10 Most Humiliating Wrestling Moves
2. Kazuchika Okada's Chest Slap
Kazuchika Okada doesn't do next to f*ck all for the sake of it in the first eight to ten minutes of his signature epic New Japan main event.
He doesn't just meander through chain wrestling at a glacial pace to make the second half of his matches more exhilarating by comparison, nor does he take his sweet time to stretch out the run-time of a match so that it more easily reaches a minimum of a half an hour, knowing that, in critical circles, a match of that duration is more likely to receive praise.
Well there's an element of truth to that, honestly - he knows what he has to do here - but it's not artless and grabby. He intentionally slows down the pace to a near-halt and exerts complete mastery over his opponent so that, when they really get themselves into a match, it registers as an achievement before they even score a close near-fall.
He heels it up like a complete d*ckhead throughout this early phase, too, which enhances that comeback when it arrives deeper into the match: the way in which he smugly pats his opponents on the chest is detestable. It is beyond patronising. Treating title challengers like they're some young boy is the ultimate humiliation: the "You've got no chance" moment that makes the fans rejoice - sadly, with a round of applause these days - when they summon the wherewithal to grab the chance.