>>15508692It's a transformational year and we have no idea where Gedo is going with a new crop of talent rising up. It's looking like Tsuji, or this could be ZSJ's year to rise as top gaijin. Even now, I have no idea who is going to win. Previous years, the winner has been a bit more predictable (you could tell when it was Ibushi's year, Naito's year, Tanhashi's comeback year, etc.).
Also, Takeshita is an added element and almost all of his matches have been great.