10 Major Predictions For NJPW Dominion 2018
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Rey Mysterio & Jushin Liger Vs. The Bullet Club
This is a dark horse for the midcard show-stealer. It has so much going for it; really, only the lack of stakes and the attention/mental stamina required elsewhere steal focus away from it.
On one side of the ring stand, as this is no exaggeration, three of the purest and most talented babyface performers in the worldwide history of professional wrestling. Tanahashi, Mysterio and Liger have passed their physical peak, but this is a match that does not require major physical stamina - only a series of electrifying, uplifting, all-action cameos sequenced together through the immaculate selling and storytelling with which their legends were forged.
On the other stand three prominent members of wrestling's preeminent heel faction, all of whom are over and talented enough themselves to generate heat regardless of the legends on the receiving end of their d*ckheaded tactics. The dynamic, the multi-man tag format, the personnel, the novelty of Rey Mysterio's long-awaited return - woe betide the match that follows. If any match is going to break NJPW's near-perfect card-sequencing formula, it is this.
Prediction: A win for the babyface tandem may not serve to set up Rey's first NJPW singles match in years, but just look at that babyface triumvirate.
How can you not throw your support behind them?