I DON'T think Okada will go the whole year as champion, but I see someone else getting it at one of the New Beginning shows or Dominion or something, and Okada to possibly win it back by the year's end, or to go on to win the G1 and challenge for it at the Tokyo Dome.
Just think that Okada is "the guy," and Naito is the cool outsider edgy popular guy, like Shinsuke Nakamura sort of was. My prediction for a guy to win it off Okada is actually Ishii, because he's awesome. While I think they want to expand into the US, I don't think they want to isolate their national fanbase, and I think Ishii has enough cred in both locations.
Or Brock Lesnar when his WWE contract expires.
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