>>13498946This. Tanahashi was initially booed and badly received after the Muto victory in NJPW, too, but the difference is NJPW persisted, fans warmed up to him and he led the NJPW revival. Misawa kept going back because there were 'no stars' in Noah except him and Kobashi, but the problem is that this, ironically, is mainly Misawa's fault because he'd get cold feet every time an 'ace' wasn't well received initially, demote them, go back to square one, find another potential star, repeat the process all over again and be forced to wrestle until the new star is established (but that never happened because he'd always get cold feet). Rikio, Go and Morishima could have all carried the company, but they were never given a chance and in the first bump they were plugged off.
