Last year, right about this time, I posted here that I was concerned for Naito’s health after WK and got BURIED. I deleted the actual post but here are some screenshots of the bloodbath that it was – being accused of “concern trolling” (shoutout to that guy for the sheer creativity)
Since then I had kind of stopped watching NJPW until WK and lo and behold – Naito is in worse shape than ever and Sanada is now jerking the curtain. To my even greater surprise, I come on this sub and everyone is acting as if it has been pretty well agreed upon for years that his body is toast and retirement is imminent.
My only question is – what happened over the last year to bring everyone around on this so fast? Has he legitimately not had a good outing all year, G1 included? I was hoping his match with Hiromu was just a result of the recent surgery but poking around here it seems as this is par for the course for Naito at this point. Thoughts?
by SensitiveArtist69