>>14990044He's always been a goof. Watch his matches - he doesn't know how to move, he doesn't know where to put his hands, he always has this limp-wristed uncertainty to his ring presence. I noticed this during his first run at the top and it never got any better. People were brainwashed by Meltzer and NJPW propaganda into thinking he was a good wrestler and top talent. Being tall for a Japanese guy also helped him a lot.
Compare his ring presence to someone like Chono or Mutoh and he looks like an awkward child in comparison.
He's also a complete charisma vacuum that needed someone else to do his talking for him. Tanahashi I can understand the appeal of despite not really liking his style of wrestling, but with Okada it boggles my mind that so many people were Stockholm Syndromed into thinking he is some kind of GOAT.
I'm not even going to go into the formulaic nature of his matches, and the Rainmaker ballroom dancing of the final stretch to them.
