Kazuchika Okada Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth, Family

Okada then entered the 2018 G1 Climax, where he finished with a record of six wins, one draw and two losses, exactly the same as the previous year's event, failing to advance to the finals. The event saw a change of image for Okada following the defeat by Omega, with his hair dyed red and portraying an indifferent attitude. This caused him to lose his first two matches against Jay White and Bad Luck Fale, although he would go on to the win the rest of the matches in his block, until the last one; another 30-minute time limit draw against Tanahashi. At the 2018 G1 Climax Finals, Okada parted ways with his longtime manager Gedo. Unsatisfied by their draw in the G1, Tanahashi opted to defend the contract for his Wrestle Kingdom 13 title shot against Okada. On September 23 at Destruction in Kobe, Okada was defeated by Tanahashi. Afterwards, he was attacked by Jay White before Gedo, his former manager, came out seemingly to stop him, only to betray Okada by hitting him in the back with a chair. This led to a match between White and Okada at Wrestle Kingdom 13, where he was defeated. In March, Okada competed in the New Japan Cup. He would defeat Michael Elgin in Round 1, and fellow Chaos members Mikey Nicholls, Will Ospreay, and Tomohiro Ishii in Round 2, the Quarterfinals, and Semi-Finals, respectively. He would go on to defeat Sanada in the finals of the tournament and win his second New Japan Cup. In doing so, he won the opportunity to challenge Jay White at New Japan/Ring of Honor joint show, G1 Supercard, for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. At the event on April 6, Okada defeated White to win the title for the fifth time. Okada then would successfully defend his title against Sanada on the second night of the Wrestling Dontaku 2019 event. Then, Okada would successfully defend his title against Chris Jericho at Dominion 6.9 for his second title defense. At Royal Quest, Okada would successfully defeat Minoru Suzuki for his third title defence, subsequently going on retain the title again at King of Pro Wrestling vs Sanada which would set up a title match with G1 Climax winner Kota Ibushi at Wrestle Kingdom 14. On the first night of the two-day event, Okada would retain the Championship against Ibushi, enabling him to advance to the Double Gold Dash Title-For-Title Match on Night 2, where Okada's fifth reign was ended by IWGP Intercontinental Champion Tetsuya Naito. Okada would then enter into a feud with Taichi, where at The New Beginning in Sapporo night 2, Okada would defeat Taichi. Okada was then announced to be facing Jay White in the first round of the New Japan Cup 2020, however due to the 19-20 Coronavirus Pandemic all New Japan Cup and further New Japan events were cancelled.

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