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Post by Mister Pigwell on Oct 17, 2019 0:46:03 GMT -5
Might not be full integration because they're looking to sell it off later, or at least keep that avenue open.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2019 0:50:15 GMT -5
I don't know why the possibility of joshi wrestlers on foreign tours is even being mentioned. What's it going to take to convince the NJPW executives that we just want New Japan wrestlers having New Japan matches?? 😂
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Post by AwamoriRock on Oct 17, 2019 0:57:41 GMT -5
I don't know why the possibility of joshi wrestlers on foreign tours is even being mentioned. What's it going to take to convince the NJPW executives that we just want New Japan wrestlers having New Japan matches?? 😂 I think it's being mentioned because of the ROH connection.
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Post by AwamoriRock on Oct 17, 2019 2:53:05 GMT -5
Stardom wrestlers on Terrace House, wow.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Oct 17, 2019 5:16:20 GMT -5
I don't know how this might change things for Stardom, at least for the next few months. I would guess there will be no more using WWE/NXT women (Toni Storm, Viper/Piper Niven, and Xia Brookside). I wouldn't expect anything to change for Natsu Sumire and Kaori Yoneyama. I'd guess they would still be willing to work with them as often as they do. As for Riho and Bea, I don't see any change there either, though their travel schedules might be very busy over the next year.
You might see a bit more unwillingness for other joshi companies to work with Stardom and vice versa. Stardom doesn't work that often with other companies, but last year they helped out Marvelous and allowed Mayu Iwatani to work Marvelous's first show in Korakuen Hall, which was set-up by Chigusa Nagayo and Takumi Iroha showing up at a Stardom show. Takumi Iroha (originally from Stardom) and Rin Kadokura from Marvelous have worked a few Stardom shows. Last year Stardom's Kagetsu worked a Korakuen Hall show for Sendai Girls' (her former promotion) and Meiko Satomura used to work a few big Stardom shows, but hasn't since early 2018. I don't expect them to work with each other going forward, except perhaps allowing wrestlers to appear on special shows like retirement shows or anniversary shows.
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Post by HMARK Center on Oct 17, 2019 5:55:58 GMT -5
No STARDOM on NJPW World seems like a bit of a weird move, given you'd figure it'd make the streaming service more enticing. Seems like the issue is which TV networks are involved in supporting/backing each streaming service; each service has a rival network behind it, so getting them to come together to allow either promotion to stream the other's material, or even just make it a joint venture, seems impossible for the moment. I still hope they figure out some kind of way to make each more accessible as a tandem deal, but for now it seems like it'll be kept separate.
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Post by eJm on Oct 17, 2019 6:00:00 GMT -5
No STARDOM on NJPW World seems like a bit of a weird move, given you'd figure it'd make the streaming service more enticing. Seems like the issue is which TV networks are involved in supporting/backing each streaming service; each service has a rival network behind it, so getting them to come together to allow either promotion to stream the other's material, or even just make it a joint venture, seems impossible for the moment. I still hope they figure out some kind of way to make each more accessible as a tandem deal, but for now it seems like it'll be kept separate. Also doesn't help that streaming hasn't kicked off the same way in Japan that it has internationally so building the infrastructure right now doesn't really make sense.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Oct 17, 2019 8:10:21 GMT -5
Meltz reporting that WWE also made an offer.
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Post by Steveweiser on Oct 17, 2019 9:07:18 GMT -5
I had heard that WWE expressed an interest with regards to finding female talent for NXT Japan, but that's been rejected. Can see with this arrangement that it's the last we've seen of Toni Storm and the like in STARDOM.
I wouldn't be surprised if STARDOM talent ended up on US and UK NJPW shows - EVE had Mayu, Kagetsu, Utami and Arisa for three shows in June, maybe this allows for more to make the trip at certain times.
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Post by Macho Pichu on Oct 17, 2019 9:12:29 GMT -5
I've heard pro wrestling described as a soap opera for men and anime for rednecks. I'm not sure about the "men" and "rednecks" parts, but the fact that WWE is written by soap opera writers and a growing number of Japanese promotions are owned by an anime company does lead credence to this theory.
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Post by Fundertaker on Oct 17, 2019 9:29:38 GMT -5
I've heard pro wrestling described as a soap opera for men and anime for rednecks. I'm not sure about the "men" and "rednecks" parts, but the fact that WWE is written by soap opera writers and a growing number of Japanese promotions are owned by an anime company does lead credence to this theory. Bushiroad is actually a card game company. They just hire studios to make anime to promote their card games.
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Post by Dub H on Oct 17, 2019 18:39:09 GMT -5
Apparently,according to Fumi Saito ,WWE tried to buy stardom too.But they got rejected because they had no plan.
They WWE offered Rossy, the head of STARDOM , a spot in the Hall of Fame if they sold stardom.
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Post by chrom on Oct 17, 2019 18:44:56 GMT -5
Apparently,according to Fumi Saito ,WWE tried to buy stardom too.But they got rejected because they had no plan. They WWE offered Rossy, the head of STARDOM , a spot in the Hall of Fame if they sold stardom. So they literally had zero plans on how to use the promotion and talent there? I trust it was the same with NOAH as well This is why NXT: Japan would fail.
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Post by AwamoriRock on Oct 17, 2019 18:57:18 GMT -5
Apparently,according to Fumi Saito ,WWE tried to buy stardom too.But they got rejected because they had no plan. They WWE offered Rossy, the head of STARDOM , a spot in the Hall of Fame if they sold stardom. So they literally had zero plans on how to use the promotion and talent there? I trust it was the same with NOAH as well This is why NXT: Japan would fail. Rossy reportedly asked who would run NXT Japan and what would happen to his roster and WWE had no answer.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Oct 17, 2019 19:10:02 GMT -5
For the record, Fumi has been a longtime writer for Japanese wrestling magazines, and he is a friend of Rossy Ogawa. He hosts a podcast for the Observer website. He did the English language commentary for Stardom's New York show for the Fite broadcast.
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Post by Dub H on Oct 17, 2019 19:17:32 GMT -5
So they literally had zero plans on how to use the promotion and talent there? I trust it was the same with NOAH as well This is why NXT: Japan would fail. Rossy reportedly asked who would run NXT Japan and what would happen to his roster and WWE had no answer. WWE was basically: "We want you to sell it.We have a shitton of money" Rossy: So,what you plan on doing with it? "...does it matter? did you not hear the part of a shitton of money?"
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Post by Yamashita Enforcement Division on Oct 17, 2019 19:29:22 GMT -5
Rossy reportedly asked who would run NXT Japan and what would happen to his roster and WWE had no answer. WWE was basically: "We want you to sell it.We have a shitton of money" Rossy: So,what you plan on doing with it? "...does it matter? did you not hear the part of a shitton of money?" Correction, their response was "We'll put in you the hall of fame."
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Post by Cyno on Oct 17, 2019 19:46:34 GMT -5
"Ok, so no plan, but you'll give me money and a random Hall of Fame induction in a country where no one has any idea who I am? Yeah no."
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Post by Dub H on Oct 17, 2019 19:58:38 GMT -5
"Ok, so no plan, but you'll give me money and a random Hall of Fame induction in a country where no one has any idea who I am? Yeah no." I can see the point of a business man "As soon you sell it is not your problem anymore,why would you care what happens to it?". Some people don't understand wanting to see what you created not be destroyed.Or the people that worked there mistreated
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Post by chrom on Oct 17, 2019 20:43:01 GMT -5
"Ok, so no plan, but you'll give me money and a random Hall of Fame induction in a country where no one has any idea who I am? Yeah no." I can see the point of a business man "As soon you sell it is not your problem anymore,why would you care what happens to it?". Some people don't understand wanting to see what you created not be destroyed.Or the people that worked there mistreated For all he knew, WWE was gonna shut it down so to add the footage to their archives and put people there out of work.
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