Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2 predictions 

A second night of Wrestle Kingdom holds a new year promise for New Japan Pro Wrestling
A second night of Wrestle Kingdom holds a new year promise for New Japan Pro Wrestling

Liger comes a full circle

A lump in the throat already begins to form. This one's a hard goodbye
A lump in the throat already begins to form. This one's a hard goodbye

Liger Retirement Match: Jyushin Thunder Liger and Naoki Sano (with Yoshiaki Fujiwara) vs. Ryu 'Dragon' Lee and Hiromu Takahashi

Night two raises the curtain with an absolute banger, bringing to close the iconic career of Jyushin Thunder Liger where it began in the Tokyo Dome. This in many ways is the passing of the torch, a battle of the past and future with Liger captaining alongside career rival Naoki Sano against Ryu 'Dragon' Lee and Hiromu Takahashi.

Takahashi has yet to address the injury sustained at the hands of Lee. With his eyes dead set on a night one victory, Takahashi will compose his cool but not the energy to creating a dazzling piece. Liger will fight tooth and nail before falling as he should be to the better man, the era of rivals taking a change.

Liger leaving the ring is going to be hard to adjust to, but the two men on his opposite end are just at capable of getting the company and world to a new golden age of Junior Heavyweights. Look to Hiromu still risking it all, Lee matching him step for step and finally downing Liger and his career amidst a content but a tearful crowd.

Result: Hiromu Takahashi pins Jyushin Thunder Liger one last time to get the win for his team and send Liger into retirement