WrestleKingdom 12: Analyzing the match card for Tokyo Dome Showdown!

#6 A Championship scrabble

Marty Scrull (c) vs Hiromu Takahashi vs Kushida vs Will Ospreay, Fatal 4 Way for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

For the first time ever in New Japan history, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight will be contested in a multi-man match at the January 4th Tokyo Dome show.

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Unlike thrown together multi-man matches at such big events, this one makes sense. The return of the time bomb Takahashi caused a snowball of interesting changes in the Juniors division.

He fought tooth and nail in a brutal encounter with the divisions Ace, Kushida at last years WrestleKingdom. He then dismantled him once more, forcing Kushida to reconvene and bring out a brutal side we had never seen to regain his title.

Meanwhile, Osprey's rising star in the world of wrestling caught New Japan's attention, as much as Kushida caught his. The two rivals squared off and once again title changed hands.

Finally, after delighting fans in Ring of Honor, the bad man Marty Scrull set his sights on New Japan. With the backing of Bullet Club, Scrull has found himself at the heap of the division. It'll be intriguing to see how long he stays there.

Takahashi has been made to look like quite the fool in the build-up to this match but don't count him out, he's waiting to explode. As the division grows ever stronger, Kushida will be forced to question his place in it. For the other two, it's a chance to shine on the biggest stage they've ever wrestled on.

Who Should Win: Hiromu Takahashi

Who Will Win: Kushida

Edited by Shruti Sadbhav