by Rob Goodwin @REALRobGoodwinAfter so much happened at The New Beginning Shows at the end of January and start of February, it’s no wonder that the ordinarily decent yet ultimately missable supercards - Honor Rising - co-hosted by both Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling are set up to be essential viewings this year. Sure, Hirooki Goto defends his NEVER Openweight Championship against Beer City Bruiser and Dalton Castle defends his Ring of Honor Championship against serial Tag team member, and criminally underrated Trent Baretta, plus the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team belts are on the line, but that isn’t even close as to why these shows promise to be exciting viewing. The implosion of Bullet Club has been a slow and brilliant story arc and came to a head at The New Beginning in Osaka show where Cody delivered a Cross Rhodes to Kenny Omega, only for Omega to then be saved by ex-Tag Team partner, Kota Ibushi. The two embraced in the culmination in a ‘will-they, won’t they’ storyline that has had us gripped since 2015. In the main event of these two nights, Omega faces Cody for the first time in two tag matches, teaming with Ibushi for the first times since the Golden Lovers ended. Who will win? Who will take ownership of Bullet Club? Where will the story go from here? We give our predictions and preview the show below! Comments are closed.
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