Looking for some perspectives from fans who watched New Japan during Nakamura’s IC run. I started watching in 2017 and was aware of how much Nakamura did for the belt, but looking through the title reigns, he completely dominated the belt, where he would win it back from the person he lost to after only a defence or so.
Obviously most would consider this the peak of Nakamura as a performer, but what were the opinions of just that booking decision: did people think it was too repetitive, that it was only done to keep him away from the heavyweight, or were people generally happy with Nakamura running the IC belt.
I quite like that idea of the sports-style booking where a wrestler is going on a great run and keeps winning, but repetitive booking can often come off to people as boring and lazy (e.g. Ibushi 4 G1 finals in a row)
by Jacek2002