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The 2014 version of the G1 Climax tournament is scheduled to take place between July 21 and August 10, 2014, with the finals scheduled to take place in Tokorozawa, Saitama at the Seibu Dome for the first time departing Ryōgoku Kokugikan, which housed the finals from every year since the tournament began. With 22 participants, the tournament marks the largest G1 Climax in history. Like the previous year, all events in the tournament were made available on iPPV through Niconico and Ustream. Kota Ibushi was scheduled to take part in the tournament, but on July 18 New Japan announced that he would have to pull out due to a concussion suffered at the beginning of the month. The following day, Tomoaki Honma was named Ibushi's replacement in the tournament.
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Katsuyori Shibata
Harry Smith
Davey Boy Smith, Jr.
Shinsuke Nakamura
Shelton Benjamin
Shelton X Benjamin
Fale Simitaitoko
Bad Luck Fale
Tomohiro Ishii
Satoshi Kojima
Yuji Nagata
Andrew Hankinson
Doc Gallows
Tomoaki Honma
Tetsuya Naito
Kazuchika Okada
Allen Jones
Toru Yano
Hirooki Goto
Minoru Suzuki
Shinya Makabe
Lance Hoyt
Lance Archer
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
Chad Allegra
Yujiro Takahashi