Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1 Predictions

Night One of Wrestle Kingdom 14 looks like a sizzling warm-up

Faction Wars Part II

Eight-man tag match: CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, and Yoshi-Hashi) vs. Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, KENTA and Yujiro Takahashi)

Another faction match is the showcase for the NEVER Openweight and Six-man Tag Team Title matches on night two. The biggest disappointment from this is having to see Fale plod through another tag contest. With KENTA set to defend his championship on night two, he will also take it casually for sure. This leaves things up to Chase Owens and the CHAOS boys.

With another terrific year under New Japan, it's sad to see Tomohiro Ishii so poorly placed on the card in meaningless tag team matches. It's a terrible drop from last year's singles title showcase against Zack Sabre Jr. Still one can expect the 'Stone Pitbull' to carry the bulk load of this bout alongside Goto.

A huge upset for Bullet Club is the perfect way to go, as long as there aren't a lot of shenanigans set to take place. A win will boost Kenta's ego, including a post-match beat down giving Shibata the impetus to interfere and show up on night two in order to pop the crowd.

Result: Kenta smacks down Yoshi-Hashi for the cheap win for Bullet Club

Edited by Michael McClead