Who do you guys think is going to win?

Block A
Bad Luck Fale
Hirooki Goto
Tetsuya Naito
Zack Sabre Jr.
Yoshi-Hashi
Kota Ibushi
Tomohiro Ishii
Togi Makabe
Yuji Nagata
Hiroshi Tanahashi

Block B
Michael Elgin
Evil
Satoshi Kojima
Kazuchika Okada
Kenny Omega
Juice Robinson
Sanada
Minoru Suzuki
Tama Tonga
Toru Yano

I've got Naito or Tanahashi

But the big takeaway is that a lot of these guys on this list were in TNA at some point too

Drächen Fx wrote:

But the big takeaway is that a lot of these guys on this list were in TNA at some point too

They had to leave America to become real stars since they had the TNA stench on them

I'm changing my pick to Tanga Tonga after watching this

Bold Predictions after Night 1:

Naito is 100% winning, and getting the title at WK12.

Block B standings going into the final day
Omega 13
Suzuki 13
Okada 12

(I'm guessing Omega v Suzuki goes to a double countout on Thursday. If not, whoever loses gets an extra win and they both have 14)

Suzuki gets massively upset by Yano to be eliminated from contention (There's backstory behind this, Yano has screwed Suzuki out of stuff before)
Omega and Okada go to a 30 minute draw, Kenny gets one point and advances over Suzuki

Naito steamrolls A Block (maybe he loses to Goto or somebody), but loses to Tanahashi on the last day because he's trying to save himself for the finals. Ends up tied with Ibushi with 14/16 points, but of course advances due to having beaten him on night 1.

Naito avenges his loss to Kenny last year in the finals.

Due to the two time limit draws, Kenny gets one last shot against Okada, either at Destruction or KoPW. Tanahashi loses the IC title to ZSJ on one of the Destruction shows and has surgery on his arm, so he's unable to challenge Naito for the briefcase. Instead Ibushi does, and Naito barely beats him once again.

If Kenny beats Okada at Destruction, he definitely defends against Ibushi at KoPW, and then Okada gets his rematch at Power Struggle.

If Okada finally puts Omega away, he'll just defend against whoever beat him during G1, as customary.

So either Omega or Okada defends against Naito at WK12. I'd say Naito definitely beats Kenny, which sets up Okada to win next year's G1. Naito holds the belt all year for Okada to take it from him at WK13. If they pull the trigger on Okada v Naito at WK12, I'd probably be 60/40 on Naito winning.

I have Naito and Omega in the finals with Naito picking up the win, but I just have this gut feeling Tana is going to win. I also told TJ that I thought Michael Elgin might win B block.

Drächen Fx wrote:

But the big takeaway is that a lot of these guys on this list were in TNA at some point too

Three, now "A lot"

OK, TJ

TJ Ω wrote:

Drächen Fx wrote:

But the big takeaway is that a lot of these guys on this list were in TNA at some point too

Three, now "A lot"

Three is a lot for TNA

first time I have been watching the G1