AEW will have a presence in the NJPW G1 Climax 33 tournament as the full list of participants have been revealed.
Some of the names confirmed for the tournament include Kazuchika Okada, Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, Will Ospreay, and Hiroshi Tanahashi.
Two surprises for this year’s tournament are AEW star Eddie Kingston and Pro Wrestling NOAH star Kaito Kiyomiya.
Regarding Kingston, he has worked NJPW Strong events in the United States on a regular basis while Kiyomiya most recently had a notable angle that led to a match with Kazuchika Okada at Keiji Muto’s retirement show in February, which saw Okada go over.
The tournament starts on June 15 before wrapping up on August 13. Here are the 32 participants:
Kazuchika Okada
SANADA
Tetsuya Naito
Hiroshi Tanahashi
David Finlay
Will Ospreay
Shota Umino
Shingo Takagi
Hirooki Goto
YOSHI-HASHI
Toru Yano
KENTA
Zack Sabre Jr.
Taichi
Tomohiro Ishii
Tama Tonga
Tanga Loa
Hikuleo
Eddie Kingston
El Phantasmo
Ren Narita
Chase Owens
Jeff Cobb
Great-O-Khan
EVIL
Aaron Henare
Alex Coughlin
Shane Haste
Mikey Nicholls
Yota Tsuji
Kaito Kiyomiya
Gabriel Kidd
