10 Most Controversial Wrestlers On The Planet Right Now
6. KENTA
KENTA's NJPW debut in itself proved controversial; many fans projected puro values of loyalty onto him, believing that he should have returned to and helped out the struggling Pro Wrestling NOAH league in which he made his name.
His run has also divided opinion. A part of the seminal G1 Climax tournament - revered critically as the greatest of all time - KENTA starred in several absorbing matches, the best of which was his gripping struggle to topple Kazuchika Okada. But his glaring botches and deliberate pacing led many to write him off. He was having very good matches against an elite group of talent incapable of wrestling bad ones, they said, and he has also taken his Bullet Club induction too seriously. He has finally grasped the worst sports entertainment bullsh*t after leaving WWE in his shortcut match with Kota Ibushi this week.
Author's take: KENTA is in clear physical decline, and suffers - to an extent - when working against performers well beyond his wavelength of timing. But his matches are over spectacles because he hasn't lost the ability to project a threatening d*ckhead aura.
Pitchforks out if he gets a bigger match than Tomohiro Ishii at the Tokyo Dome, but until then...