Tanahashi, who was already deemed good enough to face Punk (presumably for the title), now has to beat Hiroki Goto, who is kind of a joke as far as top contenders go.

Then, on the other side, Mox becomes #1 contender despite being focused on team wrestling for the most part, and will presumably beat the battle Royale winner since New Japan has been teasing Mox/Tana for like a year or so.

I like Mox, but the prospect of another Mox title run isn’t very inspiring. If it does happen, I hope someone else takes it from him before Punk comes back. Hope I’m wrong all together and the winner of the battle Royale is someone kind of out of left field and they surprise everyone.