I really don't see the high praise for Tana vs Okada, this was probably their worst match since the "farewell" match they had before Okada left for his US excursion
Damn...... that Tanahashi vs Okada match was flames
So let me get this straight......
They are basically the Cena and Roman Reigns of NJPW?
Or are they the Steve Austin and Rock?
Trynna make sense of their feud and relation in regards to NJPW history
Martha
There is no good comparison to US wrestling. There is no parallel to Okada to be honest, any comparison you might throw doesn't really fit so it's hard to make an analogy for their feud. Maybe Bret vs Austin in terms of quality and importance to the promotion as a passing of the torch type of rivalry, but the circumstances and context makes both feuds completely different
As a standalone Tanahashi would be like John Cena if the WWE was in 1995 level of trouble in 2004 and then got out of the hole once he got a full green light push to the top.