Wrestle Kingdom 11 has just concluded and it was quite simply a triumph of professional wrestling. The matches varied wildly in style and pace but they came together to form a show of outstanding quality, and all of the new eyes that were on the Tokyo Dome will likely be glued to New Japan for years to come.

2017 provides the company with plenty of opportunities to continue this blistering momentum and it could end up being a banner year for the promotion. With new stars rising, festering feuds bubbling over and a number of landscape-defining moments in store, what shock twists and surprising turns could New Japan see over the course of the next year?

Here are 10 bold predictions for New Japan after Wrestle Kingdom 11.