Convoy
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Post by Convoy on Jan 31, 2024 14:39:46 GMT -5
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Post by HIM on Jan 31, 2024 15:39:36 GMT -5
Okada talking Shinsuke like I been saying for a while. He wasn't liking all those posts of his for no reason.
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Mozenrath
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 31, 2024 22:26:37 GMT -5
Sounds like he's been talking to both camps, which, makes total sense. Shinsuke Nakamura and the Young Bucks are friends of his, and both companies are going to be interested, so you'd be an idiot not to send feelers to both.
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Post by Burst on Feb 1, 2024 8:20:36 GMT -5
Welp, that didn't take long, Okada stuff was on PWTees yesterday, completely gone as of this morning.
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Post by Facetious on Feb 11, 2024 12:54:47 GMT -5
{Spoiler}Fightful has confirmed a major free agent’s landing spot, barring some unforeseen catastrophe.
Fightful has learned that legendary New Japan Pro Wrestling star Kazuchika Okada is headed with All Elite Wrestling after leaving NJPW. We’re told that the deal was effectively agreed to in the last couple of weeks, but we haven’t confirmed that pen has been put to paper as we’re told it is being finalized. AEW has been confident that they’d land him for the last several weeks, and even as far back as mid-January.
We haven’t heard firm plans on when Kazuchika Okada is slated for his debut as an AEW-contracted star. However, we’ve heard it’s expected to be after he finishes up his commitments with New Japan Pro Wrestling. There had already been creative ideas for Okada tossed around as of January. We’ve also heard discussion out of Las Vegas this past weekend discussing that the first half of March would be big for the company.
WWE sources that we spoke to in Las Vegas did confirm that there were talks between Okada and WWE. We’ve heard from WWE talent who noted Okada was weighing the pros and cons of heading to WWE compared to AEW. In the end, we’re told that AEW was very confident in their offer to Okada
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Post by callmekc on Feb 11, 2024 13:54:53 GMT -5
{Spoiler}{Spoiler}Fightful has confirmed a major free agent’s landing spot, barring some unforeseen catastrophe.
Fightful has learned that legendary New Japan Pro Wrestling star Kazuchika Okada is headed with All Elite Wrestling after leaving NJPW. We’re told that the deal was effectively agreed to in the last couple of weeks, but we haven’t confirmed that pen has been put to paper as we’re told it is being finalized. AEW has been confident that they’d land him for the last several weeks, and even as far back as mid-January.
We haven’t heard firm plans on when Kazuchika Okada is slated for his debut as an AEW-contracted star. However, we’ve heard it’s expected to be after he finishes up his commitments with New Japan Pro Wrestling. There had already been creative ideas for Okada tossed around as of January. We’ve also heard discussion out of Las Vegas this past weekend discussing that the first half of March would be big for the company.
WWE sources that we spoke to in Las Vegas did confirm that there were talks between Okada and WWE. We’ve heard from WWE talent who noted Okada was weighing the pros and cons of heading to WWE compared to AEW. In the end, we’re told that AEW was very confident in their offer to Okada {Spoiler}Yeah, that seems about right. AEW would pay more. Shame, because this means I can't hope for the Chaos timeline of WWE getting Okada booked in companies outside NJPW in exchange for putting NXT guys in the undercard and having Okada show up only when he's needed. But that was realistically never going to happen, even if WWE did hire him.
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