NJPW reveals full G1 Climax 27 finals card
In addition to the Tetsuya Naito vs. Kenny Omega main event, New Japan Pro Wrestling has revealed the full card for the G1 Climax 27 finals. A number of tag team bouts, two title matches, and the G1 finals are all scheduled to go down.
All of the new matches announced for tonight are tag bouts. The co-main event is a ten-man tag, with CHAOS members Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & Gedo facing EVIL, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI of Los Ingobernables de Japon.
In six man action, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi & Michael Elgin will square off with Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. & Takashi Iizuka. Another six-man has Juice Robinson, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens.
War Machine defending their IWGP tag titles against Cody & Hangman Page was previously announced for the show, along with The Young Bucks vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Ricochet for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight tag belts.
We will have live coverage of the event later tonight/early Sunday morning at 2 a.m. ET. The full lineup is as follows:
- Tetsuya Naito vs. Kenny Omega in the G1 Climax 27 finals (winner earns a briefcase to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at next year’s Tokyo Dome show)
- Kazuchika Okada, Gedo, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii vs. EVIL, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi & Michael Elgin vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. & Takashi Iizuka
- IWGP Tag Team Champions War Machine defending against Cody & Hangman Page
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks defending against Ryusuke Taguchi & Ricochet
- Juice Robinson, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
- Togi Makabe & David Finlay vs. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI
- Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Guerrillas of Destiny
- KUSHIDA, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Hirai Kawato vs. Taka Michinoku, El Desperado, Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru