Ranking What Was Really The Best Wrestling Attire Every Year 1990-2021

4. 2018 - Kazuchika Okada

The motherf*cker pulled off flares.

Flares.

Golden flares.

As ostentatious in pattern as cut, Kazuchika Okada wore and pulled off flared trousers in a flex designed to convey just how extravagantly brilliant he had become as the record-breaking IWGP Heavyweight Champion. This is not a look he could have worn at any other stage in his career. This was the culmination of the playboy's ascent to a God, and he wore the gaudy omnipotence so well.

He didn't trip up on the flared trousers, either. He was too powerful.

Authored by Michael Sidgwick

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Posted On: 19th May 2021