^Why would they be reluctant to pull the trigger on Naito if he was champion already? In hindsight, I think it seems clear his loss at WK was to further cement Okada's reign, reaching 2 years, while also adding another notch to Naito's WK losses. Thing is, a Naito Omega WK main event is great, they definitely have better chemistry than Naito and Okada as their own trilogy of matches has been incredible. But if so, whom would Okada face at WK? White? Jericho? And what about Ibushi, Tanahashi or Suzuki? Every option is on the table
All that being said, Naito has a tough road to get to the final with Sanada (and there's a story brewing there) and ZSJ plus the fact that he can't finish on the same points with Ibushi or Omega (draw coming up? Where would that leave them?)