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Originally Posted by Noid
Do you think NJPW has too many championships? It's a bit of a gag how many belts there are. If you were to condense the number of accolades in New Japan, which titles do you cull?
I'd keep:
* The IWGP Heavyweight Title. Obviously.
* The IC Title. I think it has successfully been established as an A2 championship. The IC Title is more meaningful to New Japan than the Universal Title is to the WWE, for example. Tanahashi and Nakamura deserve a lot of praise for that, and now Naito makes it look like a big deal.
* The Junior Heavyweight Title. Building around KUSHIDA seems like a smart idea. Maybe Will Ospreay will become something more "dense" and be able to hang in the division. I'm sure there are other guys coming through that can add to this division too. I feel this is where Kenny Omega's niche should be, but many would probably disagree.
* A set of Tag Titles. Probably not the Junior Tag Team Titles, because I feel that they are kind of thrown on two guys and just used in spotfests that people are getting way too used to. Probably just keep the IWGP Tag Titles and move them away from teams that are, well, shit.
* NEVER Openweight Title. You can't always see what they are planning to do with this belt, but that does somewhat make it interesting. At the very least, this can be the mid-card title that the IC belt really isn't.
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I think they do a great job of booking their titles and don't want to see them drop any. Their divisions are a lot more defined than in WWE as well. They use their lower teir titles to progress a talent up the card. I think the number of titles they are at is perfect.
If they were to drop a title I'd say it would be the NEVER Openweight title as Shibata has mentioned the possibility of retiring it recently. They don't need anymore titles though I'll say that.