Kemo
05-31-2017, 04:06 PM
New Japan will be heading to Long Beach, California on July 1st/2nd for the sold out G1 Climax Specials.
The two day event will be the first of its kind for New Japan and will be feature a tournament to crown the first ever IWGP United States Champion. Jay Lethal of ROH and Hangman Page of the Bullet Club have already been announced for the tournament and the remaining participants are set to be named in the coming weeks.
NJPW has however announced the full roster of talent that will be making their way to the United States for the tapings. ROH, CMLL, Bullet Club and New Japan roster members will all be on hand to perform on arguably the most important event in New Japan history as it kicks off their attempt at building a US territory.
Here is the full line-up for July 1st/2nd:
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Michael Elgin
KUSHIDA
Jushin Thunder Liger
Juice Robinson
David Finlay
Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu
Jay White
Billy Gunn
Yoshitatsu
Kazuchika Okada
Tomohiro Ishii
Will Ospreay
Rocky Romero & Trent Barreta
Tetsuya Naito
Hiromu Takahashi
SANADA
EVIL
BUSHI
Zack Sabre Jr.
Ring of Honor
Jay Lethal
The Briscoes
War Machine
CMLL
Dragon Lee
Volador Jr.
Titan
Bullet Club
Kenny Omega
The Young Bucks
Cody Rhodes
Marty Scurll
Bad Luck Fale
Hangman Page
Guerrillas of Destiny
Yujiro Takahashi
The two day event will be the first of its kind for New Japan and will be feature a tournament to crown the first ever IWGP United States Champion. Jay Lethal of ROH and Hangman Page of the Bullet Club have already been announced for the tournament and the remaining participants are set to be named in the coming weeks.
NJPW has however announced the full roster of talent that will be making their way to the United States for the tapings. ROH, CMLL, Bullet Club and New Japan roster members will all be on hand to perform on arguably the most important event in New Japan history as it kicks off their attempt at building a US territory.
Here is the full line-up for July 1st/2nd:
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Michael Elgin
KUSHIDA
Jushin Thunder Liger
Juice Robinson
David Finlay
Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu
Jay White
Billy Gunn
Yoshitatsu
Kazuchika Okada
Tomohiro Ishii
Will Ospreay
Rocky Romero & Trent Barreta
Tetsuya Naito
Hiromu Takahashi
SANADA
EVIL
BUSHI
Zack Sabre Jr.
Ring of Honor
Jay Lethal
The Briscoes
War Machine
CMLL
Dragon Lee
Volador Jr.
Titan
Bullet Club
Kenny Omega
The Young Bucks
Cody Rhodes
Marty Scurll
Bad Luck Fale
Hangman Page
Guerrillas of Destiny
Yujiro Takahashi