NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 - Everything You Need To Know
10. New Japan Rumble
As with last year, the pre-show will feature the New Japan Rumble. This is the obligatory 'get everyone on the card' match, and as such is a little bit pointless to preview. So far eight men have been named for the match itself, down on the 15 from last year, so I would expect some extra surprises on the night. Some names will be familiar with western wrestling fans, none more so than Jushin Thunder Liger who graced the WWE Universe this year at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn. Liger is a legend to say the least, but I would be surprised if he came out on top in the rumble. Last year's winner was Yuji Nagata, and a repeat victory for the veteran is equally unlikely. Who else do we have? NJPW co-booker Jado is involved, along with former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Ryusuke Taguchi, the legendary Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi and others. For a winner, I'm putting my pound on Satoshi Kojima, the man who never ages. Hopefully this leads to him getting a token IC title shot in the spring.
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.
