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Yeah those two, NJPW was doing the whole belt fued for the past few months as well -- making Okada hold on to the old IWGP belt because it was the 'true' belt, while shingo and ospreay were both with their winged belts complaining about shingo not being the true champion because he got it basically by default when Kota Ibushi sawdusted his shoulder, and osprey also lost it from an injury as well.
Then it ended up just being Okada winning the new belt and officially retiring the old one under his decision or whatever, which is fine but unfortunate because the old belt looks way better. Maybe if it was like 20% bigger it would be sick
edit: the 2nd and defending match against osprey on WK16 day 2 by Okada was actually really good though, i thought it was kind of stupid they had 2 back to back IWGP matches but it turned out to be really enjoyable
Then it ended up just being Okada winning the new belt and officially retiring the old one under his decision or whatever, which is fine but unfortunate because the old belt looks way better. Maybe if it was like 20% bigger it would be sick
edit: the 2nd and defending match against osprey on WK16 day 2 by Okada was actually really good though, i thought it was kind of stupid they had 2 back to back IWGP matches but it turned out to be really enjoyable