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.
Konosuke TakeshitaKonosuke Takeshita
Yota TsujiYota Tsuji
Ryohei OiwaRyohei Oiwa
Oleg Igorevich BoltinOleg Boltin
Yuya UemuraYuya Uemura
Callum NewmanCallum Newman
Hirooki GotoHirooki Goto
Seiya SanadaSANADA
Luke James Uggles EatwellZack Sabre Jr.
Shota UminoShota Umino
Tomoyuki OkaGreat-O-Khan
Yuto NakashimaYuto-Ice
Ren NaritaRen Narita
Oskar MünchowOSKAR
Shin TakagiShingo Takagi
