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Post by HMARK Center on Jan 9, 2018 15:03:25 GMT -5
I'd honestly have inverted this part of Naito's arc, had him beat Okada but then start to live in the moment and love his success let the Stardust Genius creep back in and he loses to Omega either at the Dome next year with Okada in an IC match, or at Dominion while Okada wins the G1, and have a triple threat. I'd still be tempted to go with the triple threat actually. New Japan never books them but if the time was ever right for an IWGP three way dance it's while Omega and and Naito are red hot and Okada is still the Ace. Plus that main event would do a bomb in the Dome. Yea, every year they are incorporating more stuff and a triple threat for the title would be a damn good idea. Now, how do we get there, who f***ing knows but I would def like to see it as you got the story of Omega and Naito trading W/L's over the last two G1s to win and neither has been successful in taking the title off Okada at WK but Naito can still hold on to the fact he beat Okada for the title once before However, the flip side is you essentially lose 2 to 3 matches without those guys so you have to find a way to feel the gap. Luckily you still got Tanahashi (he needs to get healthy), Goto, Suzuki, etc.... to be able to steady the ship if they need them for I.C, U.S. or NEVER title matches That's one issue, plus I just don't think I see them ending a Dome show with a triple threat; I get the feeling that just goes against how they do things. If it did happen, it'd have to be presented a really big deal that the IWGP felt it was necessary to undo a lot of tradition to make it so. |
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 9, 2018 15:12:29 GMT -5
Yea, every year they are incorporating more stuff and a triple threat for the title would be a damn good idea. Now, how do we get there, who f***ing knows but I would def like to see it as you got the story of Omega and Naito trading W/L's over the last two G1s to win and neither has been successful in taking the title off Okada at WK but Naito can still hold on to the fact he beat Okada for the title once before However, the flip side is you essentially lose 2 to 3 matches without those guys so you have to find a way to feel the gap. Luckily you still got Tanahashi (he needs to get healthy), Goto, Suzuki, etc.... to be able to steady the ship if they need them for I.C, U.S. or NEVER title matches That's one issue, plus I just don't think I see them ending a Dome show with a triple threat; I get the feeling that just goes against how they do things. If it did happen, it'd have to be presented a really big deal that the IWGP felt it was necessary to undo a lot of tradition to make it so. Yea, as much as Gedo likes to push the envelope as far as continuing to get your audience more adapted to western style, there still is tradition at stake which would be the biggest obstacle. Now if you can get Okada on board with it and have him talk it up than that change might get less resentment but you're going to have to do some major retooling and figure out what really is your identity moving forward They'd more than likely be better off testing this with the I.C. title than the IWGP title like they did with the ladder match. |
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Post by Tea & Crumpets on Jan 9, 2018 18:18:50 GMT -5
I'd honestly have inverted this part of Naito's arc, had him beat Okada but then start to live in the moment and love his success let the Stardust Genius creep back in and he loses to Omega either at the Dome next year with Okada in an IC match, or at Dominion while Okada wins the G1, and have a triple threat. I'd still be tempted to go with the triple threat actually. New Japan never books them but if the time was ever right for an IWGP three way dance it's while Omega and and Naito are red hot and Okada is still the Ace. Plus that main event would do a bomb in the Dome. Yea, every year they are incorporating more stuff and a triple threat for the title would be a damn good idea. Now, how do we get there, who f***ing knows but I would def like to see it as you got the story of Omega and Naito trading W/L's over the last two G1s to win and neither has been successful in taking the title off Okada at WK but Naito can still hold on to the fact he beat Okada for the title once before However, the flip side is you essentially lose 2 to 3 matches without those guys so you have to find a way to feel the gap. Luckily you still got Tanahashi (he needs to get healthy), Goto, Suzuki, etc.... to be able to steady the ship if they need them for I.C, U.S. or NEVER title matches Yeah you defo lose the other big matches on the card, and if the IC Title was Tana/Suzuki then you're really starting to need to elevate guys like Jay White, SANADA, EVIL etc. into bigger singles slots, or maybe bump Hiromu or KUSHIDA up from the Juniors. Or get another big name shock signing like Jericho to fill out the card (Daniel Bryan maybe?) But it'd be such a big main event that I think it would make up for it anyway. |
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Post by Tea & Crumpets on Jan 9, 2018 18:39:45 GMT -5
Yea, every year they are incorporating more stuff and a triple threat for the title would be a damn good idea. Now, how do we get there, who f***ing knows but I would def like to see it as you got the story of Omega and Naito trading W/L's over the last two G1s to win and neither has been successful in taking the title off Okada at WK but Naito can still hold on to the fact he beat Okada for the title once before However, the flip side is you essentially lose 2 to 3 matches without those guys so you have to find a way to feel the gap. Luckily you still got Tanahashi (he needs to get healthy), Goto, Suzuki, etc.... to be able to steady the ship if they need them for I.C, U.S. or NEVER title matches That's one issue, plus I just don't think I see them ending a Dome show with a triple threat; I get the feeling that just goes against how they do things. If it did happen, it'd have to be presented a really big deal that the IWGP felt it was necessary to undo a lot of tradition to make it so. That is a point. I don't know how you'd quite get there without some complex shenanigans. Maybe use the G1 and have say, whoever isn't champion actually tie their G1 block (I thiiink that's theoretically possible, if their match together ended in a tie?) while the then IWGP champion (Okada probably) cleans up his but loses the final, so the champ still is strong with the best overall record in the tournament, but whoever doesn't advance can rightly argue their case for a chance. Breaking decades of tradition is the potential dealbreaker, I admit. But at the same time, all 3 have a genuine claim to that main event spot and whoever misses out will feel a bit slighted. |
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Post by Welfare Willis on Jan 9, 2018 19:33:33 GMT -5
Given an Irish gimmick, changes name to O'Kada.
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