11 July 2026 186 mins
The first night of G1 Climax 36 took place on July 11, 2026, at the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, marking the first time since 2019 that New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) opened its annual round-robin heavyweight tournament in the United States, and was headlined by an A Block match between Konosuke Takeshita and Yota Tsuji.
Watch the official NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 1 2026 trailer in HD below.
Konosuke Takeshita as Konosuke Takeshita
Yota Tsuji as Yota Tsuji
Ryohei Oiwa as Ryohei Oiwa
Oleg Igorevich Boltin as Oleg Boltin
Yuya Uemura as Yuya Uemura
Callum Newman as Callum Newman
Hirooki Goto as Hirooki Goto
Seiya Sanada as SANADA
Luke James Uggles Eatwell as Zack Sabre Jr.
Shota Umino as Shota Umino
Tomoyuki Oka as Great-O-Khan
Yuto Nakashima as Yuto-Ice
Ren Narita as Ren Narita
Oskar Münchow as OSKAR
Shin Takagi as Shingo Takagi
Lee Che-gyong as Jake Lee
NJPW G1 Climax 2026 - Day 1 Trailer
Japan 11 July 2026
United States 11 July 2026
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