Seeing that apparently Hirooki Goto had surpassed both Okada & ZSJ in terms of Overall Title Defenses as the 12th IWGP World Heavyweight Champion with only 7 Title Defenses (despite he won it way too late), then the Future Ace of NJPW needs to start by surpassing the records of both Hirooki Goto's V7 record & SANADA's 271 days record as the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. Why? Let's see… The previous IWGP Heavyweight Championship belt kinda represented the old Showa & Heisei era in NJPW mostly. And seeing that belt slowly gone & replaced by the current IWGP WHC belt, to me it's basically telling me that the IWGP WHC belt is definitely what NJPW needs to prioritize & have it be their Top belt in Puroresu history. Sure, many would still criticize that ain't no way that it's gonna surpass the good old IWGP Heavyweight belt. But still if we wanna have NJPW bring back the old IWGP Heavyweight Championship belt & then say goodbye to the current IWGP WHC belt, it's totally way no different than ignoring the history made by the likes of Will Ospreay, Shingo Takagi, Jay White, SANADA, Jon Moxley, ZSJ & Konosuke Takeshita which they did as the IWGP World Heavyweight Champions.
Sorry to say this, but please stop asking NJPW to bring back the good old IWGP Heavyweight Championship belt. This is the Reiwa era, not the Showa / Heisei era. Hope you don't mind with this feedback right now. My only concern is that they need to fix it booking wise, creative wise & title design wise in regards to the current IWGP WHC belt. That's all. Your thoughts?
by Andrew_Manangka