Shortly after the Dominion event, New Japan announced the lineup for the two day “G1 Special” event in Long Beach, California. The two day event will center around the crowning of the inaugural United States Champion in a single elimination tournament.
July 1
CHAOS (Will Ospreay, Rocky Romero, Beretta, Jay Brscoe, & Mark Briscoe) vs. The Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahahashi, Marty Scurll, Matt Jackson, & Nick Jackson)
Jushin Thunder Liger, Volador Jr., Dragon Lee, & Titan vs. Los Ingobernables De Japon (EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI, & Hiromu Takahashi)
Hiroshi Tanahashi, KUSHIDA, Jay White, & David Finlay vs. Billy Gunn, Yoshitatsu, Yohei Kamatsu, & Sho Tanaka
IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada(c) vs. Cody
TOURNAMENT MATCHES
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Juice Robinson
Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii
Jay Lethal vs. Hangman Page
Michael Elgin vs. Kenny Omega
July 2
Semi-Finals and Finals of the United States Championship
IWGP Tag Team Championship: The Guerrillas Of Destiny(c) vs. War Machine
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: The Young Bucks(c) vs. Roppongi Vice
IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Hiroshi Tanahashi(c) vs. Billy Gunn