On the latest edition of NJPW Soul, Oleg Boltin and Callum Newman both qualified for the G1 Climax tournament. The two won their respective qualifying tournaments. Newman defeated YOSHI-HASHI to advance to the A Block, while Boltin defeated Taichi to advance to the B block. The final lineups for both blocks include:
A Block:
Tetsuya Naito
Shota Umino
Shingo Takagi
SANADA
Great-O-Khan
Zack Sabre Jr.
Gabe Kidd
EVIL
Jake Lee
Callum Newman
B Block:
Hirooki Goto
El Phantasmo
Yota Tsuji
Yuya Uemura
Jeff Cobb
Henare
David Finlay
Ren Narita
Konosuke Takeshita
Oleg Boltin