>refuses to put in any effort whatsoever in your path

>here's that Reiwa Inoki i was telling you about, bro

>>18229232 (OP)
That's why you don't sign over the hill Japs or Mexicans.

>>18229232 (OP)
Based. He knows the dogwanker will never let him go so he doesn’t need to sawdust himself unnecessarily.

>>18229232 (OP)
worked by the callis family LOL!

>>18229232 (OP)
he learned from Nakamura

>>18229232 (OP)
As soon as they got Callis involved and it became one of those feuds I know the match would be shit

>>18229326
Callis genuinely gotta be one of the WOAT in terms of just killing any interest

>>18229232 (OP)
Reiwa inoki sucks

>>18229232 (OP)
He's just there for the paycheck until he goes back to Japan
New Japan will take him back, they have to

>>18229681
He's there for the paycheck but he's never coming back to Japan lmaoo

>have insane potential
>don't give 100% except for rare occasions when you want to
>people keep you around because you're capable to phone it in and still be better than everyone else, and in hopes you'll give 100% every now and then like they're a beaten housewife

he's literally me at my job

>>18229681
he'll maybe go back when there's a complete regime change. The bridge is burned good and proper lel

>>18229742
I could see it happening.
He's Japanese. He wants to be a legend in Japan, like Inoki.
He doesn't need the money. His wife is wealthier than he'll ever be. He just wanted the money.
I can see him wanting to close out his career where he's well known, top of his era. He'll never be nearly as well known here in the states.
It's about the prestige and he doesn't give two shits about what Americans think about him. As evidenced by the fact that he doesn't even try to impress them.

>>18229789
FWIW, I hope New Japan doesn't take him back.
I loved him but he's trash in my estimation.
I can see him wanting to though.

>>18229617
Channel changing heat whenever they have him take away from the matches

Do you think doing a high profile wrestling match is super easy? Like what does isn't hard ass fucking work? He's just supposed to pull GOAT 10/10 matches out of his ass for you faggots?

Okada has never been a wrestler for brainlets, like most psychology guys in this movespam era but there's a reason guys like Okada and Gunther rise to the top and stay there a long time.

>>18231175
I think he has a lot of miles on his body and is trying to avoid permasawdusting himself.

it’s weird that Naito/Okada and honestly even Nakamura basically refused the “NJPW dad” end to their careers that guys like Makabe, Kojima, Tenzan and others went through
maybe it’s because they benefited from the increased exposure in the west of the mid 10s

>>18232210
Okada just didn’t want to put the young boys over. It was that much more than money, his wife already has plenty of that. If it hadn’t been aew or wwe, he would’ve just gone over to NOAH for the top spot

With Naito it was either they were asking him to work too many matches or they weren’t allowing him to work as many matches as he wanted to

>>18232406
I think with Naito it’s just his body is finished. Okada has wear and tear… Naito is fucking thrashed, he’s lucky he isn’t popping percs like “prime” Angle.

>>18229681
he literally told tana to go fuck himself and come to aew if he wants a match when he asked him if he wanted to be part of his retirement tour a few months ago
that lazy bitch is not going back there

>>18232722
Yeah but he can still draw people in spite of that. He clearly still wants to work, otherwise he wouldn’t be slumming it up in RevPro

>>18232846
That's a shame. I haven't had time to follow anything closely as of late (I usually follow New Japan and Stardom).
Still, good riddance. He deserted New Japan when it needed him most. Money is the name of the game but when a company gives you that kind of push you at least pay it back.
I lost all respect for him after that but held on to hope that maybe I was misreading him.

>>18231175
This was the one and only time he was supposed to show up, and he fucking flopped

>>18233765
Literally the whole point of having him there

>>18231175
>Do you think doing a high profile wrestling match is super easy?
Yeah
There's no reason to think it's difficult anymore
Logal Paul can do it, unathletic bums like the young cucks can do it, it's just a matter of memorizing spots and creating them creatively