{"id":48272,"date":"2019-06-09T12:15:53","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T16:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=48272"},"modified":"2019-06-09T15:29:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-09T19:29:48","slug":"jon-moxley-kenta-shingo-takagi-join-g1-climax-entrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/06\/09\/jon-moxley-kenta-shingo-takagi-join-g1-climax-entrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Moxley, KENTA &#038; Shingo Takagi Join G1 Climax Entrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A huge night in Japan for <em><strong>NJPW Dominion<\/strong><\/em> that saw lots of news, but one of the biggest was the triple announcements throughout the night of three huge additions to the 2019 <em><strong>G1 Climax Series<\/strong><\/em>, that kicks off July 6 in Dallas, Texas, bringing the total number of names announced to 15 (NJPW hasn&#8217;t officially announced the entrants, just those who have are slated to appear during the show). Five potential spots remain for this year&#8217;s <em>G1 Climax<\/em>, which was won last year by <strong>Hiroshi Tanahashi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48276\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48276\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48276\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/06\/D8d6EpKW4AAfXzK.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/06\/D8d6EpKW4AAfXzK.png 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/06\/D8d6EpKW4AAfXzK-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: NJPW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following his victory over Young Lion <strong>Shota Umino<\/strong> in the opening match, <strong>Jon Moxley<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/06\/05\/andnew-jon-moxley-wins-iwgp-united-states-championship-in-first-non-wwe-match-since-2011\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">who won the IWGP United States Championship earlier this week<\/a> in his NJPW debut &#8211; declared himself as an entrant into this year&#8217;s G1 Climax.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2757\ufe0f\u2757\ufe0f\u2757\ufe0f \u201cJon Moxley wants in the G1.\u201d \u2757\ufe0f\u2757\ufe0f\u2757\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3iYzrz2kfM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/3iYzrz2kfM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SI Wrestling (@SI_wrestling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SI_wrestling\/status\/1137739452833550336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The next entrant was revealed when <strong>Shingo Takagi<\/strong> of <strong>Los Ingobernables de Japon<\/strong> declared his entry into this year&#8217;s <em>G1 Climax<\/em>, a week removed from being one of the highlights of this year&#8217;s <strong>Best of Super Juniors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Takagi__Shingo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Takagi__Shingo<\/a> wants in the G1 CLIMAX 29!?<br \/>Stay tuned to <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tj7UBJ4PjP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Tj7UBJ4PjP<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u9df9\u6728\u4fe1\u609f\uff08<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Takagi__Shingo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Takagi__Shingo<\/a> \uff09\u304cG1 CLIMAX 29\u3078\u306e\u53c2\u52a0\u3092\u8868\u660e\uff01\uff1f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E6%96%B0%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#\u65b0\u65e5\u672c\u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9\u30ef\u30fc\u30eb\u30c9<\/a> \u767b\u9332\uff06\u8996\u8074\u25b6\ufe0e<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tj7UBJ4PjP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Tj7UBJ4PjP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njpwworld?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njpwworld<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njdominion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njdominion<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/G129?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#G129<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ssUxAAtYFB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ssUxAAtYFB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwworld\/status\/1137631857623748608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But the biggest surprise came later in the show when former New Japan star <strong>Katsuyori Shibata<\/strong> came out <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/06\/09\/kenta-joins-njpw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to introduce New Japan&#8217;s newest signing, former <strong>NOAH<\/strong> Ace <strong>KENTA<\/strong><\/a> (previously known as <strong>Hideo Itami<\/strong> in WWE), and that he was also entering the G1 Climax. KENTA has only appeared in a New Japan ring on two previous occasions &#8211; once as part of a joint co-promotion with <strong>All Japan<\/strong> and NOAH called <em><strong>All Together<\/strong><\/em> in 2011, and before that in a singles match against <strong>Wataru Inoue<\/strong> at <em><strong>NJPW Cross Road<\/strong><\/em> in 2002.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30106.9\u5927\u962a\u57ce\u30db\u30fc\u30eb\u5927\u4f1a\u30fb\u7b2c6\u8a66\u5408\u5f8c\u3011<br \/>\u4f1a\u5834\u9a12\u7136\uff01\u67f4\u7530\u52dd\u983c\u3068\u3082\u5171\u306b\u30d2\u30c7\u30aa\u30fb\u30a4\u30bf\u30df\u3053\u3068KENTA\u304c\u767b\u5834\uff01<br \/>\u300c\u300eG1\u300f\u3067\u304a\u4f1a\u3044\u3057\u307e\u3057\u3087\u3046\uff01\u300d\u300eG1 CLIMAX\u300f\u53c2\u6226\u3092\u30a2\u30d4\u30fc\u30eb\uff01<br \/>\u65b0\u65e5\u672c\u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9\u30fb\u30b9\u30de\u30db\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u3067\u72ec\u5360\u8a73\u5831\u4e2d\uff01<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ywg9h8oI8g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ywg9h8oI8g<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njdominion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njdominion<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nkn7uk5Q7E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Nkn7uk5Q7E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u65b0\u65e5\u672c\u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9\u30ea\u30f3\u30b0\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e (@njpw1972) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpw1972\/status\/1137648563146461185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s is the full list of 15 names in this year&#8217;s G1 Climax event, as announced by New Japan (official entry into G1 to be announced at a later date, but expect a sizable amount of these names to be officially entered).<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>EVIL<\/li>\n<li>Hiroshi Tanahashi<\/li>\n<li>Jay White<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Cobb<\/li>\n<li>Jon Moxley<\/li>\n<li>Juice Robinson<\/li>\n<li>Jushin Thunder Liger<\/li>\n<li>Kazuchika Okada<\/li>\n<li>KENTA<\/li>\n<li>Kota Ibushi<\/li>\n<li>Lance Archer<\/li>\n<li>SANADA<\/li>\n<li>Shingo Takagi<\/li>\n<li>Tetsuya Naito<\/li>\n<li>Tomohiro Ishii<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 Make sure to watch\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/njpwworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NJPW Dominion on NJPW World<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A huge night in Japan for NJPW Dominion that saw lots of news, but one of the biggest was the triple announcements throughout the night of three huge additions to the 2019 G1 Climax Series, that kicks off July 6 in Dallas, Texas, bringing the total number of names announced to 15 (NJPW hasn&#8217;t officially [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":48275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,13,12,14],"tags":[5340,4395,840,2942],"class_list":["post-48272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-international","category-news","category-njpw","tag-g1-climax-29","tag-jon-moxley","tag-kenta","tag-shingo-takagi"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}