Tetsuya Naito
On January 4, 2014 at Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome, Okada defeated Naito for his seventh successful title defense. Later in the main event, Nakamura lost the IWGP Intercontinental Championship to Hiroshi Tanahashi. At The New Beginning in Osaka, Ishii defeated Tetsuya Naito to win the become the third NEVER Openweight Champion, winning his first title in NJPW.