10 LIVE Observations From NJPW's G1 Special In USA
3. What Is Beretta's Ceiling?
The feud between Roppongi Vice and The Young Bucks came to a head on day two, as The Young Bucks put their IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles on the line against the CHAOS tandem. Beretta and Rocky Romero took the fight to the champs, but the California natives would not be denied in their own backyard, turning back the challenge.
After the match, a humbled Romero told Beretta that since they had accomplished everything they set out to do as a tag team, he was going to let him move up to the heavyweight division. Beretta sadly accepted, marking the end of Roppongi Vice.
Beretta is a great wrestler, so this is an exciting prospect that opens up a ton of new matches - like Beretta challenging Minoru Suzuki for the NEVER Championship, for instance. Still, the former WWE superstar is untested in terms of NJPW singles competition, so it's hard to tell exactly where he'll end up - is he a future champion, or will he be taking falls in CHAOS tag matches?
Either way, it should be interesting to find out.