NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 1

The first night of G1 Climax 36 took place on July 11, 2026, at the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, marking the first time since 2019 that New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) opened its annual round-robin heavyweight tournament in the United States, and was headlined by an A Block match between Konosuke Takeshita and Yota Tsuji.

Cast

Konosuke Takeshita

Konosuke Takeshita

Yota Tsuji

Yota Tsuji

Ryohei Oiwa

Ryohei Oiwa

Oleg Igorevich Boltin

Oleg Boltin

Yuya Uemura

Yuya Uemura

Callum Newman

Callum Newman

Hirooki Goto

Hirooki Goto

Seiya Sanada

SANADA

Luke James Uggles Eatwell

Zack Sabre Jr.

Shota Umino

Shota Umino

Tomoyuki Oka

Great-O-Khan

Yuto Nakashima

Yuto-Ice