Best and Worst of Wrestle Kingdom 12

#1 Worst: Not capitalizing on momentum?

Naito got the biggest pop of the night

Don't get us wrong at all. Kazuchika Okada is certainly the best performer of our age, and perhaps the greatest champion right now, in all of wrestling. We have nothing but respect and admiration for the man. However, everything pointed to it being Tetsuya Naito's night.

The Number 1 contender got a deafening ovation when he came out for the main event. Okada was almost the heel for the whole match, as the crowd urged the LIJ member on. However, it was not Naito's night, as Okada defeated him in a nail-biting contest.

Destiny has led @s_d_naito here, 4 years in the making: the #NJWK12 main event! Will this finally be his triumphant moment of glory?! pic.twitter.com/UIyJbeHMut

— njpw_global (@njpwglobal) January 4, 2018

Imagine if Stone Cold Steve Austin had not defeated Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 14. Would he have been the biggest star in the history of wrestling, if such was the case?

We genuinely felt that the IWGP title should have changed hands, at Wrestle Kingdom 12.