The split blocks and matches were announced for the upcoming “Global League 2016”.

This years league will run from November 3 throughout the next dozen days until the final match which is scheduled to take place on the November 23 show. Only the top wrestler from each block will move on the final match.

Below are the announced wrestlers and the block in which they were placed…

A BLOCK

● Katsuhiko Nakajima [5th year competing / Reigning GHC Heavyweight Champion]
● Maybach Taniguchi [5th year competing]
● Akitoshi Saito [6th year competing]
● Quiet Storm [3rd year competing]
● Toru Yano [1st year competing]
● Minoru Suzuki [2nd year competing]
● Takashi Iizuka [2nd year competing]
● Lance Archer [2nd year competing]

B BLOCK

● Naomichi Marufuji [6th year competing, 2015 Winner]
● Muhammad Yone [7th year competing]
● Go Shiozaki [4th year competing]
● Masa Kitamiya [2nd year competing]
● Kaito Kiyomiya [1st year competing]
● Takashi Sugiura [7th year competing]
● Davey Boy Smith Jr. [2nd year competing]
● Alejandro Saez (formally XL) [1st year competing]

All of the announced matches can be seen through the link on the website.