Every NJPW G1 Climax Entrant Ranked From Least To Most Likely To Win

Bringing the sweetest mohawk in professional wrestling to the G1, SANADA will hope to build on his stellar showcase during his first tournament last year. There he had impressive wins over Tanahashi and Goto, and will look to challenge EVIL as Los Ingobernables de Japon's number two heavyweight.

Plenty of fans see boundless potential in SANADA, but currently the stars are not aligned in his favour. Too many forces above him are keeping him rooted behind Naito, and while one day he may break out from his leader's shadow, that's unlikely to be any time soon.

A future G1 tournament win could be on the cards for the 29 year-old. He's just got some work to do before then.