2012
The 2012 version of the G1 Climax tournament took place over nine shows between August 1 and August 12, 2012 and included 18 participants. The 24-year old Kazuchika Okada went on to become the youngest G1 Climax winner in history, breaking the previous record held by the then-27-year old Masahiro Chono. Okada also became the first winner since Hirooki Goto to win the tournament in his first attempt. Karl Anderson became the first foreigner to make it to the finals of the tournament since Rick Rude in 1992.
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Karl Anderson | 10 | Kazuchika Okada | 10 |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | 10 | Lance Archer | 8 |
| Shelton Benjamin | 8 | Hirooki Goto | 8 |
| Yuji Nagata | 8 | Togi Makabe | 8 |
| Minoru Suzuki | 8 | MVP | 8 |
| Yujiro Takahashi | 6 | Tetsuya Naitō | 8 |
| Satoshi Kojima | 8 | Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 8 |
| Naomichi Marufuji | 8 | Shinsuke Nakamura | 8 |
| Toru Yano | 6 | Rush | 6 |
| Block A | Anderson | Benjamin | Kojima | Marufuji | Nagata | Suzuki | Takahashi | Tanahashi | Yano |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | X | Anderson (9:15) | Kojima (12:47) | Marufuji (9:14) | Anderson (11:28) | Anderson (12:22) | Takahashi (10:16) | Anderson (11:15) | Anderson (9:14) |
| Benjamin | Anderson (9:15) | X | Benjamin (9:04) | Benjamin (7:54) | Nagata (9:52) | Suzuki (10:45) | Benjamin (7:40) | Tanahashi (13:54) | Benjamin (8:11) |
| Kojima | Kojima (12:47) | Benjamin (9:04) | X | Marufuji (11:37) | Kojima (13:52) | Kojima (13:33) | Takahashi (8:34) | Tanahashi (17:41) | Kojima (9:03) |
| Marufuji | Marufuji (9:14) | Benjamin (7:54) | Marufuji (11:37) | X | Nagata (13:04) | Suzuki (14:49) | Marufuji (8:34) | Marufuji (21:29) | Yano (9:55) |
| Nagata | Anderson (11:28) | Nagata (9:52) | Kojima (13:52) | Nagata (13:04) | X | Nagata (9:03) | Takahashi (9:31) | Tanahashi (17:24) | Nagata (10:01) |
| Suzuki | Anderson (12:22) | Suzuki (10:45) | Kojima (13:33) | Suzuki (14:49) | Nagata (9:03) | X | Suzuki (8:05) | Suzuki (10:13) | Yano (8:05) |
| Takahashi | Takahashi (10:16) | Benjamin (7:40) | Takahashi (8:34) | Marufuji (8:34) | Takahashi (9:31) | Suzuki (8:05) | X | Tanahashi (14:23) | Yano (7:34) |
| Tanahashi | Anderson (11:15) | Tanahashi (13:54) | Tanahashi (17:41) | Marufuji (21:29) | Tanahashi (17:24) | Suzuki (10:13) | Tanahashi (14:23) | X | Tanahashi (14:18) |
| Yano | Anderson (9:14) | Benjamin (8:11) | Kojima (9:03) | Yano (9:55) | Nagata (10:01) | Yano (8:05) | Yano (7:34) | Tanahashi (14:18) | X |
| Block B | Archer | Goto | Makabe | MVP | Naitō | Nakamura | Okada | Rush | Tenzan |
| Archer | X | Archer (9:41) | Archer (9:55) | MVP (10:50) | Archer (10:41) | Nakamura (12:11) | Okada (13:39) | Rush (7:30) | Archer (10:57) |
| Goto | Archer (9:41) | X | Makabe (13:31) | Goto (9:19) | Goto (11:05) | Goto (13:31) | Goto (18:36) | Rush (8:02) | Tenzan (13:39) |
| Makabe | Archer (9:55) | Makabe (13:31) | X | MVP (9:30) | Makabe (14:10) | Makabe (14:12) | Okada (9:33) | Makabe (7:17) | Tenzan (11:58) |
| MVP | MVP (10:50) | Goto (9:19) | MVP (9:30) | X | Naitō (9:33) | Nakamura (12:14) | Okada (10:44) | MVP (7:53) | MVP (9:35) |
| Naitō | Archer (10:41) | Goto (11:05) | Makabe (14:10) | Naitō (9:33) | X | Naitō (13:39) | Naitō (21:59) | Rush (9:39) | Naitō (13:27) |
| Nakamura | Nakamura (12:11) | Goto (13:31) | Makabe (14:12) | Nakamura (12:14) | Naitō (13:39) | X | Nakamura (16:16) | Nakamura (10:07) | Tenzan (12:48) |
| Okada | Okada (13:39) | Goto (18:36) | Okada (9:33) | Okada (10:44) | Naitō (21:59) | Nakamura (16:16) | X | Okada (9:20) | Okada (11:20) |
| Rush | Rush (7:30) | Rush (8:02) | Makabe (7:17) | MVP (7:53) | Rush (9:39) | Nakamura (10:07) | Okada (9:20) | X | Tenzan (9:30) |
| Tenzan | Archer (10:57) | Tenzan (13:39) | Tenzan (11:58) | MVP (9:35) | Naitō (13:27) | Tenzan (12:48) | Okada (11:20) | Tenzan (9:30) | X |
| Final | |||
| A1 | Karl Anderson | Pin | |
| B1 | Kazuchika Okada | 23:19 | |
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