Жылдық G1 Клаймакс турнирінің тарихы

New Japan Pro Wrestling event series

The G1 (Grade One) Climax (G1（グレードワン）クライマックス) is a professional wrestling tournament held each August by the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. Though it has sometimes been held as a single elimination tournament, it is usually – and currently – held as a round robin, with the most victorious wrestlers in each pool wrestling in a short tournament to decide that year's winner. Since 2012, the winner of the tournament earns the right to challenge for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at the following January's Wrestle Kingdom show. In its current format, the tournament lasts four weeks. The winner of each pool is determined by a points system; two points for a victory, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss or no contest. Under the current format, double decisions (such as double count outs or double disqualifications) are treated as draws.

TournamentYearWinnerTotal wonRefs. (References) 1974 Antonio Inoki 1 1975 Antonio Inoki 2 1976 Seiji Sakaguchi 1 1977 Seiji Sakaguchi 2 1978 Antonio Inoki 3 1979 Antonio Inoki 4 1980 Antonio Inoki 5 1981 Antonio Inoki 6 1982 André the Giant 1 1983 Hulk Hogan 1 1984 Antonio Inoki 7 1985 André the Giant 2 1986 Antonio Inoki 8 1987 Antonio Inoki 9 1988 Antonio Inoki 10 1989 Riki Choshu 1 1991 Masahiro Chono 1 1992 Masahiro Chono 2 1993 Tatsumi Fujinami 1 1994 Masahiro Chono 3 1995 Keiji Mutoh 1 1996 Riki Choshu 2 1997 Kensuke Sasaki 1 1998 Shinya Hashimoto 1 1999 Manabu Nakanishi 1 2000 Kensuke Sasaki 2 2001 Yuji Nagata 1 2002 Masahiro Chono 4 2003 Hiroyoshi Tenzan 1 2004 Hiroyoshi Tenzan 2 2005 Masahiro Chono 5 2006 Hiroyoshi Tenzan 3 2007 Hiroshi Tanahashi 1 2008 Hirooki Goto 1 2009 Togi Makabe 1 2010 Satoshi Kojima 1 2020 Kota Ibushi 2 2021 Kazuchika Okada 3 2022 Kazuchika Okada 4 2023 Tetsuya Naito 3

The 1974 World League ran from April 5 to May 8, 1974. The tournament began with 16 wrestlers, eight Japanese and eight Internationals (called gaijin, the Japanese term for foreigners), placed into groups accordingly. All first round matches featured the Japanese against the Internationals. The top four finishers from both groups advanced to a second round of round robin competition.

The 1993 G1 Climax was once again a 16 man single elimination tournament, held from August 3 to August 7, 1993. NJPW invited several non NJPW wrestlers to participate in the 1993 tournament, including Hiromichi Fuyuki, Ashura Hara, Takashi Ishikawa and The Great Kabuki from WAR, and Yoshiaki Fujiwara from Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi.

The 2019 edition of the G1 Climax took place from July 6 to August 12 with the finals taking place at Nippon Budokan. For the first time in NJPW history, the opening night of the tournament took place outside Japan, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. The final match became the longest match in G1 Climax history, surpassing the previous record in 2018. Kota Ibushi became the third wrestler along with Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan to win two consecutive G1 Climax tournaments and the first wrestler to reach the finals for the third time in a row.

The 2021 edition of the G1 Climax was announced on July 8 and took place from September 18 until October 21 with the finals taking place at Nippon Budokan. Kazuchika Okada and Jeff Cobb set the record for the most points in a 20 man G1 with 16 points each, Cobb also set the record for most consecutive wins in a single G1 Climax with 8 wins in a row. Kota Ibushi also made his fourth consecutive appearance in a G1 final. Okada would win the G1, defeating Ibushi in the tournament final by referee stoppage.

The 2022 edition of the G1 Climax was announced on April 9 at Hyper Battle and took place from July 16 until August 18, returning the G1 to the summer. This edition consisted of 28 participants across 4 blocks. The Final match was between Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay, which Okada won by pinfall, marking Okada's 4th G1 Climax victory and becoming the 4th wrestler to win two consecutive G1 Climax tournaments, alongside Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Kota Ibushi.

The 2023 edition of the G1 Climax was announced on April 8 at Sakura Genesis and took place from July 15 until August 13. The tournament featured 32 participants, making it the largest G1 to date. The 2023 G1 Climax also featured the tournament debuts of Shota Umino, Hikuleo, Eddie Kingston, Ren Narita, Gabriel Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls, Yota Tsuji and Kaito Kiyomiya with Kingston and Kiyomiya being outsiders from All Elite Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah respectively. In the finals, Tetsuya Naito defeated Kazuchika Okada to win his third G1 Climax.