>>10838987He was cucked out of doing his catchphrase with the WrestleKingdom crowd in 2020 by KENTA and the crowd went fucking nuclear
Then coof happened so no matter if he won or not there'd be no crowd call
He's stated multiple times that he knows his time is soon up, and that he refuses to slow down or fade out, but is determined to go all in and burn bright until he can get that moment after a WK main event
It makes sense both thematically and as a shoot, because he's sawdust and tape at this point