Kazuchika Okada and Tetsuya Naito set the stage for February 21 NOAH show.
Kazuchika Okada and Tetsuya Naito are two of the pillars of New Japan Pro-Wrestling. However, both will compete in the February 21 NOAH x NJPW "Last" Love event. Okada will wrestle GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya, and Naito will face Keiji Mutoh in Mutoh's retirement match. Naito and Okada showed up at the February 12 event to help set the stage for the upcoming show.
Naito confronted Mutoh, letting the legend know that, although he's hoping for one last grand Triumph in his retirement match, Naito plans on sending him packing with his head hanging in defeat.
Then, following GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya's victory over Jack Morris and the main event on February 12, Okada rushed the ring and dropped the GHC Heavyweight Champion with a Rainmaker before letting him know that he was simply planning to fill the NOAH audience and Kiyomiya himself with nothing but disappointment.
【--速報＆緊急事態--】
— ABEMA格闘TIMES (@Abema_Fight) February 12, 2023
NOAH大阪大会#清宮海斗 のマイク後に#オカダ・カズチカ が乱入
2.21 東京ドームで
対戦要求し続けてきた清宮に
突如レインメーカー炸裂--
「お前らに、絶望を味合わせてやる！」
2.21王者同士の一戦、ついに実現へ！#日本プロレス史上最大の夜#MutoFinal#noah_ghc
Before Okada can get to that match, however, he must successfully defend his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Hiroshi Tanahashi at NJPW Battle in the Valley.
Fans can learn more about that event at this link.
