With the field finally set:
| A Block | B Block |
|---|---|
| Tetsuya Naito | Hirooki Goto |
| Shota Umino | El Phantasmo |
| Shingo Takagi | Yota Tsuji |
| SANADA | Jeff Cobb |
| Great-O-Khan | HENARE |
| Zack Sabre Jr. | David Finlay |
| Gabe Kidd | Ren Narita |
| EVIL | Yuya Uemura |
| Jake Lee (NOAH) | Konosuke Takeshita (AEW) |
| Callum Newman | Boltin Oleg |
It's hard to exactly choose who should win the G1, at least from my perspective. In my opinion, I think there are 4 Great options in each block (Shota Umino, ZSJ, Gabe Kidd, & Newman in A; Tsuji, Narita, Uemura, & Boltin in B), but I can't pin-point an exact winner unlike last year, which is a great thing in my opinion. I think you could make a good reason as to why most people in the G1 should win this year.
The only thing is the person who wins this year's G1 NEEDS to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom. Wrestle Kingdom 19 should be a huge passing of the torch from Naito to whoever wins and Naito should stay in the Multi-Man tag matches as he can put a spotlight on talent who otherwise might not be able to get that boost into the main event scene.
by PeePeeMcShiter
