New Japan Pro Wrestling announced yesterday the 18 participants in this year’s New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 Climax Tournament. Block A sees Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima, Karl Anderson, Shelton Benjamin, Toru Yano, Yujiro Takahashi, Minoru Suzuki and Naomichi Marufuji while Block B will feature Togi Makabe, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Hirooki Goto, Tetsuya Naito, MVP, Rush, Shinsuke Nakamura, Kazuchika Okada and Lance Archer.

The full match lineups are below:

August 1st, 2012 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan
G1 Climax Block B Match – Hirooki Goto vs. Rush
G1 Climax Block A Match – Yujiro Takahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki
G1 Climax Block A Match – Yuji Nagata vs. Karl Anderson
G1 Climax Block B Match – Togi Makabe vs. Lance Archer
G1 Climax Block A Match – Satoshi Kojima vs. Naomichi Marufuji
G1 Climax Block B Match – Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Kazuchika Okada
G1 Climax Block B Match – Tetsuya Naito vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
G1 Climax Block A Match – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shelton Benjamin

August 3rd, 2012 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan
G1 Climax Block A Match – Satoshi Kojima vs. Yujiro Takahashi
G1 Climax Block B Match – Lance Archer vs. Rush
G1 Climax Block A Match – Yuji Nagata vs. Toru Yano
G1 Climax Block A Match – Minoru Suzuki vs. Karl Anderson
G1 Climax Block A Match – Shelton Benjamin vs. Naomichi Marufuji
G1 Climax Block B Match – Togi Makabe vs. MVP
G1 Climax Block B Match – Hirooki Goto vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
G1 Climax Block B Match – Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito

August 4th, 2012 at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Aichi, Japan
G1 Climax Block A Match – Karl Anderson vs. Yujiro Takahashi
G1 Climax Block A Match – Shelton Benjamin vs. Toru Yano
G1 Climax Block B Match – Hirooki Goto vs. MVP
G1 Climax Block B Match – Rush vs. Kazuchika Okada
G1 Climax Block B Match – Lance Archer vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
G1 Climax Block B Match – Togi Makabe vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
G1 Climax Block A Match – Yuji Nagata vs. Naomichi Marufuji
G1 Climax Block A Match – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Satoshi Kojima

August 5th, 2012 at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan
G1 Climax Block A Match – Yuji Nagata vs. Yujiro Takahashi
G1 Climax Block B Match – MVP vs. Rush
G1 Climax Block B Match – Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Lance Archer
G1 Climax Block A Match – Karl Anderson vs. Shelton Benjamin
G1 Climax Block A Match – Minoru Suzuki vs. Toru Yano
G1 Climax Block B Match – Togi Mkabe vs. Tetsuya Naito
G1 Climax Block B Match – Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kazuchika Okada
G1 Climax Block A Match – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Naomichi Marufuji

August 7th, 2012 at Sendai Sun Plaza Hall in Miyagi, Japan
G1 Climax Block B Match – Tetsuya Naito vs. Rush
G1 Climax Block B Match – Shelton Benjamin vs. Yujiro Takahashi
G1 Climax Block A Match – Satoshi Kojima vs. Karl Anderson
G1 Climax Block A Match – Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Hirooki Goto
G1 Climax Block B Match – Lance Archer vs. Kazuchika Okada
G1 Climax Block B Match – Shinsuke Nakamura vs. MVP
G1 Climax Block A Match – Naomichi Marufuji vs. Minoru Suzuki
G1 Climax Block A Match – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Toru Yano

August 8th, 2012 at the Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Kanagawa, Japan
G1 Climax Block A Match – Karl Anderson vs. Naomichi Marufuji
G1 Climax Block A Match – Toru Yano vs. Yujiro Takahashi
G1 Climax Block B Match – Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Rush
G1 Climax Block B Match – Hirooki Goto vs. Lance Archer
G1 Climax Block B match – Tetsuya Naito vs. MVP
G1 Climax Block A Match – Satoshi Kojima vs. Yuji Nagata
G1 Climax Block B Match – Togi Makabe vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
G1 Climax Block A Match – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki

August 10th, 2012 at Niigata City Gymnasium in Niigata, Japan
G1 Climax Block B Match – Tetsuya Naito vs. Lance Archer
G1 Climax Block A Match – Yuji Nagata vs. Shelton Benjamin
G1 Climax Block B Match – Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. MVP
G1 Climax Block B Match – Togi Makabe vs. Rush
G1 Climax Block A Match – Karl Anderson vs. Tory Yano
G1 Climax Block A Match – Satoshi Kojima vs. Minoru Suzuki
G1 Climax Block A Match – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yujiro Takahashi
G1 Climax Block B match – Kazuchika Okada vs. Hirooki Goto

August 11th, 2012 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan
G1 Climax Block B Match – Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Rush
G1 Climax Block A Match – Satoshi Kojima vs. Toru Yano
G1 Climax Block A Match – Shelton Benjamin vs. Minoru Suzuki
G1 Climax Block A Match – Naomichi Marufuji vs. Yujiro Takahashi
G1 Climax Block B Match – Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Tetsuya Naito
G1 Climax Block B Match – Kazuchika Okada vs. MVP
G1 Climax Block B Match – Hirooki Goto vs. Togi Makabe
G1 Climax Block A Match – Yuji Nagata vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi

August 12th, 2012 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan
G1 Climax Block B Match – Lance Archer vs. MVP
G1 Climax Block B Match – Hirooki Goto vs. Tetsuya Naito
G1 Climax Block B Match – Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
G1 Climax Block B Match – Togi Makabe vs. Kazuchika Okada
G1 Climax Block A Match – Naomichi Marufuji vs. Toru Yano
G1 Climax Block A Match – Yuji Nagata vs. Minoru Suzuki
G1 Climax Block A Match – Satoshi Kojima vs. Shelton Benjamin
G1 Climax Block A Match – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Karl Anderson
G1 Climax Tournament Finals