In professional wrestling, talent alone will not get an individual to the top of their profession. It helps, for sure, but a performer requires what is known as an 'X-Factor', that intangible quality that makes them stand out from the rest. It can't be described outside of that. KUSHIDA, the man who won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 10, possesses that very X-factor. Previously part of a popular tag team with Alex Shelley called Timesplitters. KUSHIDA has threatened to break off into singles competition on a number of occasions, most notably by winning the Best of the Super Juniors in 2015. Hopefully his run with the Jr. title will be longer than his previous championship reigns, and this remarkable young superstar can get the showcase he so richly deserves.
Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.