tokyo | A |
| July 26 | Ota City General Gymnasium | Ōta, Tokyo | B |
| July 27 | Port Messe Nagoya | Nagoya, Aichi | A |
| July 30 | Yamato Arena | Suita, Osaka | B |
| August 1 | Sun Messe Kagawa | Takamatsu, Kagawa | A |
| August 2 | Hiroshima Sun Plaza | Nishi-ku, Hiroshima | B |
| August 3 | Fukuoka Convention Center | Hakata-ku, Fukuoka | A |
| August 5 | Intex Osaka | Suminoe-ku, Osaka | B |
| August 7 | Korakuen Hall | Bunkyo, Tokyo | A |
| August 8 | Yokohama Budokan | Naka-ku, Yokohama | B |
| August 10 | G Messe Gunma | Takasaki, Gunma | A |
| August 13 | Act City Hamamatsu | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka | B |
| August 14 | Korakuen Hall | Bunkyo, Tokyo | Playoffs |
| August 16 | Ariake Arena | Kōtō, Tokyo | Semifinals |
| August 17 | Ariake Arena | Kōtō, Tokyo | Final |
Participants
New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced the sixteen pre-qualified participants at Dominion on June 15. A day later, they announced the eight wrestlers who would wrestle in a play-in tournament for the remaining four slots. On June 25, NJPW announced that Don Fale, who was scheduled to compete in a play-in match against Ryohei Oiwa, had pulled out due to a family tragedy, and was replaced by Satoshi Kojima. On July 5, NJPW announced that Hirooki Goto had sustained an elbow injury during his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship defence on June 29 and would have to withdraw; his spot in the tournament will be filled by the winner of a gauntlet match between the four play-in tournament losers.Results
Play-in tournament
Night 1
The first night took place at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Hokkaido on July 19, 2025.Night 2
The second night took place at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Hokkaido on July 20, 2025.After his match with Konosuke Takeshita the previous night, Gabe Kidd sustained a hyperextended knee injury and withdrew from his scheduled matches on Night 2 and Night 3 against Zack Sabre Jr., and Shingo Takagi, before officially withdrawing from the tournament.
Night 3
The third night took place at the Sendai Sun Plaza Hall in Sendai, Miyagi on July 22, 2025.Night 4
The fourth night took place at Aore Nagaoka in Nagaoka, Niigata on July 23, 2025.Night 5
The fifth night took place at Ota City General Gymnasium in Ōta, Tokyo on July 25, 2025.Night 6
The sixth night took place at Ota City General Gymnasium in Ōta, Tokyo on July 26, 2025. In addition to the wrestling matches, the event also included a ten-bell salute and tribute ceremony to international wrestling legend, 1983 IWGP League tournament winner and inaugural IWGP champion Hulk Hogan, who died at 71 two days prior.Night 7
The seventh night took place at Port Messe Nagoya in Nagoya, Aichi on July 27, 2025.Night 8
The eighth night took place at Yamato Arena in Suita, Osaka on July 30, 2025.Night 9
The ninth night took place at Sun Messe Kagawa in Takamatsu, Kagawa on August 1, 2025.Night 10
The tenth night took place at Hiroshima Sun Plaza in Nishi-ku, Hiroshima on August 2, 2025.Night 11
The eleventh night took place at Fukuoka Convention Center in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka on August 3, 2025.Night 12
The twelfth night took place at Intex Osaka in Suminoe-ku, Osaka on August 5, 2025.Night 13
The thirteenth night took place at Korakuen Hall in Bunkyō, Tokyo on August 7, 2025.Night 14
The fourteenth night took place at Yokohama Budokan in Naka-ku, Yokohama on August 8, 2025.Night 15
The fifteenth night took place at G Messa Gunma in Takasaki, Gunma on August 10, 2025.Night 16
The sixteenth night took place at Act City Hamamatsu in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka on August 13, 2025.Night 17
The seventeenth night, including the playoff round of the tournament, took place at Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo on August 14, 2025.Night 18
The eighteenth night, including the semifinal round of the tournament, took place at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan on August 16, 2025.Night 19
The nineteenth and final night, including the final of the tournament, took place at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan on August 17, 2025.Blocks
| Block A | Boltin | Evil | Finlay | Newman | Oiwa | Sanada | Taichi | Tanahashi | Tsuji | Uemura |
| Boltin | Evil | Finlay | Boltin | Boltin | Boltin | Boltin | Boltin | Tsuji | Uemura | |
| Evil | Evil | Finlay | Evil | Evil | Sanada | Evil | Evil | Evil | Uemura | |
| Finlay | Finlay | Finlay | Newman | Oiwa | Finlay | Taichi | Tanahashi | Finlay | Finlay | |
| Newman | Boltin | Evil | Newman | Oiwa | Newman | Newman | Newman | Tsuji | Uemura | |
| Oiwa | Boltin | Evil | Oiwa | Oiwa | Sanada | Oiwa | Oiwa | Tsuji | Uemura | |
| Sanada | Boltin | Sanada | Finlay | Newman | Sanada | Sanada | Tanahashi | Tsuji | Sanada | |
| Taichi | Boltin | Evil | Taichi | Newman | Oiwa | Sanada | Tanahashi | Taichi | Taichi | |
| Tanahashi | Boltin | Evil | Tanahashi | Newman | Oiwa | Tanahashi | Tanahashi | Tanahashi | Uemura | |
| Tsuji | Tsuji | Evil | Finlay | Tsuji | Tsuji | Tsuji | Taichi | Tanahashi | Tsuji | |
| Uemura | Uemura | Uemura | Finlay | Uemura | Uemura | Sanada | Taichi | Uemura | Tsuji | |
| Block B | Phantasmo | Kidd | Moloney | Narita | O-Khan | Sabre Jr. | Takagi | Takeshita | Umino | Yoshi-Hashi |
| Phantasmo | Phantasmo | Phantasmo | Narita | O-Khan | Sabre Jr. | Takagi | Phantasmo | Umino | Phantasmo | |
| Kidd | Phantasmo | Moloney | Narita | O-Khan | Sabre Jr. | Takagi | Takeshita | Umino | Yoshi-Hashi | |
| Moloney | Phantasmo | Moloney | Moloney | Moloney | Sabre Jr. | Takagi | Takeshita | Moloney | Yoshi-Hashi | |
| Narita | Narita | Narita | Moloney | Narita | Narita | Takagi | Takeshita | Narita | Yoshi-Hashi | |
| O-Khan | O-Khan | O-Khan | Moloney | Narita | Sabre Jr. | O-Khan | Takeshita | Umino | O-Khan | |
| Sabre Jr. | Sabre Jr. | Sabre Jr. | Sabre Jr. | Narita | Sabre Jr. | Sabre Jr. | Sabre Jr. | Umino | Sabre Jr. | |
| Takagi | Takagi | Takagi | Takagi | Takagi | O-Khan | Sabre Jr. | Takeshita | Takagi | Yoshi-Hashi | |
| Takeshita | Phantasmo | Takeshita | Takeshita | Takeshita | Takeshita | Sabre Jr. | Takeshita | Umino | Takeshita | |
| Umino | Umino | Umino | Moloney | Narita | Umino | Umino | Takagi | Umino | Umino | |
| Yoshi-Hashi | Phantasmo | Yoshi-Hashi | Yoshi-Hashi | Yoshi-Hashi | O-Khan | Sabre Jr. | Yoshi-Hashi | Takeshita | Umino |