Fantasy-Booking A WWE G1 Climax
7. Key Match-Ups
With the blocks arranged, certain match-ups begin to jump out at you. The dream-match hype in Block A surrounds the battles of mega-attraction Brock Lesnar, and international sensation Shinsuke Nakamura. Their clash would undoubtedly be barbaric, but Lesnar could also tend to his unfinished business with Wyatt, Orton and Samoa Joe. Shinsuke on the other hand has dates with the likes of Orton, Ambrose and Reigns.
In Block B, John Cena would go up against Raw's new blood in the form of Finn Bálor and Braun Strowman. There's also the hugely anticipated clash between former Bullet Club leaders, Bálor and Styles. Whoever your favourite wrestler is amongst these twenty, you'll be sure to get hyped about his encounters over the weeks.
NJPW have book-ended this year's G1 with epic encounters on day one (Naito/Ibushi, Omega/Suzuki) and anticipated rematches on the final two days of the group stage (Tanahashi/Naito, Okada/Omega). In similar fashion, the WWE G1 kicks off with dream contests in Lesnar/Nakamura and Styles/Bálor. The group stage will then round up with two huge rematches in Lesnar/Reigns and Cena/Styles. Where NJPW are counting on the hype surrounding Wrestle Kingdom rematches, WWE could build to the WrestleMania rematch they believe they need to have in Lesnar vs Reigns.