Could Kenny Omega Win The G1 Climax 28?

The 28th edition of the G1 Climax is coming to an end with a lot of good matches, specially in the B block. The IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega up to this point is undefeated and the question has to be made, Could Omega win the G1 Climax as the IWGP Heavyweight champion? In a short answer yes he could potentially win the G1 .

An IWGP Heavyweight champion winning the G1 is not something seen before, 5 times IWGP Heavyweight champion Kensuke Sasaki on the 2000 edition of this tournament won the G1 climax as the champion, another case of the IWGP Heavyweight champions winning the tournament was in the 1995 edition with Keiji Mutoh.

Kenny Omega faces that difficult challenge of both winning the G1 and stay undefeated in this tournament (something no one has ever done). NJPW is not shy about breaking records specially with their champions, like se saw during Okada’s last reign, were he broke the record of most successful defenses and as the longest champion, breaking records with the champion is something Gedo and NJPW like to do. Kenny Omega winning the G1 as a champion would be given a record or feat that not many champions have,  plus the record of three G1 Climax finals could also enter in Omega’s accomplishments.

For Kenny Omega to win the G1 he needs to win his next bout against Tomohiro Ishii (August 4) and to have Naito lose his match against Ibushi and for Kota Ibushi to lose or draw his next match before their match with each other on August 11. Omega’s final three opponents are Ishii, Yano and Ibushi before he has the finals matches with the winner of the A Block.

In case of Omega winning the B block, his future opponent and winner of the A block there are 3 strong candidates to reach the finals right now. Hiroshi Tanahashi is currently first on the leaderboard with only one defeat and his match against Okada could determine the winner of this block. Okada is a strong contender but after their match at Dominion it looks unlikely that Okada would go to the finals and the last favorite to win is Jay White, with his shenanigans has been able to keep up with both men and in case of a tie White has victories against this wrestlers ,making him the winner in case of a points tie with either wrestler. White winning this block and going to the finals could be a huge push to a wrestler that NJPW has high hopes for right now.

At the end the cards are in the table and anything could happen with NJPW and Kenny Omega winning the G1 looks like a reality with every win he gets and winning this would give Omega a record that not even Okada and his legendary 740 days reign could do and would give an Omega the credibility of an already strong champion facing his next challenge. In case of Omega winning the G1, Kota Ibushi most likely would be the challenger of Kenny’s choice for the Wrestle Kingdom main event.