NWA World Embarassement

The NWA needs to stop loaning out its belts to New Japan.  I know it is good international exposure, but it is really going badly.  At first they did it with Kojima, who is past his prime, but only a year or two removed from main event status.  They made that belt change hands at Wrestle Kingdom, the biggest wrestling show outside of WrestleMania.  They then defended the belt over and over on every major program that New Japan had until Kojima came to the states and dropped the title.

Conway went back and this time dropped it at a lesser event, and the belt has been almost inactive on Tenzan.  Brian Wilcott did take a shot at the belt, but it was on a minor build up show as was the Kojima vs. Tenzan title shot.  It is absent from major shows.  New Japan basically did the same thing with the World Junior title, but at least that one has already been handed back, and Steve Anthony beat Liger clean in Japan for the rematch.

This is beyond embarrassing for the company right now.  You want to know where Tenzan stands in the company of New Japan look no further than what is going on in the G1 Climax series.  Tenzan is in it at least so he is in the top 16 of the company.  But Tenzan has only won one match so far.  He did main event one of the shows, but that was because he was in with Tanahashi, the main draw for New Japan.  Yes, Tenzan lost that match.  He just lost to Bad Luck Fale.  This means Tenzan is not really a contender for any of the New Japan belts.  He is an aging guy you can throw into a 16 man tournament and he can give you decent matches, but also be the guy who gets pinned. 

Let me make it crystal clear.  The NWA World Heavyweight Champion has now been pinned in his last 3 singles matches.  No funny business.  Just straight up losses.  Tenzan now has more losses as the champ than he does successful title defenses. 

He is coming at the end of August to America, and will probably drop the belt to someone while here.  It is time for the NWA to let the belt stay here in America for a long time.  Don't go back to New Japan and let them bury the company by burying the belt.