10 Things That Must Happen At NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12

4. Everything Comes Full Circle For Hiromu

Hiromu Takahashi
NJPW

The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship will be on the line in a major rarity for NJPW - a four-way match. Marty Scurll, KUSHIDA, Will Ospreay and Hiromu Takahashi will go to war, and all of the quartet can come out of this on top. Scurll is the new champion, Ospreay the nearly man, KUSHIDA the former ace and Hiromu the outsider. All outcomes are possible.

The build to the match has been all about Hiromu Takahashi. The Ticking Time Bomb tried time and time again to challenge, only to be embarrassed on every occasion. Hiromu was eventually given no choice but to don a helmet, gloves and the rest. The challenge was eventually made, and the four-way is on.

Hirmou Takahashi must regain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship on January 4. Takahashi’s win at Wrestle Kingdom 11 breathed new life into the junior world, and it seemed for all the world as though a new star was born. Hiromu has done little or nothing since losing the title back to KUSHIDA, other than become somewhat comical with the addition of Daryl.

Putting the junior title back on the Los Ingobernables man is the best choice for the division as a whole. Hiromu has fresher challengers waiting for him, and a Takahashi vs. Ospreay singles match still needs to happen.

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