There are three markets for the G1. The first two allow customers to gamble on who they believe will win each of the two blocks while the third is an outright winner market.
The market for Wrestle Kingdom 16 asks customers who will be the holder of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at the close of the three-night event.
Yes, three nights.
Kambi lists Tetsuya Naito as a 13/10 favourite to win A Block. When the blocks were first announced over the weekend, Naito was the first person I predicted could win the block.
I figured that there is a story to tell if Tetsuya Naito and SANADA are the two finalists as the two Los Ingobernables de Japon members would be competing for the opportunity to challenge fellow stablemate - Shingo Takagi - for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 16.
As you can see, SANADA is 6/5 in the B Block betting market.
Earlier today, New Japan announced the matches for each night of the tournament. The final batch of B Block contests have forced me to reconsider my SANADA pick even though I have been gambling on him to be a G1 winner since 2019.
The B Block finale in 2020 saw EVIL lose to SANADA. This led to the latter securing enough points to close the table as B Block winner and meet A Block winner - Kota Ibushi - in the final.
This year, EVIL and SANADA are once again set to meet on the last night of block matches. My gut instinct is telling me that EVIL could play spoiler, thus ruining SANADA's chance of winning the block leading to Kazuchika Okada, who'll meet Jeff Cobb that same night - or maybe EVIL himself - taking B Block.
At a price of 2/1, SANADA is Kambi's favourite to be the outright winner.
The Wrestle Kingdom 16 titleholder special lists the current champ - Shingo Takagi - as a 5/2 joint-favourite to leave the event with the strap. Previous champ, Will Ospreay, is also 5/2.
The two faves are followed by top three selections in the G1 Climax tournament winner outright. Kazuchika Okada, SANADA and Tetsuya Naito are available at 9/2 each.
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