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As of January 5, 2020 he has become the first ever person to hold both the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships at the same time.

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As of On January 5, 2020 2020, he has become became the first ever person ever to hold both the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Intercontinental Championships Championship at the same time.
time after defeating Okada at Wrestle Kingdom 14. In August of that same year, he also became the only wrestler ever to successfully win both titles back after losing both to his former LIJ stablemate EVIL, who betrayed him at Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall. Both titles would ultimately be unified into the new IWGP World Heavyweight Championship after Wrestling/KotaIbushi won them from Naito at Wrestle Kingdom 15.
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After floating around aimlessly for 2 years following that Naito would return to CMLL to join Wrestling/LaSombra's stable ''Los Ingobernables''. Learning from them, he would return to NJPW with a brand new look, and disrespectful attitude and would then form ''Wrestling/LosIngobernablesDeJapon'' with Wrestling/{{EVIL|Wrestler}}[[note]]formerly a Young Lion named Takaaki Watanabe who was on excursion to Ring of Honor[[/note]], Bushi and later on, Seiya Sanada (now just [[OnlyOneName Sanada]]), with Wrestling/HiromuTakahashi[[note]]formerly a Young Lion best known for his time as Kamaitachi in CMLL[[/note]] and Wrestling/ShingoTakagi[[note]]formerly a longtime Wrestling/DragonGate mainstay who was also the first graduate of its dojo[[/note]] joining down the line.

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After floating around aimlessly for 2 years following that Naito would return to CMLL to join Wrestling/LaSombra's stable ''Los Ingobernables''. Learning from them, he would return to NJPW with a brand new look, and disrespectful attitude and would then form ''Wrestling/LosIngobernablesDeJapon'' with Wrestling/{{EVIL|Wrestler}}[[note]]formerly a Young Lion named Takaaki Watanabe who was on excursion to Ring of Honor[[/note]], Bushi and later on, Seiya Sanada (now just [[OnlyOneName Sanada]]), with Wrestling/HiromuTakahashi[[note]]formerly a Young Lion best known for his time as Kamaitachi in CMLL[[/note]] and CMLL[[/note]], Wrestling/ShingoTakagi[[note]]formerly a longtime Wrestling/DragonGate mainstay who was also the first graduate of its dojo[[/note]] dojo[[/note]], Titán, and Yota Tsuji joining down the line.
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After floating around aimlessly for 2 years following that Naito would return to CMLL to join Wrestling/LaSombra's stable ''Los Ingobernables''. Learning from them, he would return to NJPW with a brand new look, and disrespectful attitude and would then form ''Wrestling/LosIngobernablesDeJapon'' with Wrestling/{{EVIL|Wrestler}}[[note]]formerly a Young Lion named Takaaki Watanabe who was on excursion to Ring of Honor[[/note]], Bushi and later on, Seiya Sanada (now just [[OnlyOneName Sanada]]), with Hiromu Takahashi[[note]]formerly a Young Lion best known for his time as Kamaitachi in CMLL[[/note]] and Shingo Takagi[[note]]formerly a longtime Wrestling/DragonGate mainstay who was also the first graduate of its dojo[[/note]] joining down the line.

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After floating around aimlessly for 2 years following that Naito would return to CMLL to join Wrestling/LaSombra's stable ''Los Ingobernables''. Learning from them, he would return to NJPW with a brand new look, and disrespectful attitude and would then form ''Wrestling/LosIngobernablesDeJapon'' with Wrestling/{{EVIL|Wrestler}}[[note]]formerly a Young Lion named Takaaki Watanabe who was on excursion to Ring of Honor[[/note]], Bushi and later on, Seiya Sanada (now just [[OnlyOneName Sanada]]), with Hiromu Takahashi[[note]]formerly Wrestling/HiromuTakahashi[[note]]formerly a Young Lion best known for his time as Kamaitachi in CMLL[[/note]] and Shingo Takagi[[note]]formerly Wrestling/ShingoTakagi[[note]]formerly a longtime Wrestling/DragonGate mainstay who was also the first graduate of its dojo[[/note]] joining down the line.
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* RedBaron: "Stardust☆Genius"

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* RedBaron: "Stardust☆Genius""Stardust☆Genius", and "Seigyo Funōna Karisuma" ("Uncontrollable Charisma")
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* IHaveTheHighGround: Usually for his missile drop kick, or top rope Frankensteiner, or his corkscrew moonsault.
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* NiceHat: He's become increasingly attached to that Ingobernables baseball cap, sometimes even wearing it in addition to his formal suits. It may have began as a throwback to his days as a baseball player. In fact, most of his Twitter is just pictures of the cap in various parts of the world.
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After floating around aimlessly for 2 years following that Naito would return to CMLL to join Wrestling/LaSombra's stable ''Los Ingobernables''. Learning from them, he would return to NJPW with a brand new look, and disrespectful attitude and would then form ''Wrestling/LosIngobernablesDeJapon'' with Wrestling/{{EVIL}}[[note]]formerly a Young Lion named Takaaki Watanabe who was on excursion to Ring of Honor[[/note]], Bushi and later on, Seiya Sanada (now just [[OnlyOneName Sanada]]), with Hiromu Takahashi[[note]]formerly a Young Lion best known for his time as Kamaitachi in CMLL[[/note]] and Shingo Takagi[[note]]formerly a longtime Wrestling/DragonGate mainstay who was also the first graduate of its dojo[[/note]] joining down the line.

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After floating around aimlessly for 2 years following that Naito would return to CMLL to join Wrestling/LaSombra's stable ''Los Ingobernables''. Learning from them, he would return to NJPW with a brand new look, and disrespectful attitude and would then form ''Wrestling/LosIngobernablesDeJapon'' with Wrestling/{{EVIL}}[[note]]formerly Wrestling/{{EVIL|Wrestler}}[[note]]formerly a Young Lion named Takaaki Watanabe who was on excursion to Ring of Honor[[/note]], Bushi and later on, Seiya Sanada (now just [[OnlyOneName Sanada]]), with Hiromu Takahashi[[note]]formerly a Young Lion best known for his time as Kamaitachi in CMLL[[/note]] and Shingo Takagi[[note]]formerly a longtime Wrestling/DragonGate mainstay who was also the first graduate of its dojo[[/note]] joining down the line.

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* MobWar: Between Naito's stable ''Los Ingobernables de Japon'' and Kazuchika Okada's stable ''CHAOS''. It's not uncommon to see an entire card filled with matches between the two. Especially ironic as Naito used to be a part of ''CHAOS'' himself. As of the 2016 G1 Climax do not be surprised to see ''Wrestling/BulletClub'' thrown into this. And as of the beginning of 2017, Suzuki-gun is in this mix too.

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Between Naito's stable ''Los Ingobernables de Japon'' and Kazuchika Okada's stable ''CHAOS''. It's not uncommon to see an entire card filled with matches between the two. Especially ironic as Naito used to be a part of ''CHAOS'' himself. As of the 2016 G1 Climax do not be surprised to see ''Wrestling/BulletClub'' thrown into this. And as of the beginning of 2017, Suzuki-gun is in this mix too.
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** Through the middle of 2017, they've started to maintain a 1v1 mob war with the newly formed stable, Taguchi Japan (Ryusuke Taguchi, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, Ricochet, KUSHIDA and Michael Elgin) who have taken to mocking LIJ's entrances and attire. Naito himself either doesn't care or actually finds it [[ActuallyPrettyFunny somewhat amusing]]. The rest of the stable however (especially EVIL and Hiromu Takahashi)...not so much.* NiceHat: He's become increasingly attached to that Ingobernables baseball cap, sometimes even wearing it in addition to his formal suits.
** In fact, most of his Twitter is just pictures of the cap in various parts of the world.

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** Through the middle of 2017, they've started to maintain a 1v1 mob war with the newly formed stable, Taguchi Japan (Ryusuke Taguchi, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, Ricochet, KUSHIDA and Michael Elgin) who have taken to mocking LIJ's entrances and attire. Naito himself either doesn't care or actually finds it [[ActuallyPrettyFunny somewhat amusing]]. The rest of the stable however (especially EVIL and Hiromu Takahashi)...not so much.
* NiceHat: He's become increasingly attached to that Ingobernables baseball cap, sometimes even wearing it in addition to his formal suits.
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suits. It may have began as a throwback to his days as a baseball player. In fact, most of his Twitter is just pictures of the cap in various parts of the world.
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As usual, you can find more info at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya_Naito The Other Wiki]].
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** His Tranquilo attitude though is finally starting to get him into trouble. Ever since his loss to Okada at Wrestle Kingdom 12, he doesn't take ANYTHING seriously anymore. While he still sustained a solid singles' record and even beat Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki for the Intercontinental Title (ironically a championship he never wanted and outright ignores now), he has been placed in menial feuds and lost in the first round of the New Japan Cup. But most concerning was his feud with Wrestling/ChrisJericho. Despite being brutally assaulted, not once but TWICE, and Jericho's NJPW history showing that he will attack early and brutally every single appearance he's had, Naito continually treated him as a non-issue. [[RealityEnsues Unsurprisingly it led to Jericho ambushing Naito during Dominion 2018, brutally assaulting him for the third time before the bell rung and leaving Naito in no condition to actually fight back, leading to his inevitable defeat.]]

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** His Tranquilo attitude though is finally starting to get him into trouble. Ever since his loss to Okada at Wrestle Kingdom 12, he doesn't take ANYTHING seriously anymore. While he still sustained a solid singles' record and even beat Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki for the Intercontinental Title (ironically a championship he never wanted and outright ignores now), he has been placed in menial feuds and lost in the first round of the New Japan Cup. But most concerning was his feud with Wrestling/ChrisJericho. Despite being brutally assaulted, not once but TWICE, and Jericho's NJPW history showing that he will attack early and brutally every single appearance he's had, Naito continually treated him as a non-issue. [[RealityEnsues [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Unsurprisingly it led to Jericho ambushing Naito during Dominion 2018, brutally assaulting him for the third time before the bell rung and leaving Naito in no condition to actually fight back, leading to his inevitable defeat.]]

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As of January 5, 2020 [[spoiler: he has become the first ever person to hold both the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships at the same time.]]

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As of January 5, 2020 [[spoiler: he has become the first ever person to hold both the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships at the same time.]]
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Kazuchika Okada. Following the breakup of No Limit Naito's record against him is absolutely awful, only having two wins against him and one of them required his entire stable plus a new member in Sanada to put him away only for Okada to annihilate him with multiple Rainmakers a few months later.
** [[spoiler: Finally put to rest at Wrestle Kingdom 14, becoming the first person to ever take the IWGP Championship away from a defending Okada in the Main Event of Night 2, becoming the first ever Double Champion in the process.]]
* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada without a doubt. Constant losses to Okada, including at Wrestle Kingdom 8, sent him down a dark path especially with Okada's usual arrogance. However once Naito returned from his excursion he returned the favor, defeating Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. There's also Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi, who Naito has never forgiven for having an Intercontinental title challenge voted by fans into the main event of [=WK8=] over his own IWGP Heavyweight title shot against Okada. Also notable, Naito is the only person aside from Tanahashi that is able to get Okada to drop his usual demeanor and flip into outright rage and disdain. The proof being the multitude of deadly Rainmakers Okada decapitated Naito with at ''Dominion'' 2016. As the first man in five years to win the Tokyo Sports Wrestler of the Year award aside from Tanahashi and Okada, as well as the first IWGP Champion in that same time frame aside from them and former Wrestling/BulletClub ace Wrestling/AJStyles, it's clear that Naito has replaced Styles as the third man in their rivalry as well as made it much more heated overall. Furthermore, with Tanahashi's mounting injuries, Okada's historic reign, and Naito's increasing superstardom, it seems Tanahashi has become the clear least of the three, making Okada and Naito the decisive two out of this new rivalry.
** As time has gone on, his mutual hatred of Okada has faded slightly (mainly because the two only ever seem to wrestle each other once or twice every two years), with him focusing more on a [[TheRival competitive rivalry]] with Wrestling/KennyOmega.

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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Kazuchika Okada. Following the breakup of No Limit Naito's record against him is absolutely awful, only having two wins against him and one of them required his entire stable plus a new member in Sanada to put him away only for Okada to annihilate him with multiple Rainmakers a few months later.
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later. [[spoiler: Finally put to rest at Wrestle Kingdom 14, becoming the first person to ever take the IWGP Championship away from a defending Okada in the Main Event of Night 2, becoming the first ever Double Champion in the process.]]
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Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada without a doubt. Constant losses to Okada, including at Wrestle Kingdom 8, sent him down a dark path especially with Okada's usual arrogance. However once Naito returned from his excursion he returned the favor, defeating Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. There's also Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi, who Naito has never forgiven for having an Intercontinental title challenge voted by fans into the main event of [=WK8=] over his own IWGP Heavyweight title shot against Okada. Also notable, Naito is the only person aside from Tanahashi that is able to get Okada to drop his usual demeanor and flip into outright rage and disdain. The proof being the multitude of deadly Rainmakers Okada decapitated Naito with at ''Dominion'' 2016. As the first man in five years to win the Tokyo Sports Wrestler of the Year award aside from Tanahashi and Okada, as well as the first IWGP Champion in that same time frame aside from them and former Wrestling/BulletClub ace Wrestling/AJStyles, it's clear that Naito has replaced Styles as the third man in their rivalry as well as made it much more heated overall. Furthermore, with Tanahashi's mounting injuries, Okada's historic reign, and Naito's increasing superstardom, it seems Tanahashi has become the clear least of the three, making Okada and Naito the decisive two out of this new rivalry.
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rivalry. As time has gone on, his mutual hatred of Okada has faded slightly (mainly because the two only ever seem to wrestle each other once or twice every two years), with him focusing more on a [[TheRival competitive rivalry]] with Wrestling/KennyOmega.



* BreakupBreakout: To say Naito is doing much better then his former No Limit partner Yujiro Takahashi would be a huge understatement.
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After floating around aimlessly for 2 years following that Naito would return to CMLL to join Wrestling/LaSombra's stable ''Los Ingobernables''. Learning from them, he would return to NJPW with a brand new look, and disrespectful attitude and would then form ''Wrestling/LosIngobernablesDeJapon'' with EVIL[[note]]formerly a Young Lion named Takaaki Watanabe who was on excursion to Ring of Honor[[/note]], Bushi and later on, Seiya Sanada (now just [[OnlyOneName Sanada]]), with Hiromu Takahashi[[note]]formerly a Young Lion best known for his time as Kamaitachi in CMLL[[/note]] and Shingo Takagi[[note]]formerly a longtime Wrestling/DragonGate mainstay who was also the first graduate of its dojo[[/note]] joining down the line.

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After floating around aimlessly for 2 years following that Naito would return to CMLL to join Wrestling/LaSombra's stable ''Los Ingobernables''. Learning from them, he would return to NJPW with a brand new look, and disrespectful attitude and would then form ''Wrestling/LosIngobernablesDeJapon'' with EVIL[[note]]formerly Wrestling/{{EVIL}}[[note]]formerly a Young Lion named Takaaki Watanabe who was on excursion to Ring of Honor[[/note]], Bushi and later on, Seiya Sanada (now just [[OnlyOneName Sanada]]), with Hiromu Takahashi[[note]]formerly a Young Lion best known for his time as Kamaitachi in CMLL[[/note]] and Shingo Takagi[[note]]formerly a longtime Wrestling/DragonGate mainstay who was also the first graduate of its dojo[[/note]] joining down the line.



As of January 5th, 2020 [[spoiler: he has become the first ever person to hold both the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships at the same time.]]

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As of January 5th, 5, 2020 [[spoiler: he has become the first ever person to hold both the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships at the same time.]]
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* CharacterTic: You can see it in the pages photo: he tends to adjust his cap by the brim whenever he wears it.

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* CharacterTic: You can see it in the pages page photo: he tends to adjust his cap by the brim whenever he wears it.
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* CharacterTic: You can see it in the pages photo: he tends to adjust his cap by the brim whenever he wears it.
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* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Peppers a lot of Spanish in his taunts, considering his time in Mexico as part of Los Ingornables and his return to NJPW coinciding with his creation of a spin-off faction. He isn't exactly fluent in it as he's needed a translator most of the time, but it's more than serviceable enough.

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* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Peppers a lot of Spanish in his taunts, considering his time in Mexico as part of Los Ingornables and his return to NJPW coinciding with his creation of a spin-off faction. He isn't exactly fluent in it as he's needed a translator most of the time, but it's more than serviceable enough. Many of Naito's signature moves also have Spanish names, including the ''Gloria'', the ''Valentia'', the ''Esperanza'', and his big finisher the ''Destino''.
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** EVIL was the first person Naito recruited into Los Ingobernables de Japon and has effectively been by Naito's side for the better part of four years. But once he won the New Japan Cup, earning him a shot at Naito's Double Titles, he immediately turned on Naito and joined Wrestling/BulletClub and with some help, took the titles from Naito one day later leaving LIJ a solemn mess. Naito would get his revenge a month later however.

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** Through the middle of 2017, they've started to maintain a 1v1 mob war with the newly formed stable, Taguchi Japan (Ryusuke Taguchi, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, Ricochet, KUSHIDA and Michael Elgin) who have taken to mocking LIJ's entrances and attire. Naito himself either doesn't care or actually finds it [[ActuallyPrettyFunny somewhat amusing]]. The rest of the stable however (especially EVIL and Hiromu Takahashi)...not so much.
* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe example. Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada at the least has still not forgotten how their match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship was voted out of the main event at Wrestle Kingdom 8, and rubbed it in Naito's face on November 3, 2019 (over five years later).
* NiceHat: He's become increasingly attached to that Ingobernables baseball cap, sometimes even wearing it in addition to his formal suits.

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** Through the middle of 2017, they've started to maintain a 1v1 mob war with the newly formed stable, Taguchi Japan (Ryusuke Taguchi, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, Ricochet, KUSHIDA and Michael Elgin) who have taken to mocking LIJ's entrances and attire. Naito himself either doesn't care or actually finds it [[ActuallyPrettyFunny somewhat amusing]]. The rest of the stable however (especially EVIL and Hiromu Takahashi)...not so much.
* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe example. Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada at the least has still not forgotten how their match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship was voted out of the main event at Wrestle Kingdom 8, and rubbed it in Naito's face on November 3, 2019 (over five years later).
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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada at the least has still not forgotten how their match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship was voted out of the main event at Wrestle Kingdom 8, and rubbed it in Naito's face on November 3, 2019 (over five years later).
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* TheHeavy: Rush stayed in command of the main Ingobernables, but Naito's splinter has become known to a much wider audience.
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** [[spoiler: became the first man to hold the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental titles at the same time, defeating Okada at Night 2 of Wrestle Kingdom 14 on January 5th, 2020]]

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