NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2018: 10 Points To Note

Change comes to New Japan with Justifiable consequence!

#6. EVIL is Jericho!

Zack Sabre Jr. is wrestling's preeminent heel, yet Chris Jericho one-upped him at King of Pro Wrestling with an attack on EVIL before their match began. This forced an EVIL forfeit, giving Zack another win over LiJ. It primes him for an even bigger 2019 after a New Japan cup win this year and two pinfalls over Tetsuya Naito.

EVIL's woes with Chris Jericho continue as well. The free agent has travelled the world in the past year, with shock appearances at New Japan to ALL IN building his own brand. His Jericho cruise promises highlights as he takes on Kenny Omega, builds to a feud with Sami Callihan. Jericho is enjoying his moment in the sun away from WWE and New Japan has another platform set up for him.

This includes a likely match against EVIL and his first title defence at Power Struggle. This will create a slow build for Naito to take him on at Wrestle Kingdom 13 it seems, once the Tranquilo leader finishes business with Sabre at the former event.

While a part of New Japan might Breathe with Switchblade, you can bet they'll all drink it in with Y2J.

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A filmmaker and wrestling buff, who merges his passion for storytelling into his writing of pro-wrestling. The art (and it is an art) of pro-wrestling is one of the greatest devices of cinematic storytelling from soap opera in WWE to even the hard-hitting competitiveness of New Japan Pro Wrestling. Watches all forms and brands of wrestling and for the past few years has been a huge fan of NJPW to the point he finally made his way to Japan and the Tokyo Dome to enjoy Wrestle Kingdom 13 live!

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Edited by Nishant Jayaram