Predict NJPW 2020

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Well we got WK and NYD done now and with a double champion it is going to be an interesting year along with a late starting G1

I think NJC will be interesting. I'll go with a surprise pick in Will Ospreay. Give him that win to reward him for his great 2019 and carrying the Juniors in Hiromu absence 

SANADA gets the IC title at some point and I think Shingo gets the NEVER title 

Okada/Yoshi Hashi should be a team 

Jay White is my G1 winner 

Ibushi will beat Naito for the IWGP title at Dominion 

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

SANADA will beat Naito for just the IC belt at Sakura Genesis, then SANADA drops it to Okada by either Dominion or the Destruction tour. Tanahashi and Ospreay will have a program together for the NEVER Belt.

Ibushi wins the Heavyweight title off Naito around Dominion and wrestles in the G1, which Jay White wins. This sets up Ibushi/White for WK15, while EVIL challenges for Okada’s IC belt, and Naito/Mox fight for the US. Juice stays in the tag division for a bit with Finlay, and their WK 15 match is a triple threat against GoD and the elevated-to-heavyweight Birds of Prey.

New Japan won’t be totally ice cold towards AEW, but at the most we might see Kenny show up once at one of the Power Struggle shows, if at all. Probably just a few more Jericho and Moxley matches. There’ll be more of a focus on building NJPW America as their “stateside NXT” in order to secure a better western television deal.

[Mozenrath]

Hmm, if KENTA were to win the IC title, I wonder if that'd create friction with Jay White.

[Dub H]

i dont think Kenta takes over BC this year but the wheels start to spin by the end if the yesr

[Allie Kitsune]

Ibushi/Tana fail to win the tag belts from FinJuice, causing Ibushi to go back into MURDER MODE and put such a brutal beating on Tana that he ends up as a New Japan Dad after Dontaku.

KENTA fails to beat Naito, but so does Jay. Naito ends up giving Shingo a shot at Dontaku, and just barely survives. MURDER MODE IBUSHI comes out and destroys him, and then wrecks the f*** out of his knees at Dominion to take the IWGP heavyweight title from him.

Okada blows his chance to win the G1 when Taichi plays spoiler on the last night of A Block.

Sanada wins A Block, Ishii wins B Block.

Sanada wins the G1 to earn the title shot against Ibushi.

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Ibushi wins the G1 to challenge a still reigning Naito at WK next year.

WK next year features Okada v Jericho.

[metylerca]

SANADA picks up a handful of tournament and Road To show wins against heavy hitters like Okada and Naito even. But on the night of the title match, fails to win the big one. However, he'll put up a great performance that has the crowd thinking he could seal the deal.

Goto continues to be about as entertaining as Henry Fonda picking berries (except for when he's against guys much better than he is in stiff matches).

Fale will beat a bunch of top-4 level guys in G1.

This is the year Tanahashi has his real last stand, but after 2020, he transitions to Makabe/Tenzan/Kojima status, with your occasional G1 push like Nagata.

IWGP or IC title will change hands in America this year.

Will Ospreay wins his block in G1, but loses the finals.

Yano will shill dvds.

Kenny/Kota is booked for 1/4/2021.

[clifford]

Ibushi wins NJPW title from Naito at Dominion
Okada wins G1 30 (beats Shingo in final)
Ibushi vs. Okada for WK 15

SANADA gets IC title run
Ospreay gets British Heavyweight run
Shingo gets Never title run