NJPW announces dates for G1 Climax 31 tournament

By Bryan Rose
Published: 8 Jul 2021, 03:15

NJPW have announced the dates for this year’s G1 Climax tournament.

The company’s Japanese website announced that the tournament will start on September 18 in Osaka, with the finals taking place on October 21 at Budokan Hall. Most years, the tournament takes place in August. However, the tournament has been moved to the fall in the last two years due to the Olympics taking place in Tokyo.

The schedule, which will feature 19 dates, is as follows:

September 18th at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
September 19th at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
September 23rd at Ota Ward Gymnasium in Tokyo
September 24th at Ota Ward Gymnasium in Tokyo
September 26th at Kobe World Memorial Hall in Hyogo
September 29th at Korakuen Hall
September 30th at Korakuen Hall
October 1st at Hamamatsu Arena in Shizuoka
October 3rd at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
October 4th at Korakuen Hall
October 7th at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall
October 8th at Kochi Prefectural Gymnasium
October 9th at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
October 12th at Xebio Arena Sendai in Miyagi
October 13th at Xebio Arena Sendai in Miyagi
October 14th at Yamagata City Sports Center
October 18th at Yokohama Budokan
October 20th at Sumo Hall
October 21st at Sumo Hall

Last year’s tournament was also held between the months of September and October. Kota Ibushi defeated SANADA in the finals.