>>13848713Honestly one of the biggest strengths of NJPW has always been its ability to keep people lukewarm on the backburner for chaotic events that would completely fuck the booking of other companies.
When three of the main heavyweights left all at once, NJPW was able to give a nudge to a young boy and bring in a few tag guys to fill out the NJC brackets and knew that they could put on good matches. Then when one of the pushed guys went to hospital on the day of his match, they were able to just pivot the angle to put Goto in. Now they can either give Tsuji the ultimate gatekeeper skillcheck pass by putting him over, or call an audible and tailgate onto the now seemingly white hot Goto momentum. All a result of backstage flexibility that is enabled by keeping credible guys on the backburner.
