2001
The 2001 G1 Climax was a two-block, twelve-man round-robin tournament held from August 4 to August 12. It returned to the original method of scoring, and also reintroduced the 1995 G1's format of each block's top two scorers advancing to the final four, which is still used today. Jushin Liger and Minoru Tanaka were the junior heavyweight invitees.
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yuji Nagata | 7 | Keiji Mutoh | 8 |
| Tadao Yasuda | 6 | Masahiro Chono | 6 |
| Manabu Nakanishi | 6 | Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 6 |
| Kazunari Murakami | 5 | Satoshi Kojima | 4 |
| Tatsumi Fujinami | 4 | Jushin Liger | 3 |
| Minoru Tanaka | 2 | Osamu Nishimura | 3 |
| Block A | Fujinami | Murakami | Nagata | Nakanishi | Tanaka | Yasuda |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fujinami | X | Fujinami (0:36) | Nagata (11:30) | Nakanishi (5:18) | Fujinami (8:38) | Yasuda (5:14) |
| Murakami | Fujinami (0:36) | X | Draw (8:01) | Murakami (2:02) | Tanaka (5:10) | Murakami (3:48) |
| Nagata | Nagata (11:30) | Draw (8:01) | X | Nakanishi (14:15) | Nagata (12:39) | Nagata (8:11) |
| Nakanishi | Nakanishi (5:18) | Murakami (2:02) | Nakanishi (14:15) | X | Nakanishi (9:47) | Yasuda (7:11) |
| Tanaka | Fujinami (8:38) | Tanaka (5:10) | Nagata (12:39) | Nakanishi (9:47) | X | Yasuda (7:35) |
| Yasuda | Yasuda (5:14) | Murakami (3:48) | Nagata (8:11) | Yasuda (7:11) | Yasuda (7:35) | X |
| Block B | Chono | Kojima | Liger | Mutoh | Nishimura | Tenzan |
| Chono | X | Kojima (17:18) | Chono (14:16) | Mutoh (8:14) | Chono (26:16) | Chono (17:53) |
| Kojima | Kojima (17:18) | X | Liger (16:01) | Kojima (17:30) | Nishimura (19:23) | Tenzan (20:53) |
| Liger | Chono (14:16) | Liger (16:01) | X | Mutoh (14:24) | Draw (30:00) | Tenzan (15:44) |
| Mutoh | Muto (8:14) | Kojima (17:30) | Mutoh (14:24) | X | Mutoh (16:08) | Mutoh (18:35) |
| Nishimura | Chono (26:16) | Nishimura (19:23) | Draw (30:00) | Mutoh (16:08) | X | Tenzan (24:06) |
| Tenzan | Chono (17:53) | Tenzan (20:53) | Tenzan (15:44) | Muto (18:35) | Tenzan (24:06) | X |
| Semifinals | Finals | |||||||
| B1 | Keiji Mutoh | Sub | ||||||
| A2 | Tadao Yasuda | 11:22 | ||||||
| B1 | Keiji Mutoh | Sub | ||||||
| A1 | Yuji Nagata | 22:03 | ||||||
| B2 | Masahiro Chono | Sub | ||||||
| A1 | Yuji Nagata | 13:44 | ||||||
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