NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 1

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