NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 - Everything You Need To Know
6. Kenny Omega (c) Vs. KUSHIDA
Another strange one here. Kenny Omega (the self-styled 'Cleaner' of the Bullet Club) won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship from Taguchi at last year's Wrestle Kingdom. KUSHIDA (one half of Time Splitters with Alex Shelley) has been on the cusp of a singles breakout for a while, and 2015 seemed like that year when he won the Best of the Super Juniors tournament in the summer. He subsequently defeated Omega for the title at the Dominion 7.5 event. All was right in the world, until September at Destruction in Okayama, when Omega won the title back from the upstart. Omega had professed a desire to move into the heavyweight division, so putting the strap back on him seemed to make little sense. The only way this ends is with KUSHIDA having his big moment in the Dome, starting a third title reign here. This should set up KUSHIDA to take on a whole host of international juniors through 2016, including a long sought after match against his tag team partner, Alex Shelley. Omega can move up to the heavyweight division.
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