# G1 Climax 30

The G1 Climax 30 was a professional wrestling tournament produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The tournament commenced on September 19 and concluded on October 18, 2020. It was the thirtieth edition of G1 Climax, and forty-sixth edition of the tournament counting its previous forms under different names. A Block winner Kota Ibushi defeated B Block winner Sanada in the final to win the tournament.
Considered NJPW's most important tournament, the G1 Climax features twenty wrestlers, divided in two blocks of ten ("A" and "B"). Each participant faces all nine other wrestlers within the same block in singles matches. The winner of each block is determined via a point system, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no point for a defeat; each night of the event sees the ten members of one block compete for the tournament. On the final day of the event, the winners of both blocks face each other to determine the winner of the G1 Climax, who will gain a future match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom, NJPW's biggest yearly event. The event was broadcast live on TV Asahi and Fighting TV Samurai [ja] in Japan, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling World worldwide.

## Production

Other on-screen personnel :
| Role: | Name: |
| English Commentators | Kevin Kelly (nights 1–16 VOD, 17–19 live) |
| English Commentators | Rocky Romero (nights 1–16 VOD, 17–19 live) |
| English Commentators | Chris Charlton (nights 17–19) |
| Japanese Commentators | Koki Yamazaki (nights 1, 2, 5) |
| Japanese Commentators | Shinji Yoshino (nights 1, 2, 11, 12, 19) |
| Japanese Commentators | Shigeki Kiyono (nights 8–13) |
| Japanese Commentators | Yuichi Tabata (nights 1, 2, 5, 11, 12, 17) |
| Japanese Commentators | Haruo Murata (nights 3, 4, 6, 7, 14–16) |
| Japanese Commentators | Kazuo Yamazaki (nights 6 & 18) |
| Japanese Commentators | Yohei Onishi (nights 5, 18, 19) |
| Japanese Commentators | Milano Collection A.T. |
| Japanese Commentators | Souichi Shibata (nights 7–9) |
| Japanese Commentators | Jyushin Thunder Liger (nights 1, 2, 10, 13, 15, 16, 19) |
| Japanese Commentators | Miki Motoi (nights 3, 4, 6, 14) |
| Japanese Commentators | Katsuhiko Kanazawa (nights 5, 6, 17) |
| Japanese Commentators | Daisuke Takahashi (nights 6 & 7) |
| Japanese Commentators | Kazuki Kusanagi (night 17) |
| Japanese Commentators | Hiroki Mikami (nights 17 & 18) |
| Japanese Commentators | Shunpei Terakawa (nights 18 & 19) |
| Ring announcers | Kimihiko Ozaki |
| Ring announcers | Makoto Abe |
| Referees | Kenta Sato |
| Referees | Marty Asami |
| Referees | Red Shoes Unno |

### Tournament rules

The tournament features twenty wrestlers, divided in two blocks of ten ("A" and "B"). Each participant faces all nine other wrestler within the same block in singles match, with the winner of each block being determined via a point system, gaining two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no point for a loss; each night of the event sees the ten members of a same block compete for the tournament. In case of several wrestler sharing the top score, the results of the matches those wrestlers had when facing each others in the tournament act as tiebreaker, with the one having the most wins over the other top-scorers determining the winner of the block.
On the final day of the event, the respective winners of both blocks face each other to determine the winner of the G1 Climax, who would gain a future match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, NJPW's top championship, at Wrestle Kingdom, NJPW's biggest yearly event; if the IWGP Heavyweight Champion himself wins, he gets to pick his opponent at Wrestle Kingdom. The Young Lion matches have a fifteen-minutes time limit, while the matches of the tournament have a 30-minutes time limit (with the time limit being reached resulting in a tie); the final match between the two block winners has no time limit.

### History

In January 2020, NJPW announced that the 2020 edition of the G1 Climax would take place from September to October, instead of its usual July–August schedule, to avoid conflict with the 2020 Summer Olympics. During the New Japan Road event on September 9, NJPW announced the full tournament bracket for the G1 Climax.

### Storylines

The event includes matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
The tournament saw the in-ring returns of Juice Robinson and Will Ospreay to NJPW for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Jay White, Jeff Cobb, and Kenta returned to NJPW in August on their weekly TV show, NJPW Strong, which was taped in America. However, this tournament was White, Cobb, and Kenta's returns to Japan since the start of the pandemic.

### Venues

| Dates | Venue | Location |
| September 19 | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | Namba, Osaka |
| September 20 | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | Namba, Osaka |
| September 23 | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | Toyohira-ku, Sapporo |
| September 24 | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | Toyohira-ku, Sapporo |
| September 27 | World Memorial Hall | Chūō-ku, Kobe |
| September 29 | Korakuen Hall | Bunkyo, Tokyo |
| September 30 | Korakuen Hall | Bunkyo, Tokyo |
| October 1 | City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka | Nagaoka, Niigata |
| October 5 | Takamatsu City General Gymnasium | Takamatsu, Kagawa |
| October 6 | Hiroshima Sun Plaza | Nishi-ku, Hiroshima |
| October 7 | Hiroshima Sun Plaza | Nishi-ku, Hiroshima |
| October 8 | Zip Arena Okayama | Okayama, Okayama |
| October 10 | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | Namba, Osaka |
| October 11 | Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium | Nagoya, Aichi |
| October 13 | Hamamatsu Arena | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka |
| October 14 | Yokohama Budokan | Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama |
| October 16 | Ryogoku Kokugikan | Sumida, Tokyo |
| October 17 | Ryogoku Kokugikan | Sumida, Tokyo |
| October 18 | Ryogoku Kokugikan | Sumida, Tokyo |

## Results
### Night 1 (A Block)

The first night of A Block took place on September 19, 2020 at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Namba, Osaka.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Yuya Uemura defeated Yota Tsuji by submission | Singles match | 6:57 |
| 2 | Will Ospreay defeated Yujiro Takahashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 7:34 |
| 3 | Taichi defeated Jeff Cobb | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 12:47 |
| 4 | Minoru Suzuki defeated Tomohiro Ishii | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 13:00 |
| 5 | Jay White defeated Shingo Takagi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 19:28 |
| 6 | Kota Ibushi defeated Kazuchika Okada | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 21:35 |

#### Tournament scores

| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | Points |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Pre | Post |
| 1 | Kota Ibushi | Win | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Jay White | Win | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Minoru Suzuki | Win | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Taichi | Win | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Will Ospreay | Win | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Shingo Takagi | Loss | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Jeff Cobb | Loss | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Tomohiro Ishii | Loss | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Yujiro Takahashi | Loss | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Kazuchika Okada | Loss | 0 | 0 |

### Night 2 (B Block)

The first night of B Block took place on September 20, 2020 at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Namba, Osaka.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Yota Tsuji defeated Gabriel Kidd by submission | Singles match | 9:15 |
| 2 | Juice Robinson defeated Yoshi-Hashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 15:57 |
| 3 | Toru Yano defeated Sanada by count out | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 6:16 |
| 4 | Kenta defeated Hirooki Goto by submission | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 17:15 |
| 5 | Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Evil | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 14:54 |
| 6 | Tetsuya Naito defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 27:16 |

#### Tournament scores

| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | Points |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Pre | Post |
| 1 | Tetsuya Naito | Win | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Toru Yano | Win | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Juice Robinson | Win | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Zack Sabre Jr. | Win | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Kenta | Win | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | Loss | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Sanada | Loss | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Yoshi-Hashi | Loss | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Evil | Loss | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Hirooki Goto | Loss | 0 | 0 |

### Night 3 (A Block)

The second night of A Block took place on September 23, 2020 at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Gabriel Kidd defeated Yuya Uemura | Singles match | 7:21 |
| 2 | Jeff Cobb defeated Shingo Takagi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 11:44 |
| 3 | Kazuchika Okada defeated Yujiro Takahashi by submission | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 12:01 |
| 4 | Taichi defeated Minoru Suzuki | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 12:11 |
| 5 | Will Ospreay defeated Tomohiro Ishii | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 18:20 |
| 6 | Jay White (with Gedo) defeated Kota Ibushi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 20:28 |

#### Tournament scores

| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | Points |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Pre | Post |
| 1 | Will Ospreay | Win | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | Taichi | Win | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | Jay White | Win | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Kota Ibushi | Loss | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Minoru Suzuki | Loss | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Kazuchika Okada | Win | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Jeff Cobb | Win | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Tomohiro Ishii | Loss | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Yujiro Takahashi | Loss | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Shingo Takagi | Loss | 0 | 0 |

### Night 4 (B Block)

The second night of B Block took place on September 24, 2020 at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Yota Tsuji defeated Yuya Uemura by submission | Singles match | 8:13 |
| 2 | Hirooki Goto defeated Sanada | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 11:03 |
| 3 | Toru Yano defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 7:15 |
| 4 | Juice Robinson defeated Kenta | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 17:01 |
| 5 | Evil defeated Yoshi-Hashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 17:21 |
| 6 | Tetsuya Naito defeated Zack Sabre Jr. | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 28:28 |

#### Tournament scores

| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | Points |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Pre | Post |
| 1 | Tetsuya Naito | Win | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | Toru Yano | Win | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | Juice Robinson | Win | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Zack Sabre Jr. | Loss | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Kenta | Loss | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Evil | Win | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Hirooki Goto | Win | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | Loss | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Sanada | Loss | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Yoshi-Hashi | Loss | 0 | 0 |

### Night 5 (A Block)

The third night of A Block took place on September 27, 2020 at the World Memorial Hall in Chūō-ku, Kobe.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Gabriel Kidd defeated Yota Tsuji | Singles match | 7:40 |
| 2 | Taichi defeated Yujiro Takahashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 11:03 |
| 3 | Minoru Suzuki defeated Jeff Cobb | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 9:24 |
| 4 | Kota Ibushi defeated Tomohiro Ishii | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 15:41 |
| 5 | Shingo Takagi defeated Will Ospreay | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 22:03 |
| 6 | Jay White defeated Kazuchika Okada | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 18:48 |

#### Tournament scores

| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | Points |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Pre | Post |
| 1 | Taichi | Win | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | Jay White | Win | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Will Ospreay | Loss | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Kota Ibushi | Win | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Minoru Suzuki | Win | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Kazuchika Okada | Loss | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Jeff Cobb | Loss | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Shingo Takagi | Win | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Tomohiro Ishii | Loss | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Yujiro Takahashi | Loss | 0 | 0 |

### Night 6 (B Block)

The third night of B Block took place on September 29, 2020 at Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Yuya Uemura defeated Gabriel Kidd by submission | Singles match | 9:10 |
| 2 | Yoshi-Hashi defeated Sanada | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 15:15 |
| 3 | Kenta defeated Zack Sabre Jr. | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 15:46 |
| 4 | Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Juice Robinson | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 14:16 |
| 5 | Toru Yano defeated Evil | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 4:33 |
| 6 | Tetsuya Naito defeated Hirooki Goto | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 21:58 |

#### Tournament scores

| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | Points |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Pre | Post |
| 1 | Tetsuya Naito | Win | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | Toru Yano | Win | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Juice Robinson | Loss | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Kenta | Win | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Zack Sabre Jr. | Loss | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Evil | Loss | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Hirooki Goto | Loss | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | Win | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Yoshi-Hashi | Win | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Sanada | Loss | 0 | 0 |

### Night 7 (A Block)

The fourth night of A Block took place on September 30, 2020 at Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Yota Tsuji defeated Yuya Uemura by submission | Singles match | 7:35 |
| 2 | Minoru Suzuki defeated Yujiro Takahashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 7:53 |
| 3 | Kota Ibushi defeated Jeff Cobb | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 10:43 |
| 4 | Kazuchika Okada defeated Taichi by referee stoppage | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 17:03 |
| 5 | Will Ospreay defeated Jay White | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 18:46 |
| 6 | Tomohiro Ishii defeated Shingo Takagi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 26:01 |

#### Tournament scores

| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | Points |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Pre | Post |
| 1 | Taichi | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 1 | Jay White | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 1 | Will Ospreay | Win | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | Kota Ibushi | Win | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | Minoru Suzuki | Win | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Kazuchika Okada | Win | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Jeff Cobb | Loss | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Shingo Takagi | Loss | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Tomohiro Ishii | Win | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Yujiro Takahashi | Loss | 0 | 0 |

### Night 8 (B Block)

The fourth night of B Block took place on October 1, 2020 at City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka in Nagaoka, Niigata.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Yota Tsuji vs. Gabriel Kidd ended in a time limit draw | Singles match | 15:00 |
| 2 | Juice Robinson defeated Toru Yano | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 6:42 |
| 3 | Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Hirooki Goto | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 3:59 |
| 4 | Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Yoshi-Hashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 18:41 |
| 5 | Evil defeated Kenta | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 15:40 |
| 6 | Sanada defeated Tetsuya Naito | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 27:08 |

#### Tournament scores

| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | Points |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Pre | Post |
| 1 | Tetsuya Naito | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 1 | Toru Yano | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 1 | Juice Robinson | Win | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Kenta | Loss | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Zack Sabre Jr. | Win | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Evil | Win | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | Win | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Hirooki Goto | Loss | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Yoshi-Hashi | Loss | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Sanada | Win | 0 | 2 |

### Night 9 (A Block)

The fifth night of A Block took place on October 5, 2020 at the Takamatsu City General Gymnasium in Takamatsu, Kagawa.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Yuya Uemura defeated Gabriel Kidd by submission | Singles match | 7:35 |
| 2 | Shingo Takagi defeated Yujiro Takahashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 13:28 |
| 3 | Jeff Cobb defeated Jay White | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 12:24 |
| 4 | Kazuchika Okada defeated Minoru Suzuki | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 14:10 |
| 5 | Tomohiro Ishii defeated Taichi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 18:41 |
| 6 | Kota Ibushi defeated Will Ospreay | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 15:56 |

#### Tournament scores

| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | Points |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Pre | Post |
| 1 | Kota Ibushi | Win | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | Jay White | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Will Ospreay | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Taichi | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Minoru Suzuki | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Kazuchika Okada | Win | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Jeff Cobb | Win | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Shingo Takagi | Win | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Tomohiro Ishii | Win | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Yujiro Takahashi | Loss | 0 | 0 |

### Night 10 (B Block)

The fifth night of B Block took place on October 6, 2020 at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza in Nishi-ku, Hiroshima.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura ended in a time limit draw | Singles match | 15:00 |
| 2 | Hirooki Goto defeated Toru Yano | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 0:18 |
| 3 | Sanada defeated Zack Sabre Jr. | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 14:31 |
| 4 | Evil defeated Juice Robinson | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 15:35 |
| 5 | Tetsuya Naito defeated Yoshi-Hashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 24:43 |
| 6 | Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Kenta by submission | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 23:41 |

#### Tournament scores

| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | Points |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Pre | Post |
| 1 | Tetsuya Naito | Win | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | Evil | Win | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | Win | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Toru Yano | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Juice Robinson | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Hirooki Goto | Win | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Sanada | Win | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Kenta | Loss | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Zack Sabre Jr. | Loss | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Yoshi-Hashi | Loss | 2 | 2 |

### Night 11 (A Block)

The sixth night of the A Block took place on October 7, 2020 at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza in Nishi-ku, Hiroshima.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Yota Tsuji defeated Gabriel Kidd | Singles match | 6:43 |
| 2 | Tomohiro Ishii defeated Yujiro Takahashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 15:25 |
| 3 | Kazuchika Okada defeated Jeff Cobb | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 11:03 |
| 4 | Will Ospreay defeated Minoru Suzuki | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 14:26 |
| 5 | Jay White defeated Taichi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 15:16 |
| 6 | Shingo Takagi defeated Kota Ibushi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 21:56 |

#### Tournament scores

Colors :
| | Can still win the block | Can still win the block | Can still win the block | Can still win the block |
| | Cannot win the block regardless of future results | Cannot win the block regardless of future results | Cannot win the block regardless of future results | Cannot win the block regardless of future results |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | Points |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Pre | Post |
| 1 | Kota Ibushi | Loss | 8 | 8 |
| 1 | Jay White | Win | 6 | 8 |
| 1 | Kazuchika Okada | Win | 6 | 8 |
| 1 | Will Ospreay | Win | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | Minoru Suzuki | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Taichi | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Shingo Takagi | Win | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Tomohiro Ishii | Win | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Jeff Cobb | Loss | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Yujiro Takahashi | Loss | 0 | 0 |

### Night 12 (B Block)

The sixth night of the B Block took place on October 8, 2020 at Zip Arena Okayama in Okayama, Okayama.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Gabriel Kidd defeated Yuya Uemura | Singles match | 8:47 |
| 2 | Hirooki Goto defeated Yoshi-Hashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 14:12 |
| 3 | Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Toru Yano by submission | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 12:20 |
| 4 | Sanada defeated Kenta | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 11:24 |
| 5 | Tetsuya Naito defeated Juice Robinson | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 25:01 |
| 6 | Evil defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 19:58 |

#### Tournament scores

Colors :
| | Can still win the block | Can still win the block | Can still win the block | Can still win the block |
| | Cannot win the block regardless of future results | Cannot win the block regardless of future results | Cannot win the block regardless of future results | Cannot win the block regardless of future results |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | Points |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Pre | Post |
| 1 | Tetsuya Naito | Win | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Evil | Win | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Juice Robinson | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Toru Yano | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Hirooki Goto | Win | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Sanada | Win | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Zack Sabre Jr. | Win | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Kenta | Loss | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Yoshi-Hashi | Loss | 2 | 2 |

### Night 13 (A Block)

The seventh night of A Block took place on October 10, 2020 at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Namba, Osaka.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Yuya Uemura defeated Yota Tsuji | Singles match | 9:03 |
| 2 | Jeff Cobb defeated Tomohiro Ishii | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 14:57 |
| 3 | Jay White defeated Yujiro Takahashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 3:40 |
| 4 | Will Ospreay defeated Taichi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 16:26 |
| 5 | Kota Ibushi defeated Minoru Suzuki | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 16:58 |
| 6 | Kazuchika Okada defeated Shingo Takagi by referee stoppage | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 27:45 |

#### Tournament scores

Colors :
| | Can still win the block | Can still win the block | Can still win the block | Can still win the block |
| | Cannot win the block regardless of future results | Cannot win the block regardless of future results | Cannot win the block regardless of future results | Cannot win the block regardless of future results |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | Points |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Pre | Post |
| 1 | Kota Ibushi | Win | 8 | 10 |
| 1 | Jay White | Win | 8 | 10 |
| 1 | Kazuchika Okada | Win | 8 | 10 |
| 1 | Will Ospreay | Win | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Taichi | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Shingo Takagi | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Minoru Suzuki | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Tomohiro Ishii | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Jeff Cobb | Win | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Yujiro Takahashi | Loss | 0 | 0 |

### Night 14 (B Block)

The seventh night of B Block took place on October 11, 2020 at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, Aichi.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Gabriel Kidd defeated Yota Tsuji | Singles match | 7:09 |
| 2 | Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Yoshi-Hashi by submission | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 13:34 |
| 3 | Kenta defeated Toru Yano by count out | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 8:56 |
| 4 | Sanada defeated Juice Robinson | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 15:06 |
| 5 | Hirooki Goto defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 13:38 |
| 6 | Evil defeated Tetsuya Naito | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 23:57 |

#### Tournament scores

Colors :
| | Can still win the block | Can still win the block | Can still win the block | Can still win the block |
| | Cannot win the block regardless of future results | Cannot win the block regardless of future results | Cannot win the block regardless of future results | Cannot win the block regardless of future results |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | Points |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Pre | Post |
| 1 | Evil | Win | 8 | 10 |
| 1 | Tetsuya Naito | Loss | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Hirooki Goto | Win | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | Zack Sabre Jr. | Win | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | Sanada | Win | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | Toru Yano | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Juice Robinson | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Kenta | Win | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Yoshi-Hashi | Loss | 2 | 2 |

### Night 15 (A Block)

The eighth night of A Block took place on October 13, 2020 at the Hamamatsu Arena in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Yuya Uemura defeated Gabriel Kidd | Singles match | 8:37 |
| 2 | Jeff Cobb defeated Will Ospreay | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 12:21 |
| 3 | Kota Ibushi defeated Yujiro Takahashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 12:28 |
| 4 | Taichi defeated Shingo Takagi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 16:21 |
| 5 | Jay White defeated Minoru Suzuki | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 20:30 |
| 6 | Kazuchika Okada defeated Tomohiro Ishii by referee stoppage | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 26:13 |

#### Tournament scores

Colors :
| | Can still win the block | Can still win the block | Can still win the block | Can still win the block |
| | Cannot win the block regardless of future results | Cannot win the block regardless of future results | Cannot win the block regardless of future results | Cannot win the block regardless of future results |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | Points |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Pre | Post |
| 1 | Jay White | Win | 10 | 12 |
| 1 | Kota Ibushi | Win | 10 | 12 |
| 1 | Kazuchika Okada | Win | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | Will Ospreay | Loss | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Taichi | Win | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | Jeff Cobb | Win | 6 | 8 |
| 4 | Minoru Suzuki | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Tomohiro Ishii | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Shingo Takagi | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Yujiro Takahashi | Loss | 0 | 0 |

### Night 16 (B Block)

The eighth night of B Block took place on October 14, 2020 at the Yokohama Budokan in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Yota Tsuji defeated Yuya Uemura by submission | Singles match | 7:56 |
| 2 | Kenta defeated Yoshi-Hashi by submission | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 17:39 |
| 3 | Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Juice Robinson | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 14:30 |
| 4 | Tetsuya Naito defeated Toru Yano | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 8:04 |
| 5 | Evil defeated Hirooki Goto | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 15:33 |
| 6 | Sanada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 28:25 |

#### Tournament scores

Colors :
| | Can still win the block | Can still win the block | Can still win the block | Can still win the block |
| | Cannot win the block regardless of future results | Cannot win the block regardless of future results | Cannot win the block regardless of future results | Cannot win the block regardless of future results |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | Points |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Pre | Post |
| 1 | Evil | Win | 10 | 12 |
| 1 | Tetsuya Naito | Win | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | Sanada | Win | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Zack Sabre Jr. | Win | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | Hirooki Goto | Loss | 8 | 8 |
| 3 | Kenta | Win | 6 | 8 |
| 4 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Juice Robinson | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Toru Yano | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Yoshi-Hashi | Loss | 2 | 2 |

### Night 17 (A Block Final)

The ninth night of A Block took place on October 16, 2020 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Sumida, Tokyo. Kota Ibushi was declared the winner of A Block after Tomohiro Ishii pinned Jay White.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Yota Tsuji defeated Gabriel Kidd by submission | Singles match | 6:52 |
| 2 | Yujiro Takahashi defeated Jeff Cobb | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 10:30 |
| 3 | Shingo Takagi defeated Minoru Suzuki | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 12:29 |
| 4 | Will Ospreay defeated Kazuchika Okada | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 17:04 |
| 5 | Kota Ibushi defeated Taichi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 17:12 |
| 6 | Tomohiro Ishii defeated Jay White | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 24:35 |

#### Tournament scores

Colors :
| | Winner of the block | Winner of the block | Winner of the block | Winner of the block |
| | Did not win the block | Did not win the block | Did not win the block | Did not win the block |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | Points |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Pre | Post |
| 1 | Kota Ibushi | Win | 12 | 14 |
| 2 | Jay White | Loss | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | Will Ospreay | Win | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | Kazuchika Okada | Loss | 12 | 12 |
| 3 | Taichi | Loss | 8 | 8 |
| 3 | Jeff Cobb | Loss | 8 | 8 |
| 3 | Shingo Takagi | Win | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | Tomohiro Ishii | Win | 6 | 8 |
| 4 | Minoru Suzuki | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Yujiro Takahashi | Win | 0 | 2 |

### Night 18 (B Block Final)

The ninth night of B Block will take place on October 17, 2020 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Sumida, Tokyo. Sanada was declared the winner of B Block after pinning Evil.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Gabriel Kidd defeated Yuya Uemura | Singles match | 8:16 |
| 2 | Yoshi-Hashi defeated Toru Yano | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 6:10 |
| 3 | Juice Robinson defeated Hirooki Goto | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 12:07 |
| 4 | Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Zack Sabre Jr. | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 12:01 |
| 5 | Kenta defeated Tetsuya Naito | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 21:06 |
| 6 | Sanada defeated Evil | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 27:01 |

#### Tournament scores

Colors :
| | Winner of the block | Winner of the block | Winner of the block | Winner of the block |
| | Did not win the block | Did not win the block | Did not win the block | Did not win the block |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | Points |
| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Pre | Post |
| 1 | Sanada | Win | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | Evil | Loss | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | Tetsuya Naito | Loss | 12 | 12 |
| 3 | Kenta | Win | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | Zack Sabre Jr. | Loss | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Juice Robinson | Win | 6 | 8 |
| 4 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | Win | 6 | 8 |
| 4 | Hirooki Goto | Loss | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | Toru Yano | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Yoshi-Hashi | Win | 2 | 4 |

### Night 19 (Final)

The final night took place on October 18, 2020 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Sumida, Tokyo. A Block winner Kota Ibushi defeated B Block winner Sanada to be declared the winner of the tournament.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., Douki and El Desperado) defeated Chaos (Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, Yoshi-Hashi and Hirooki Goto) | Eight-man tag team match | 10:34 |
| 2 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Hiromu Takahashi and Shingo Takagi) defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) | Tag team match | 11:54 |
| 3 | Taguchi Japan (Master Wato, Jeff Cobb, Juice Robinson and Hiroshi Tanahashi) defeated Bullet Club (Jay White, Kenta, Gedo and Taiji Ishimori) | Eight-man tag team match | 9:12 |
| 4 | Will Ospreay and Great-O-Khan defeated Chaos (Sho and Kazuchika Okada) | Tag team match | 12:36 |
| 5 | Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi and Evil) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi and Tetsuya Naito) | Tag team match | 14:14 |
| 6 | Kota Ibushi defeated Sanada | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament final | 35:12 |

## Participants

Final standings :
| Block A | Block A | Block B | Block B |
| Kota Ibushi | 14 | Sanada | 12 |
| Will Ospreay | 12 | Evil | 12 |
| Jay White | 12 | Tetsuya Naito | 12 |
| Kazuchika Okada | 12 | Kenta | 10 |
| Taichi | 8 | Zack Sabre Jr. | 10 |
| Jeff Cobb | 8 | Hirooki Goto | 8 |
| Tomohiro Ishii | 8 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | 8 |
| Shingo Takagi | 8 | Juice Robinson | 8 |
| Minoru Suzuki | 6 | Toru Yano | 6 |
| Yujiro Takahashi | 2 | Yoshi-Hashi | 4 |
Tournament overview :
| Block A | Ibushi | Cobb | Okada | Ishii | Ospreay | Takagi | Suzuki | Taichi | White | Takahashi |
| Ibushi | — | Ibushi (10:43) | Ibushi (21:35) | Ibushi (15:41) | Ibushi (15:56) | Takagi (21:56) | Ibushi (16:58) | Ibushi (17:12) | White (20:28) | Ibushi (12:28) |
| Cobb | Ibushi (10:43) | — | Okada (11:03) | Cobb (14:57) | Cobb (12:21) | Cobb (11:44) | Suzuki (9:24) | Taichi (12:47) | Cobb (12:24) | Takahashi (10:30) |
| Okada | Ibushi (21:35) | Okada (11:03) | — | Okada (26:13) | Ospreay (17:04) | Okada (27:45) | Okada (14:10) | Okada (17:03) | White (18:48) | Okada (12:01) |
| Ishii | Ibushi (15:41) | Cobb (14:57) | Okada (26:13) | — | Ospreay (18:20) | Ishii (26:01) | Suzuki (13:00) | Ishii (18:41) | Ishii (24:35) | Ishii (15:25) |
| Ospreay | Ibushi (15:56) | Cobb (12:21) | Ospreay (17:04) | Ospreay (18:20) | — | Takagi (22:03) | Ospreay (14:26) | Ospreay (16:26) | Ospreay (18:46) | Ospreay (7:34) |
| Takagi | Takagi (21:56) | Cobb (11:44) | Okada (27:45) | Ishii (26:01) | Takagi (22:03) | — | Takagi (12:29) | Taichi (16:21) | White (19:28) | Takagi (13:38) |
| Suzuki | Ibushi (16:28) | Suzuki (9:24) | Okada (14:10) | Suzuki (13:00) | Ospreay (14:26) | Takagi (12:29) | — | Taichi (12:11) | White (20:30) | Suzuki (7:53) |
| Taichi | Ibushi (17:12) | Taichi (12:47) | Okada (17:03) | Ishii (18:41) | Ospreay (16:26) | Taichi (16:21) | Taichi (12:11) | — | White (15:16) | Taichi (11:03) |
| White | White (20:28) | Cobb (12:24) | White (18:48) | Ishii (24:35) | Ospreay (18:46) | White (19:28) | White (20:30) | White (15:16) | — | White (3:40) |
| Takahashi | Ibushi (12:28) | Takahashi (10:30) | Okada (12:01) | Ishii (15:25) | Ospreay (7:34) | Takagi (13:38) | Suzuki (7:53) | Taichi (11:03) | White (3:40) | — |
| Block B | Tanahashi | Robinson | Goto | Yano | Yoshi-Hashi | Naito | Sanada | Sabre | Kenta | Evil |
| Tanahashi | — | Tanahashi (14:16) | Goto (13:38) | Yano (7:15) | Tanahashi (18:41) | Naito (27:16) | Sanada (28:25) | Tanahashi (12:01) | Tanahashi (23:41) | Evil (19:58) |
| Robinson | Tanahashi (14:16) | — | Robinson (12:07) | Robinson (6:42) | Robinson (15:57) | Naito (25:01) | Sanada (15:06) | Sabre (14:30) | Robinson (17:01) | Evil (15:35) |
| Goto | Goto (13:38) | Robinson (12:07) | — | Goto (0:18) | Goto (14:12) | Naito (21:58) | Goto (11:03) | Sabre (3:59) | Kenta (17:15) | Evil (15:33) |
| Yano | Yano (7:15) | Robinson (6:42) | Goto (0:18) | — | Yoshi-Hashi (6:10) | Naito (8:04) | Yano (6:16) | Sabre (12:20) | Kenta (8:56) | Yano (4:33) |
| Yoshi-Hashi | Tanahashi (18:41) | Robinson (15:57) | Goto (14:12) | Yoshi-Hashi (6:10) | — | Naito (24:43) | Yoshi-Hashi (15:15) | Sabre (13:34) | Kenta (17:39) | Evil (17:21) |
| Naito | Naito (27:16) | Naito (25:01) | Naito (21:58) | Naito (8:04) | Naito (24:43) | — | Sanada (27:08) | Naito (28:28) | Kenta (21:06) | Evil (23:57) |
| Sanada | Sanada (28:25) | Sanada (15:06) | Goto (11:03) | Yano (6:16) | Yoshi-Hashi (15:15) | Sanada (27:08) | — | Sanada (14:31) | Sanada (11:24) | Sanada (27:01) |
| Sabre | Tanahashi (12:01) | Sabre (14:30) | Sabre (3:59) | Sabre (12:20) | Sabre (13:34) | Naito (28:28) | Sanada (14:31) | — | Kenta (15:46) | Sabre (14:54) |
| Kenta | Tanahashi (23:41) | Robinson (17:01) | Kenta (17:15) | Kenta (8:56) | Kenta (17:36) | Kenta (21:06) | Sanada (11:24) | Kenta (15:46) | — | Evil (15:40) |
| Evil | Evil (19:58) | Evil (15:35) | Evil (15:33) | Yano (4:33) | Evil (17:21) | Evil (23:57) | Sanada (27:01) | Sabre (14:54) | Evil (15:40) | — |
| Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Kota Ibushi | Pin |
| B1 | Sanada | 35:12 |

## Aftermath

On night 17, during the match between Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay, Bea Priestley, Ospreay's girlfriend, made her debut appearance in NJPW, at ringside. As Okada locked his Money Clip submission onto Ospreay, Priestley attempted to enter the ring, distracting the referee in the process, allowing Tomoyuki Oka to make his return to the company as Great O-Kharn (later changed to Great O-Khan, in reference to Genghis Khan of the Mongol Empire), attacking Okada with an Eliminator, helping earn the victory for Ospreay. Afterwards, Ospreay turned heel on Okada by attacking him after the match from behind with his Hidden Blade elbow. In a backstage interview, Ospreay announced that he would officially leave Chaos to start a new faction with him, Priestley, and O-Khan called The Empire (later changed to United Empire).
On November 7, 2020, Kota Ibushi unsuccessfully defended his briefcase, being the first man to do so, by losing it to Jay White at Power Struggle.