NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12: Match Card Predictions After G1 Climax
By Tim Sherry
IWGP Tag Team Championship: Guerrillas of Destiny (c) vs BUSHI/SANADA
In the opening slide, I mentioned that there would be one current champion(s) that would not make it to Wrestle Kingdom with the belts. Those champions will be current IWGP Tag champs, War Machine. It’s unfortunate too because Ray Rowe and Hanson are absolute destroyers and that couldn’t have been more on display than during their tag title winning performance over GoD on July 1st during the G1 Special in California. But fact is that rumors of Rowe going to the WWE are rampant and because of that, it appears that their days as champs are numbered.
Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa, the former 3-time IWGP tag champions are the perfect team to take the belts back. Arguably the best heavyweight duo in NJPW, they would very easily represent the division at Wrestle Kingdom. An easy pairing would be against Suzuki Gun’s, Killer Elite Squad pairing of Lance Archer and Davey Boy Smith Jr. The two teams constantly trade shots on Twitter and considering that they have a bit of a history in the ring, would be a good pairing.
However, BUSHI and SANADA of Los Ingobernables have been on the rise lately. At the G1 Climax shows alone, they defeated the teams of David Finlay and Michael Elgin, David Finlay and Juice Robinson, Chase Owens and Kenny Omega, and Gedo and Kazuchika Okada. This is a team on the rise and 5 months from now should be primed for a title shot. They’ll get it at Wrestle Kingdom.