Shota is currently being booed by everyone in Japan for some reason. It seemed like everybody liked him when he was more associated with Jon Moxley as his young boy whenever he was in NJPW. He had a 5 star match with Will Ospreay when he challenged for the United States championship (then again that could be because it was Ospreay and Meltzer seems to give him a good match rating if he breathes ). It is a little strange that out of nowhere he got a title shot at Wrestle Kingdom 19 but like Naito before him it might be time for him to go full on heel .
The reason why I say he should take over Chaos is because since Okada left for AEW the stable hasn't felt the same. Goto and Ishii were victims of the big 4 system and it might be time for Chaos to turn back into a heel stable under Shota's leadership. Like Nakamura back in the 2000's he could take over the group and maybe change the name (not the black pool combat club for the love of god). I have a feeling that ZSJ might become All Elite and if he drops the belt to Shota on his way out i'll be okay with that. Shota could win the belt by cheating and then berating the crowd after he wins.
It seems like most people wanted Yota Tsuji to be in the mainevent and honestly i'd be lying if I didn't want that too. It's too late to change the card but I'm rooting for Tsuji to beat Finley for the Global championship (Finley has been doing a great job with that belt in my not so humble opinion ). If Tsuji wins and Shota loses maybe there's a story line right there made out of jealousy. Let me explain in the next paragraph.
Like I said before If Tsuji wins and Umino loses this could be a really good feud . Shota gives it his all against ZSJ , comes up short , but still gets booed out of the Tokyo Dome. While he is in the process of taking over Chaos he could set his sights on Tsuji's Global championship and while he's attempting to still be a babyface he could cheat to win and use the Global title as a way to vent his frustrations with the crowd. It sounds similar to Naito's story with the Intercontinental championship but he doesn't have to destroy the belt like he did.
I don't want him to join the bullet club because that group has too many members and sub factions . I'm still confused on why SANADA joined because it seemed like Just 5 guys were a decent stable (although they really should've changed that name ). Also Shota could take a page out of another former Chaos member Switchblade Jay White. The one different thing he could do is join the group on friendly terms and little by little show his true intentions by getting rid of members , doing more heelish actions , and declaring war on NJPW.
IDK that's just me and I think it could be an interesting route to go, What do you think?
by NewYorkmonkey1992