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NJPW announces Jushin Thunder Liger for G1 show in Dallas

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Jushin Thunder Liger has added another U.S. date to his retirement tour.

NJPW has announced Liger for the opening night of this year’s G1 Climax, which is taking place at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on Saturday, July 6. NJPW has yet to reveal Liger’s match for the show or if he’ll be appearing at other events on the G1 tour in Japan.

Liger announced earlier this year that he’ll be retiring at the Tokyo Dome in January 2020.

Liger took part in the Honor Rumble match on the G1 Supercard pre-show at Madison Square Garden last month. He also appeared at the WrestleCon Supershow in New York City, teaming with X-Pac & Hurricane Helms against Caleb Konley, Jake Manning & Zane Riley.

Kazuchika Okada, Kota Ibushi, Tetsuya Naito, and Jay White have also been confirmed for the G1 show in Dallas and are expected to be four of the entrants in the tournament, though the list of participants for it won’t be announced until we get closer to the G1. The tournament will conclude with three straight nights at Budokan Hall in Tokyo from August 10-12.

NJPW advertises first four names for G1 Climax night one in Dallas

Posted on by Joseph Currier

New Japan Pro Wrestling has started to advertise its first group of wrestlers for the opening night of this year’s G1 Climax in Dallas, Texas.

It was announced overnight that IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada, IWGP Intercontinental Champion Kota Ibushi, Tetsuya Naito, and Jay White will be wrestling at the show in Dallas. All four are expected to be in this year’s tournament, though entrants, blocks, and matches won’t be confirmed until we get closer to the G1.

Okada, Ibushi, Naito, and White were the wrestlers in NJPW’s top two matches at G1 Supercard earlier this month. Okada defeated White to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, while Ibushi defeated Naito to win the IWGP Intercontinental title.

The American Airlines Center in Dallas will host the first show of this year’s G1 Climax on Saturday, July 6. The remainder of the tournament will take place in Japan, with it ending with three straight nights at Budokan Hall in Tokyo from August 10-12.

Dave Meltzer reported on ticket sales for the Dallas show in last week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter: “They are discounting tickets in Dallas for 7/6 now because the advance is so disappointing. There are very different views as it’s been expressed that doing so feels like cheapening the product and New Japan’s appeal is to a select group that is willing to pay for the tickets, but the issue is how many of them are in specific markets, especially now with the key American market draws being done.”

Opening night of NJPW G1 Climax to air live on AXS TV

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

AXS TV announced today that it will be broadcasting the first night of this year’s G1 Climax tournament live.

The tournament begins on Saturday, July 6 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, which is head-to-head with what UFC is at least planning at this point to be its biggest show of the year as part of International Fight Week in Las Vegas.

AXS will also be broadcasting the 2019 tournament, which ends on Monday, August 12 with the final three nights taking place at Budokan Hall in Tokyo, on a more up-to-date basis than any tournament since it started broadcasting New Japan in the United States.

Tickets for the G1 show in Dallas will go on sale at noon Central time on Wednesday, March 13. The lineups for the G1 are expected to be announced in June, after NJPW’s Dominion show.

NJPW announced earlier this week that their wrestlers have obtained their visas for the U.S.