>>5913168>He's a very decorated heavily respected midcarder, but a midcarder nonetheless.No, he isn't, you fucking tool. He was literally in the penultimate match last Wrestle Kingdom. Especially with Ibushi gone, he is easily one of the top 5 guys in the company, still.
>does that mean Ishii is a top guy as well?No? What the fuck are you talking about? What kind of asinine logic is this? Ishii has wrestled Okada, is Okada a fucking midcarder now? Are you seriously making the implication that top guys and micarders never wrestle? The match you're talking about at Dontaku wasn't a midcard match either, it was the semi main event as well. You're just proving my point that Tanahashi is always at the top of the card.
Also he didn't have a defense against Ishii, it was for the vacated title. That leads me to believe you're talking out of your ass and don't actually know what you're talking about.