10 Incredible Dream Matches NJPW Will Give Away In The 2018 G1 Climax
2. Minoru Suzuki Vs. Kazuchika Okada
Kazuchika Okada and Minoru Suzuki have battered the f*ck out of each other several times over the past five years, but Suzuki has been unable to to register a singles win over 'The Rainmaker' since the two first clashed in 2013.
Since then, Okada's rise to glory as the new 'Ace' of New Japan has seen him take on and take out virtually every major player in the organisation. The fearsome Suzuki has been just another roadblock, falling to the former IWGP Heavyweight Champion two G1s and two title matches. There's perhaps never been a better time for the 50-year-old to reverse the trend, though.
It's impossible to assess the Kazuchika Okada that turns up to this year's Climax so soon after his desperate Dominion defeat, whilst Suzuki enters having repeatedly defied the odds in 2018 thanks to blinding big stage battles with Hirooki Goto, Togi Makabe and (as a last-minute replacement on a 'Bloodsport' card booked and organised by his opponent) Matt Riddle.
Suzuki's also tasted success against Okada in tag action in 2018 - a far cry from the routine squashes dished out by CHAOS in previous years. Might Minoru finally reverse the curse in solo action too?