>>19779325>they kinda tried to do the same thing with Go Shiozaki but it just didn't work due to him looking like shit and nobody caring about the FIP title. I still remember the 'no 'mo go' chantsGo was basically a joke for a long time, like the definition of a cosplay wrestler trying way too hard to emulate the old AJPW pillars but in a way that was totally soulless. It took him leaving for a while and then having to be The Guy during NOAH's lowest period where he finally got a clue.
I have no idea how well he's doing in AJPW but so much of what made him work was the whole I AM NOAH thing because that seemed to represent who he really wanted to be and he really was the soul of the promotion as it was rebuilding.