10 Major Predictions For NJPW Dominion 2018

This will offer some value, if nothing particularly memorable.

It's difficult to muster the words, since this is token filler pitched to benefit the card as a whole of the sort New Japan offers on every big show. The returns never diminish, nor do the matches ever truly deliver - by design. For the benefit of readers new to or curious about the promotion, major New Japan shows follow a different layout to WWE pay-per-views, in which the marquee bouts are peppered throughout the card, separated by matches cursed in death spots like, for example, Nia Jax vs. Alexa Bliss from Backlash.

Instead, the matches are sequenced as part of a slow upward trajectory. The more significant the match = the louder the crowd reaction, is the intended effect. As the main event reaches its conclusion, the audience reaches fever pitch, thus putting it over as a main event. It is however worth keeping one eye on the exchanges between Jay White and Juice Robinson, since this is a United States Title match in waiting - one that, with a less-heralded babyface challenger in the opposite corner, may relieve the immense pressure bearing down on the champion.

Prediction: Robinson counts White's shoulders to the mat for the set-up.