BetOnline has published markets for the seven matches that have so far been announced for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18.
The event will, as per usual, take place on January 4th.
The main event should see Tetsuya Naito challenge SANADA for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship although I read an article a few days ago which stated that Kazuchika Okada has suggested there be a vote to allow fans to choose if SANADA .vs. Naito or Okada .vs. Bryan Danielson headlines the show.
Whether anything comes of that is yet to be seen.
As for the title match - the oddsmakers have placed this year's G1 Climax winner as a -1,000 favourite. A win for SANADA will pay out at odds of +500.
A decision for SANADA would not surprise me even though I think Naito is fairly set as the fave. What I am trying to articulate is I believe SANADA's odds are far too high as the underdog.
Since becoming champion, SANADA has defended the strap against most of his former Los Ingobernables de Japon stablemates. Naito would be the end boss of sorts.
The other match that is vying for the main event, if we're to believe there will be a fan vote, has Okada at -400 to Bryan Danielson's +250.
The last time the pair wrestled against each other in a singles contest was at Forbidden Door in June. On that night, Danielson went over.
The rest of BetOnline's Wrestle Kingdom markets look like this:
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Bullet Club WarDogs (Champion) -350
Catch 22 +225
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Hiromu Takahashi (Champion) -200
El Desperado +150
Triple Threat Title Match
Will Ospreay (IWGP US/UK Heavyweight Champion) -120
David Finlay +200
Jon Moxley +350
NEVER Openweight Championship
Shingo Takagi (Champion) -300
Tama Tonga +200
NJPW World TV Championship
Zack Sabre Jr. (Champion) -140
Hiroshi Tanahashi +100
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