EJ! Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 AEW or WWE https://twitter.com/reasonjp/status/1082105491776360448?s=21 or this is a big troll and he re-signs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fight Me. Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 If the entire Elite is gone gone from New Japan, I'm surprised there was no send off at New Year's Dash for any of them. Guess new management doesn't give a *Censored* about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJ! Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 KUSHIDA is also gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fight Me. Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 WHAT? Wow, that might be more shocking. Just read about Okada and Naito's deals coming up at the end of the month too. Idk while they may be unhappy with new management, I just don't see any of them leaving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb ★ Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Yeah apparently WWE has their eyes on KUSHIDA But yeah kinda underwhelming that there was no New Year's Dash send off at all for The Elite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fight Me. Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Iizuka, the crazy guy from Suzukigun with the glove, is retiring. Thought his reappearance at New Year Dash was random, but perhaps that was his sendoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchbox Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 WHAT? Wow, that might be more shocking. Just read about Okada and Naito's deals coming up at the end of the month too. Idk while they may be unhappy with new management, I just don't see any of them leaving. Didn't Natio turn down WWE in favor of NJPW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niffan Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Naito has stated several times that he is not interested in WWE at all, and I felt that was well conveyed in his feud with Jericho, where he kept mocking him for being an international superstar. Okada is loyal to New Japan as well, they havent built him up just to let him slip away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey D. Jiggy Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Naito has had dinner meetings with WWE officials, just to slip out from the back and leave them with the bill. Would say that's unlikely. Btw, Ibushi has a concussion. So that elbow Ospreay did, wasn't all show. Gives him an edge though, as the NEVER Openweight Champion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willows Way Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 KUSHIDA leaving is super shocking tbh. Hes one of the guys i thought wouldnt leave NJPW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mani-Man Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Yeah, i would be less shocked about naito or okada or someone else...but you never thought KUSHIDA would leave. It makes sense for him to see if he can reach higher, but still...you never expected him to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The D Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 The roster feels kinda' thin right now with not many Japanese guys coming up through the ranks. I guess the biggest news out of New Years Dash was that Yujiro and Chase Owens are back in Bullet Club. After WK13 I think we all assumed that it would be Jay White chasing the IWGP Title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey D. Jiggy Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 At least now we have Chase and Yujiro back with Fale. They're his boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motown Saint Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Yeah the one he murdered Ibushi with at the end. Holy shit ive never seen or heard anything like that before Yeah. He's used that a few times. He actually gave the move a name today: "The Hidden Blade." A possible Assassin's Creed referance. The roster feels kinda' thin right now with not many Japanese guys coming up through the ranks. I guess the biggest news out of New Years Dash was that Yujiro and Chase Owens are back in Bullet Club. After WK13 I think we all assumed that it would be Jay White chasing the IWGP Title Agreed. It feels like they're going through a bit of a transition period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb ★ Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 https://twitter.com/judekilgour/status/1082113831177019392?s=19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchbox Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Im thinking he takes a short break, returns for the New Japan Cup wins and headlines MSG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 Kenny was always going to end up in WWE. Even if he goes to AEW first, he will be in WWE at some point. I'm sure of it. And as for NJPW in general...I don't know how they're gonna hold up with all that's going on. Kushida was more of a shock than anything else. I mean...they've still got a handful of guys that I'm interested in. Suzuki, Juice, Bulldog, Naito, Switchblade, Okada, Ibushi...but, I guess that's about it. Ibushi is out of action for a while. And then you've got guys like Shibata and Takahashi who our still out of action. It's just a mess. It's going to be the Tanahashi and Okada show for a while. They need to sign some new people. They need to make some moves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchbox Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 Honestly after the year he had im all for Okada Redemption 2k19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 I don't have anything against Okada at all...but, it takes more than one big name to keep a company going strong. Who is he gonna feud with? EVIL and Yano? All the respect in the world to Naito, Tanahashi, and Okada. But...we've seen it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
вrаndоn. Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 Rumors circulating that Omega has chosen AEW over WWE. If true, not surprised. Happy for him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGPLX. Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 Reckon Sanada will be getting a huge push soon. He's been over for a while and this could be the time he properly goes into the main event. Also, I've got a feeling Jericho could be in the NJ Cup, and could even win it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niffan Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 As long as he shaves that godawful bleached goatee, then I am all for it. Rumors circulating that Omega has chosen AEW over WWE. If true, not surprised. Happy for him! Honestly I am not surprised. It makes a lot of sense. He is a Japanese citizen and is unlikely to leave Japan. I imagine that his commitments with AEW will allow him to stay in Japan for the majority of the time. I only see Omega becoming a big event/PPV attraction with a very limited schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGPLX. Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 But if he's left NJPW, he surely wouldn't be in Japan? Regardless of it's WWE or AEW he signs with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGION Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 But if he's left NJPW, he surely wouldn't be in Japan? Regardless of it's WWE or AEW he signs with. He's a Japanese citizen and lives there. And who knows? Maybe the AEW contracts allow him to work for the Japanese indies again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niffan Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 I imagine he would fly out to American AEW shows once or twice a month at maximum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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