NJPW on AXS TV Showcases 2015’s G1 Climax Tournament Beginning May 27

– AXS TV announced today that they will feature matches from the 2015 G1 Climax tournament over the course of 10 shows. The 10 episodes from the tournament will air over six weeks, with double-premieres on June 3, 17, 24 and July 1. Each episode will feature at least one match in full along with abridged versions of other matches from that day. Here is the schedule…

* May 27 at 8 p.m. – Coverage of opening night includes Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi, Katsuyori Shibata vs. A.J. Styles, and Tetsuya Naito vs. Bad Luck Fale from Hokkaido Kitaeru.

* June 3 at 8 p.m. – Coverage includes Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito, Kota Ibushi vs. A.J. Styles, and Togi Makabe vs. Katsuyori Shibata from Hiroshima Green Arena.

* June 3 at 9 p.m. – Coverage includes Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Michael Elgin vs. Tomaki Honma, and Karl Anderson vs. Yuji Nagata from Osaka Municipal Gymnasium.

* June 10 at 8 p.m. – Coverage includes Kazuchika Okada vs. Hirooki Goto and Satoshi Kojima vs. Yujiro Takahashi from Osaka Municipal Gymnasium.

* June 17 at 8 p.m. – Coverage includes Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Tetsuya Naito, Kota Ibushi vs. Togi Makabe, and Katsuyori Shibata vs. Doc Gallows from Ryogoku Kokugikan.

* June 17 at 9 p.m. – Coverage features Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. A.J. Styles from Ryogoku Kokugikan.

* June 24 at 8 p.m. – Coverage includes Tomohiro Ishii vs. Michael Elgin, Karl Anderson vs. Satoshi Kojima, and Yuji Nagata vs. Hirooki Goto from Ryogoku Kokugikan.

* June 24 at 9 p.m. – Coverage features Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kazuchika Okada from Ryogoku Kokugikan.

* July 1 at 8 p.m. – In part one of the G1 Climax 25 finals KUSHIDA defends the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship against Ricochet; and Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish meet Matt and Nick Jackson for the IWGP Jr. Tag Championship from Ryogoku Kokugikan.

* July 1 at 9 p.m. – The top two scoring wrestlers face off in the G1 Climax 25 finals.

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