G1 Climax 33
The G1 Climax 33 was a professional wrestling tournament promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The tournament commenced on July 15 and concluded on August 13, 2023. It is the thirty-third edition of G1 Climax and the forty-ninth edition of the tournament counting its previous forms under different names.
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Promotional poster featuring all the competitors of the tournament | |||
| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | July 15 – August 13, 2023 | ||
| City | See venues | ||
| Venue | See venues | ||
| Tagline(s) | Born in the Ring | ||
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Tetsuya Naito, winner of G1 Climax 33 | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | Professional wrestling |
| Location | |
| Dates | July 15, 2023–August 13, 2023 |
Tournament format(s) | Four-block round-robin tournament |
| Participants | 32 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Tetsuya Naito |
| Runner-up | Kazuchika Okada |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Bouts fought | 119 |
Considered NJPW's most important tournament, the G1 Climax featured 32 wrestlers, divided into four blocks of eight ("A", "B", "C", and "D"). Each participant faced all seven other wrestlers within the same block in singles matches. The winner of each block was determined via a point system, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a defeat. There was a 20-minute time limit for the block matches instead the usual 30-minute time limit. Each night of the event seen matches from two blocks per night. On the final three days of the event, the top two scoring wrestlers of each block entered an eight-man playoff to determine the winner of the tournament, who also receives a future match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom.
It was the largest G1 Climax to date with 32 participants and like last year's G1, it returned to the four-block format.
The event saw the G1 Climax debuts of Shota Umino, Hikuleo, Eddie Kingston, Ren Narita, Gabriel Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls, Yota Tsuji and Kaito Kiyomiya with Kingston and Kiyomiya being outsiders from All Elite Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah respectively.