Dave Meltzer Star Ratings – NJPW G1 Climax 31 (2021)

The 2021 edition of the G1 Climax took place from September 18th to October 21st. This page will be your hub for all of Dave Meltzer’s star ratings from every day of the tournament.

The ratings are from his Wrestling Observer Newsletter (subscribe here). He rates them on a 5-star scale [here are all of the five-star ratings that he has ever given out].

Dave Meltzer Star Ratings – NJPW G1 Climax 31 (2021)

Night 1 (September 18th)

Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii

  • Rating: 5.5 stars

Toru Yano vs. KENTA

  • Rating: -1 star

Great-O-Khan vs. Tanga Loa

  • Rating: 2.5 stars

Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tetsuya Naito

  • Rating: 4.5 stars

Kota Ibushi vs. Yujiro Takahashi

  • Rating: 3.25 stars

Night 2 (September 19th)

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada

  • Rating: 4.75 stars

SANADA vs. Tama Tonga

  • Rating: 3.5 stars

Jeff Cobb vs. Chase Owens

  • Rating: 3.25 stars

YOSHI-HASHI vs. EVIL

  • Rating: 2.5 stars

Hirooki Goto vs. Taichi

  • Rating: 3.5 stars

Night 3 (September 23rd)

Shingo Takagi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

  • Rating: 4.75 stars

Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii

  • Rating: 4.25 stars

Nagata vs. Tanga Loa

  • Rating: 3.25 stars

KENTA vs. Yujiro Takahashi

  • Rating: 3.00 stars

Toru Yano vs. Great-O-Khan

  • Rating: 1.00 star

Night 4 (September 24th)

Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL

  • Rating: 3.75 stars

SANADA vs. Taichi

  • Rating: 3.75 stars

YOSHI-HASHI vs. Jeff Cobb

  • Rating: 3.75 stars

Tama Tonga vs. Chase Owens

  • Rating: 3.5 stars

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto

  • Rating: 2.5 stars

Night 5 (September 26th)

Shingo Takagi vs. Nagata

  • Rating: 4.25 stars

Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

  • Rating: 4.00 stars

Tomohiro Ishii vs. KENTA

  • Rating: 4.25 stars

Toru Yano vs. Tanga Loa

  • Rating: 1.25 stars

Great-O-Khan vs. Yujiro Takahashi

  • Rating: 1.75 stars

Night 6 (September 29th)

Kazuchika Okada vs. YOSHI-HASHI

  • Rating: 3.75 stars

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tama Tonga

  • Rating: 3.75 stars

Hirooki Goto vs. Jeff Cobb

  • Rating: 3.75 stars

SANADA vs. Chase Owens

  • Rating: 3.5 stars

Taichi vs. EVIL

  • Rating: 2.75 stars

Night 7 (September 30th)

Shingo Takagi vs. KENTA

  • Rating: 4.25 stars

Yujiro Takahashi vs BUSHI

  • Rating: 3.00 stars

Kota Ibushi vs. Toru Yano

  • Rating: Not Rated

Zack Sabre Jr. vs. The Great-O-Khan

  • Rating: 4.00 stars

Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tanga Loa

  • Rating: 3.75 stars

Night 8 (October 1st)

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. SANADA

  • Rating: 4.5 stars

Kazuchika Okada vs. Hirooki Goto

  • Rating: 3.5 stars

YOSHI-HASHI vs. Taichi

  • Rating: 2.00 stars

EVIL vs. Chase Owens

  • Rating: 3.00 stars

Jeff Cobb vs. Tama Tonga

  • Rating: 3.25 stars

Night 9 (October 3rd)

Kota Ibushi vs. Shingo Takagi

  • Rating: 4.75 stars

Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

  • Rating: 4.25 stars

Toru Yano vs BUSHI

  • Rating: 1.75 stars

Tanga Loa vs. Yujiro Takahashi

  • Rating: 2.5 stars

Great-O-Khan vs. KENTA

  • Rating: 2.25 stars

Night 10 (October 4th)

Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA

  • Rating: 4.5 stars

Hirooki Goto vs. YOSHI-HASHI

  • Rating: 4.25 Stars

Jeff Cobb vs. Taichi

  • Rating: 4.25 stars

EVIL vs. Tama Tonga

  • Rating: 3.5 stars

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Chase Owens

  • Rating: 3.75 stars

Night 11 (October 7th)

Hiromu Takahashi vs KENTA

  • Rating: Not rated

Tomohiro Ishii vs. The Great-O-Khan

  • Rating: 3.25 stars

Toru Yano vs. Shingo Takagi

  • Rating: 3.25 stars

Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Yujiro Takahashi

  • Rating: 3.5 stars

Kota Ibushi vs. Tanga Loa

  • Rating: 3.75 stars

Night 12 (October 8th)

Kazuchika Okada vs. Taichi

  • Rating: 4.00 stars

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. EVIL

  • Rating: 3.5 stars

SANADA vs. Jeff Cobb

  • Rating: 3.75 stars

Hirooki Goto vs. Chase Owens

  • Rating: 3.25 stars

YOSHI-HASHI vs. Tama Tonga

  • Rating: 3.00 stars

Night 13 (October 9th)

Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hiromu Takahashi 

  • Rating: 3.75 stars

Kota Ibushi vs. Great-O-Khan

  • Rating: 3.75 stars

Shingo Takagi vs. Tanga Loa

  • Rating: 3.75 stars

Yujiro Takahashi vs. Toru Yano

  • Rating: 2.5 stars

Zack Sabre Jr. vs. KENTA

  • Rating: 4.5 stars

Night 14 (October 12th)

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jeff Cobb

  • Rating: 3.75 stars

Hirooki Goto vs. EVIL

  • Rating: 2.5 stars

Kazuchika Okada vs. Chase Owens

  • Rating: 3.5 stars

YOSHI-HASHI vs. SANADA

  • Rating: 3.00 stars

Taichi vs. Tanga Tonga

  • Rating: 3.00 stars

Night 15 (October 13th)

Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito

  • Rating: Not Rated

Shingo Takagi vs. The Great-O-Khan

  • Rating: Not Rated

Toru Yano vs. Zack Sabre Jr.,

  • Rating: Not Rated

KENTA vs. Tanga Loa

  • Rating: Not Rated

Yujrio Takahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii

  • Rating: Not Rated

Night 16 (October 14th)

Kazuchika Okada vs. Tama Tonga

  • Rating: Not Rated

Jeff Cobb vs. EVIL

  • Rating: Not Rated

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOSHI-HASHI

  • Rating: Not Rated

Hirooki Goto vs. SANADA

  • Rating: Not Rated

Taichi vs. Chase Owens

  • Rating: Not Rated

Night 17 (October 15th)

Kota Ibushi vs. KENTA

  • Rating: 3.5 stars

Tomohiro Ishii vs. Toru Yano

  • Rating: Not Rated

Shingo Takagi vs. Yujiro Takahashi

  • Rating: Not Rated

Tetsuya Natio vs. Great-O-Khan

  • Rating: Not Rated

Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tanga Loa

  • Rating: Not Rated

Night 18 (October 20th)

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Taichi

  • Rating: 4.25 stars

Kazuchika Okada vs. Jeff Cobb

  • Rating: 4.5 stars

Hirooki Goto vs. Tama Tonga

  • Rating: 3.75 stars

YOSHI-HASHI vs. Chase Owens

  • Rating: 3.00 stars

SANADA vs. EVIL

  • Rating: 2.5 stars

Night 19

Sabre Jr. vs Shibata

  • Rating: 3.5 stars

Ibushi vs Okada

  • Rating: 4.00 stars

How did you rate the matches? Let me know in the comment section below.

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