Qualifying Credentials:3x NWA World Champion, 2x TNA World Champion, 2x IWGP Champion
One of TNA's longest mainstays, having wrestled in the first ever TNA match. One of only two men to have held both the NWA and TNA Titles. Has held every mens title in TNA at least twice. Defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada for his two IWGP Reigns
Qualifying Credentials: 3x IWGP Champion
Legit legend in Japan for his work in New Japan both in the ring as a wrestler, and out of the ring as a booker. Was a mainstay in early New Japan, feuding with the likes of Kensuke Sasaki, Great Muta, and Vader. Innovator of the Sasori-Gatame, known in the states as the Scorpion Deathlock/Sharpshooter.