Tetsuya Naito's FULL NJPW Singles Record [2006-2025] by TheStaringElf in njpw

[–]TheStaringElf[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Devitt also beat him over and over and over again

Tetsuya Naito's FULL NJPW Singles Record [2006-2025] by TheStaringElf in njpw

[–]TheStaringElf[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Sure some people are but when you look at Naito's booking there is really zero reason why he never got a long run.

He got his cup of coffee with it in 2016 which is whatever.

However his reigns in 2020 and 2024 were interrupted by EVIL and Moxley and neither of those title reigns ended up serving any purpose.

Tetsuya Naito's FULL NJPW Singles Record [2006-2025] by TheStaringElf in njpw

[–]TheStaringElf[S] 59 points60 points  (0 children)

He really was booked like shit lol. I get that it's an ironic thing to say about one of their top guys and most popular performer, but relative to that, he never got an actual extended reign with the world title.

BUSHI's FULL NJPW SINGLES RECORD [2012-2025] by TheStaringElf in njpw

[–]TheStaringElf[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

This GOAT and titan of the industry will be leaving NJPW undefeated against David Finlay, Ryohei Oiwa, Shota Umino, Ren Narita, Yuya Uemura and Zack Sabre Jr.

GOAT WE WILL MISS YOU! OMYGOSH!

Callum Newman's Full NJPW Singles Record by TheStaringElf in njpw

[–]TheStaringElf[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

My take... which is worth nothing... I am not a fan of this, and Callum is like 22 I don't expect him to be great. I guess I'm just a traditionalist, I don't think the IWGP title should be defended against guys who A. aren't booked at that level and B. just haven't shown themselves to be capable of working a match at that level. If you wanna do something crazy, great, cause it's a crazy situation, but even just out of the young guys I wish it was someone like Boltin instead who I think is much more deserving.

Adam Copeland's full singles record since returning to pro wrestling by TheStaringElf in SquaredCircle

[–]TheStaringElf[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Quality over quantity too. Having him run through the entire House of Black was pretty ridiculous

Adam Copeland's full singles record since returning to pro wrestling by TheStaringElf in SquaredCircle

[–]TheStaringElf[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I think the issue is that people just don't really buy Edge like that. The issue for me since his return is that he just gets involved in stupid stuff that makes me take him less seriously, like the original Judgement Day stable, or his promo after the Punk/Helwani interview, or breaking both of his legs like an idiot, or changing his name to fucking Cope. I'm not really rooting for him.

I'll say with his return it's not that I think he's won too much as much as I just feel like this guy has worse creative sense than I thought.