Predicting All 32 Participants In WWE's Mae Young Classic Tournament

30. Kairi Hojo

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WWE's interest in Japanese talent has sky-rocketed over the last couple of years, and Kairi Hojo is the latest name to leave the Land of the Rising Sun for a crack at the hyper-intense world of WWE. Hojo's former Stardom colleague Io Shirai has also signed with WWE, but has confirmed that she will not be taking part in the tournament - will Hojo face the same fate? Or should she be considered a favourite for the whole thing?

Dave Meltzer has claimed that Kairi Hojo will not be allowed to use her famous elbow drop in WWE, but for the sake of all that is right I hope she is able to. Hojo has arguably (although the argument borders on the objective) the finest elbow drop on the planet, a thing of beauty that is as gorgeous as it is brutal.

It may well spell the end for a number of Mae Young Classic competitors.

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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.