Hello everybody I'm Ofek G, and today I'm going to talk about the
blockbuster matches that announced to WrestleKingdom and I'll do my early
predictions and more!
1st off, Power Struggle was fuckin' awesome, one of my
favorite events of the year, it was so shocking that it got me a lot of hype
for the future, RPG 3K are outstanding and a refreshing thing for NJPW, looking
forward to their match vs. the Young Bucks,
Marty Scurll defeated Will Ospreay in a great match, and won the IWGP
Jr. Tag titles, than he got challenged by Ospreay and by Kushida and Hiromu
Takahashi, so he said that he wanted to face all 3 of em' and it's going to
happen at January 4th ! also Kenny Omega def. Trent in a very great
match, I loved it! Than one of the most shocking moments happened (I'll get to
that.. will leave you shocked ) than..Hiroshi Tanahashi Defeated Kota Ibushi in
a great match, and than another shocking moment happened..SWITCHBLADE (I'll get
to that).
So..Let's get down to business and talk about the WrestleKingdom12 Card
(So Far..)
Kota Ibushi Vs. Cody.
1st off I chose to start with Kota Ibushi Vs. Cody Rhodes
because it was the 1st thing that actually popped into my head.. well
we didn't got Kenny Vs. Kota but hey..Kenny's BFF will fight Kota so I ain't
even mad.. it all started at the end of the event, after Kota lost to
Tanahashi, he spoke to the media and than Cody came and confronted him..which
led into an announcement that they will fight at Wrestlekingdom, honestly I
love it. I don't know if it's for the ROH Title, honestly it ain't really
matters to me, I know I'll enjoy this one crazy match. I think if it's for the
ROH belt that it's time that Kota will win but if it's a non title match I
don't really care who wins to be honest, but my prediction for this match is
Kota Ibushi.. All the way. {P.S If Cody will lose the ROH title I hope he will
get more exposure in the IWGP IC/Never belt's picture.)
The thing I expect from this match is that it will be a story telling,
and that it won't be over after less than 10 minutes..
The next match..
Young Bucks Vs. RPG Vice 3K, IWGP Jr. Tag Team Titles
This match in my opinion is a "Huge Opportunity" to maintain
the push of RPG 3K, and to do it by give them and to the best tag team of all
time to do a battle on the world's biggest stage!, I have big hopes for RPG 3K
to be honest, I love what NJPW has done with them, they are a new thing that
gonna be a great "Gold mine" if NJPW keeps up their fantastic
momentum for a long period, I saw their highlights before their new push and
they are so great, they are a very refreshing thing for NJPW. And for CHAOS
stable, I'm sure they will be a reat stars, and on the other side we got one of
the best teams in the whole world, THE YOUNG BUCKS! Man they are so great.. the
world of tag team wrestling is in good hands.. for sure and for a long damn time.. the young bucks
proved that they are the hottest thing in wrestling for years. And they left a
huge mark on the world of pro wrestling, the match vs. RPG is going to be a
great match. And I'm sure about it. My prediction is RPG but.. The Young Bucks
will give a great instant classic show, so looking forward to this one..
The Next Match…
KUSHIDA Vs. Hiromu Takahashi Vs. Will Ospreay Vs. Marty Scurll, IWGP Jr.
Heavyweight Title!
4 of the best super juniors today go at it at the world's biggest stage.
What else can I say?.. that match can deliver BIG TIME! And man.. I got crazy
hopes for this one.. the build up is so great. The momentum of everybody in
this match is so big, and the expectations are high, Marty Scurll.. Since
joining the Bullet Club early this year, he started to make another crazy step
on his way to the top, even though he lost the ROH TV title to KUSHIDA, Marty
participated in the Best OF The Super Juniors tournament and made some crazy
noise that proved that he belongs in New Japan and that he belongs in the super
juniors' ELITE! Marty won the IWGP Jr. Title last Sunday, after beating Will
Ospreay, and now he holds the IWGP Jr. Title, and it looks so great on him..
and the next opponent is Will Ospreay. Willy Willy Willy.. oh shit! I love to
talk about Will! This guy is LEGIT! He's in NJPW for less than three years! in
that short time he proved without a shadow of a doubt that he belongs in NJPW
and he belongs in the Super Juniors' top, after winning the 2016's best of the
super juniors, he went on to face than champion KUSHIDA..he lost but.. in that
time , he gave us some of the most exciting matches of the last few years, the
historical matches vs. Ricochet, the trailblazing matches vs. KUSHIDA… Willy on
the IWGP Jr. title from KUSHIDA and held it for a short period until last
Sunday when he lost to Marty, at WrestleKingdom if Willy will win that 4 way
match, it will be a lot bigger than the 1st time he won, believe
me.. the next challenger is Hiromu Takahashi! Oh man I love to talk about the
Ticking Time Bomb! Since his debut last year at Power Struggle and his first
title win vs. KUSHIDA at WrestleKingdom 11, Hiromu took the world of Pro
Wrestling by a storm, he had 6 month title reign which in my view, it's one of
the greatest title reigns in that year so far.. Hiromu took NJPW by a storm,
and he also got the crowd going bananas for him, the crowd loves him and Daryl
so much, (Rightfully So.. how can u not love Daryl?!..Except for BAD LUCK Which
he hates everyone..) but anyway, after losing the Jr. Title at Dominion, Hiromu
tried to "find himself" again, by having a new friend, named Daryl
Takahashi, a stuffed cat that everyone loves, it was so fun, and it's still so
fun, he wanted to challenge for the belt twice before this time, and he failed,
1st time he came to challenge, Will Punched him in the face.. the 2nd
time he got his fingers broke by Marty.. this time it's 3rd time's a
charm, he even came with a Helmet and gloves to the ring LOL, personally I hope
Hiromu will get another IWGP Jr. Title. He deserve it, and the last participant
in this match, KUSHIDA! The face of the Super Jr. division, after winning the
Best of the Super Juniors this year, KUSHIDA got the title Back, after beating
Hiromu Takahashi at Dominion, he held the title for few months until he lost to
Will Ospreay, but KUSHIDA is still one of the best Juniors in the world and
he's in my view also one of their best in history, the story of this guy is so
great, the hype around him is so right, I'm so happy to see him in the ring,
and I'm so looking forward to see that match!
My Prediction: umm.. that's a tough one.. I want Marty/Hiromu to win,
but.. Will Ospreay Deserves to win that title again.
The next match I going to talk about…
Hiroshi Tanahashi Vs. Jay White "SwitchBlade" for the IWGP
Intercontinental Championship
That match is gonna be interesting, "SwitchBlade" has arrived,
after Tanahashi's main event victory vs. Kota Ibushi at Power Struggle, he came
to confront The Ace and than he attacked him, now that's a crazy way to make a
(Re)Debut, what I loved about the SWITCHBLADE Character is that Jay made here a
TOTAL Makeover to himself as he get himself into the Switchblade gimmick, it
was very great to see his debut with the switchblade gimmick, it was shocking
and it was very crazy, there was speculations on other wrestlers to arrive as
Switchblade, I honestly thought that Sami Callihan or Ryback or Matt
Riddle..but damn! That was a shocker, a very good shocker. I very look forward
to see Jay wrestle as Switchblade..on the other side we got Hiroshi Tanahashi!
The ACE of the universe, the former IWGP Heavyweight champ won the IWGP IC
title after defeating his former rival Tetsuya Naito, and since than, Tanahshi
defended the belt against Zack Sabre Jr. and against Kota Ibushi, the next
title defense will be so interesting, because we got some crazy stuff, Jay
white has a huge chance to fight one of the most decorated wrestlers in history
on the biggest stage, and that.. well that's gonna be huge, a huge chance for
NJPW to push Jay White to the top of NJPW by beating one of the greatest of all
time! That shall be great.
My prediction is Jay white to win, but I won't be mad if Tana will
retain, as y'all know, Tanahashi is my favorite Japanese wrestler in history.
The Next Match I gonna talk about is actually the one I'm most waiting
for
Kenny Omega Vs. "Y2J" Chris Jericho for the IWGP United States
title!!
That feud started on the social media in some "Twitter war between
The Cleaner and Jericho" thing that led to a lot of speculations and
rumors about upcoming match between the two, and on last Sunday, the
speculations ended!! After Kenny defended the IWGP US title successfully
against Trent, Kenny did a promo and than.. Darkness in the ring, on the
titantron a countdown happened, while it happened, Fozzy's theme song Judas
played in the background.. and than after the countdown ended, Chris Jericho
was on the screen! He spoke about that Kenny claims that he's the Best in the
world, and some wrestlers claimed that Shawn Michaels,Edge, CM Punk and more
claimed the same, and now they are not wrestling.. and than Chris said that
He's the Best, and he challenged Kenny to a match, "Alpha Vs. Omega"
on January 4th! In the Tokyo Dome! To find out who is the best,
Kenny accepted and it's going to happen!, that match going to be special for a
lot of people, for Kenny,Chris and also for NJPW, for them it's another step
going forward with their Worldwide Exposure, that's going to be an instant
classic, two of possibly the greatest Canadian wrestlers ever going head to
head, honestly, I call it "The Winnipeg Derby", because both wrestlers
come from Winnipeg so that's very cool, I hope in the match that there won't be
any interferences from Bullet Club or any wrestler, I hope that the match will
be based ONLY on Jericho and Kenny, and in the end of the match that both of
them will give respect to each other, and that there will be like a "
passing of a torch" if Kenny will
win.
My prediction is that Kenny Omega will win, I'm sure that's gonna
happen, that's the right booking and that seems like the direction that NJPW
going with, I know that Chris will give a great match. And that will be a great
match. P.S I love both so I support both in this match.
And the Main Event…
IWGP Heavyweight Championship, Kazuchika Okada Vs. Tetsuya Naito
The Rainmaker vs. El Ingobernable ..Leader of CHAOS Vs. Leader of Los
Ingobernables De Japon!....The Champion Vs. The G1 Climax Winner! The rematch
of WrestleKingdom 8, but this time, it's in the Main event and not in the semi
final of the event, since WK8 a lot has changed actually.. for the good. Let's
start with Tetsuya Naito.. the man formed one of the best stables today, Los
Ingobernables De Japon, and made a huge transition, from being that
"Stardust Hero" to be a rebel who going against everybody, in 2016
his push became BIGGER as he won the New Japan cup and than won the IWGP
Heavyweight Title vs. Okada on Invasion Attack, he held the title in that reign
for a short period ..but..but..than the push became more legit, at the G1
Climax, Tetsuya Naito got 5 Stars for his match Vs. Kenny Omega (That was on my
freakin' BIRTHDAY!!), and Naito was the B Block Finalist and month later. Naito
Won the IWGP IC Title, beating Michael Elgin in an incredible showdown, since
than, Naito got more popular and he held the IWGP Title for nearly 9 months! He
defended the title against Jay Lethal on Power Struggle and than against Hiroshi
Tanahashi at WrestleKingdom, Than he defeated Michael Elgin at New Beginning,
and than he kept the title around his waist until losing to Hiroshi Tanahashi
at Dominion, after that, the G1 Climax came and Naito Won the G1 Climax! After
beating Hiroshi Tanahashi at the A Block Finals and than he defeated Kenny
Omega and avenged his loss from last year! In an outstanding bout, Naito
defended his G1 Briefcase and kept it until now, and he'll finally get the
match vs. Okada on January fourth, this time, it's not like 2014. This time,
Naito got more experience and more momentum and more popularity and success,
now on the other side we got Kazuchika Okada, one of the most successful wrestlers
today, on 2016 Okada started the longest IWGP title reign in History! Since he
defeated Tetsuya Naito on Dominion, Okada kept the title since than and got
more and more prestige and success! He holds the title for more than days and
counting! Making it the longest title reign in history! In that title reign
Okada defended the belt against some of the biggest names, he defeated Naomichi
Marufuji in King Of Pro Wrestling 16', he defeated Kenny Omega on
WrestleKingdom 11 in the greatest match in history (possibly), Than he defeated
Minoru Suzuki in New Beginning, than he defeated Katsuyori Shibata..after that
he drew a 60 minute match vs Kenny Omega.. awesome title defenses and and in
the G1 USA he defeated the ROH Champ Cody Rhodes..a month later in the G1 Climax..
he lost a singles match for the 1st time since 2016! After he lost
to EVIL in a great contest, he hasn't won the G1 but after the G1 he defended
the belt one more time after he defeated EVIL.. Okada showed that he's the top
draw for NJPW and for the wrestling world itself , him and Naito are the Two
greatest DRAWS in NJPW since Hiroshi Tanahashi in 2012 and rightfully so. The
match at WrestleKingdom will show how much the two of them changed since 2014
and will show that NJPW is in good hands..
My prediction Is Tetsuya Naito..All the way, well.. I Love both, and
Okada indeed have one of the most impressive title reigns in history, but..
it's time to give the fuckin' belt to Naito, finally to give him a long title
reign.
Now before I finish, here are few matches I would love to see on
WrestleKingdom
1st. Minoru Suzuki Vs.
EVIL, NEVER Openweight Championship
About time to get that match again, after EVIL Defeated Minoru at the
G1, time to give EVIL a title match vs. Suzuki, and who knows, maybe to give
him a Title reign..that can be wonderful!
2nd. War Machine Vs. K.E.S Vs. G.O.D , IWGP Tag Team Titles
I would love to see that once again, well I would love to see that match
100000 times! That's a fun rivalry. I love it.
3.Tomohiro Ishii Vs. Michael Elgin..Two of the possibly Best Big men in
NJPW, that match can be a special one of a match if it will happen.. it can be
so much great.. think about it..
Thank You for reading, Have a good week! Peace out.
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