Make or break match for White imo. New Japan clearly wants him to be their next big gaijin star and this Okada match (and whole angle) will determine if they pull the trigger on him or not eventually.
I'm fine with either Omega or Tanahashi winning tbh
Ibushi vs Goto, if booked, will probably be MOTN.
Surprised at how slowly they are taking Shingo's debut. I guess he'll get the win and the belt to start building him from there.
And Naito's match feels so pointless. At best he gets his win and the IC title back against Jericho which does nothing for him and only means it will take longer for him to get back in the Heavyweight title picture. Or worse, for whatever reason he loses to Jericho and looks like a total loser.
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Not only that, the first match made no sense either. Naito wasn't even carrying the belt because it was "underneath him" and he had already gone through the "destroy this thing because it doesn't mean anything" phase
his whole second reign was basically a 40 day transition to put Jericho over.
6 months later and nobody really cares that much about a win over Jericho because he's worked 3 matches and done a couple of run ins and crazy ass promos.
If Naito wins, he's back to a belt he kayfabe gives a flying fukk about - I honestly don't know what he'll do next to disrespect it
- and goes over a special attraction. If he loses, he's pretty much in the same place he's been for the past 9 months.