[1/4/18]NJPW Presents: Wrestle Kingdom 12
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The Prince of All Saiyans
Formerly Jisoo Stan & @Twitter
Watching now 
Ok so I waited a little while to process the main event to give my unbiased opinion but here's how I feel. I thought Naito should have won the IWGP Heavyweight Title but for a different reason than what everyone is saying in this thread. Most people in here simply just tired of Okada with the belt and want someone new with it, it is what it is. I understand why Gedo pushes Okada as much as he does for business reasons and marketing reasons... Gedo is booking how Vince booked Cena and how they book Roman... it's "best for business".
My main problem with Okada retaining is that it destroys everything they built Naito up to be currently: a man who's not the office pick who has his own identity that has a cult following and is open about how he doesn't like certain things that the company does... Naito is the modern day rebel that's following the foot steps of Steve Austin, CM Punk, Daniel Bryan and to a certain extent Jake "The Snake" Roberts with his cool calm yet dangerous demeanor. With those guys (Jake is questionable) they all had a defining moment where they defeated what many people considered the best and etched their moment and legacy in stone (Austin beating Michaels at WM, Punk beating Cena at MITB, Daniel Bryan standing tall at the end of WM30) and this should have been Naito's definite moment because any other time won't have the same luster as today did and it won't have the same impact.
Another thing that was wrong with the decision to let Okada retain is that Wrestle Kingdom 12 main event was supposed to be the match that made Naito's cypher complete and make the full circle story of "The Death of the Stardust Genius.... the Rise of the Ungovernable One" have a satisfying ending and to start a new chapter in his career. Four years of Naito crawling from his grave reinventing himself abandoning what he once believed in destroying the heroes that he once looked up to just to once again earning the chance to achieve what he couldn't do 4 years ago to avenge his own death.... and storyline wise he couldn't do it and it leaves a sour taste in everyone's mouth that believed in Naito. Realistically a loss for Okada tonight wouldn't have hurt him, he's had a legendary run and a loss to Naito would have been a honorable loss as well as been looked at as "The self governed influential outsider defeating the hand picked golden boy company man". I'll end this random rant by saying now we know how we would all feel had Apollo Creed defeated Rocky Balboa in the rematch in Rocky 2....
My main problem with Okada retaining is that it destroys everything they built Naito up to be currently: a man who's not the office pick who has his own identity that has a cult following and is open about how he doesn't like certain things that the company does... Naito is the modern day rebel that's following the foot steps of Steve Austin, CM Punk, Daniel Bryan and to a certain extent Jake "The Snake" Roberts with his cool calm yet dangerous demeanor. With those guys (Jake is questionable) they all had a defining moment where they defeated what many people considered the best and etched their moment and legacy in stone (Austin beating Michaels at WM, Punk beating Cena at MITB, Daniel Bryan standing tall at the end of WM30) and this should have been Naito's definite moment because any other time won't have the same luster as today did and it won't have the same impact.
Another thing that was wrong with the decision to let Okada retain is that Wrestle Kingdom 12 main event was supposed to be the match that made Naito's cypher complete and make the full circle story of "The Death of the Stardust Genius.... the Rise of the Ungovernable One" have a satisfying ending and to start a new chapter in his career. Four years of Naito crawling from his grave reinventing himself abandoning what he once believed in destroying the heroes that he once looked up to just to once again earning the chance to achieve what he couldn't do 4 years ago to avenge his own death.... and storyline wise he couldn't do it and it leaves a sour taste in everyone's mouth that believed in Naito. Realistically a loss for Okada tonight wouldn't have hurt him, he's had a legendary run and a loss to Naito would have been a honorable loss as well as been looked at as "The self governed influential outsider defeating the hand picked golden boy company man". I'll end this random rant by saying now we know how we would all feel had Apollo Creed defeated Rocky Balboa in the rematch in Rocky 2....
Chase been there a good hot minute... at least 2 years. He's from the NWA promotionWho is Chase Owens?
Is he from ROH?
Bullet Club really letting anybody in now
The Prince of All Saiyans
Formerly Jisoo Stan & @Twitter
Take this L, Naito
The Prince of All Saiyans
Formerly Jisoo Stan & @Twitter
3 people in fact being the Best in the World are from Canada 
The Prince of All Saiyans
Formerly Jisoo Stan & @Twitter
well aside from Kenny Omega & @TwitterWhose the other one
obviously the 3rd is Chris Jericho
two just happen to be the best when it comes to wrestling
PlayerNinety_Nine
Produced, Arranged, Composed and Performed by....
nah i mean like
they saw wk did numbers so they're like, "let's keep the ball rolling with okada"
The Prince of All Saiyans
Formerly Jisoo Stan & @Twitter
that one winged angel
Jmare007
pico pal q lee
I know, my point is that it should've been "the challenger is white hot, let him run with it because he's gonna draw a fukk ton for us too".
I would understand keeping the belt on Okada if him losing it would mean any risk but Naito is as safe a bet you are gonna get as an IWGP champ at this point. And by doing so you step depending on just 1 guy as your main attraction
The Rainmaker
Mr. Money in the Bank
Jmare007
pico pal q lee
Ibushi gonna step up as the challenger and people are gonna get their hopes up again
