Kairi Hojo to WWE, Io Shirai staying in Japan (pg7 update)

[Mecca]

Meltz also reported Hojo's paycut to go to the E is pretty significant.

[Dub H]

Jun 22, 2017 13:41:29 GMT -5 Mecca said:

Meltz also reported Hojo's paycut to go to the E is pretty significant.

Yeh I assume these girls receive pretty well in Japan.

I assume most Japanese wrestlers move to WWE for the different experience.

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Jun 22, 2017 7:29:05 GMT -5 Steveweiser said:

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{Spoiler}{Spoiler}Shirai lost the World of Stardom Title to Mayu Iwatani yesterday...

Another Io Shirai update, which could well be cover...

Asuka said something similar about taking an extended sabbatical from joshi and the next month showing up at the NXT Takeover. This is a cover so Stardom doesn't lose more face and fans with both of their top 2 talents leaving within a month of each other.

[Richard]

Backstage at NXT tonight.

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They are going to have a star studded guest section for the Brooklyn Takeover.

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I think the thing that shocked me the most from this entire thread is the fact Asuka is 35. As for Vince cooling off on her because of that? I doubt it. I think the whole age thing has really started to wane especially in recent years when guys in their high 30's to early 40's are basically becoming huge stars for them, and that's the same for some girls too, like Asuka.

Also Asuka isn't the oldest girl on the rosters, Mickie James is by two years, and both are friggen amazing so... yeah, no reason to cool off on Asuka, super good, super over. And if Vince even tries to after they've touted in NXT how she beat Goldbergs Win Streak HHH might take a sledgehammer to his own stepdad

[lookout]

Jun 24, 2017 6:51:56 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

I think the thing that shocked me the most from this entire thread is the fact Asuka is 35. As for Vince cooling off on her because of that? I doubt it. I think the whole age thing has really started to wane especially in recent years when guys in their high 30's to early 40's are basically becoming huge stars for them, and that's the same for some girls too, like Asuka.

Also Asuka isn't the oldest girl on the rosters, Mickie James is by two years, and both are friggen amazing so... yeah, no reason to cool off on Asuka, super good, super over. And if Vince even tries to after they've touted in NXT how she beat Goldbergs Win Streak HHH might take a sledgehammer to his own stepdad

Yeah asuka sure doesnt look her age. Ive always thought She has some of the smoothest looking skin on her face for any age I've ever seen. In her case 35 is just a number and if vince holds that against her he's officially lost his mind....again.

[Final Countdown Jones]

Jun 22, 2017 13:54:11 GMT -5 Dub H said:

Jun 22, 2017 13:41:29 GMT -5 Mecca said:

Meltz also reported Hojo's paycut to go to the E is pretty significant.

Yeh I assume these girls receive pretty well in Japan.

I assume most Japanese wrestlers move to WWE for the different experience.

It's a bit complicated; outside of a very tight few, nobody is coming into NXT making big money. The standard developmental contract isn't huge dollars but is instead just "enough to live on", so if you're coming into wrestling from the indies on a low scale you're doing a bit better and not needing to take on a second job. The big indie names get higher contracts, but it's still a pretty drastic pay cut when you factor in merch and shit, but the trade-off is that even a lowcarder in WWE can still make good money, so once you're on the main roster you find yourself doing a lot better. On that front, only a scant few guys are making such good money that the main roster money wouldn't be huge; the Bucks, Ricochet, a few others, and obviously New Japan's top guys all make that kind of money, but for someone like Hojo, it's a matter of suffering the lower pay now so she can make much better money in a couple years' time.

[Crappler El 0 M]

Meltzer said Shirai's neck injury that she announced at the press conference a couple of days ago is very much legit and that it was WWE medicals in Pittsburgh that discovered it. She won't be starting for quite a while now.

[lildude8218]

"It is being reported that WWE Officials are requesting that Hojo no longer have elbows. She is scheduled to undergo elbow removal surgery prior to her debut."

[Dshuks]

Jun 25, 2017 9:49:00 GMT -5 Crappler El 0 M said:

Meltzer said Shirai's neck injury that she announced at the press conference a couple of days ago is very much legit and that it was WWE medicals in Pittsburgh that discovered it. She won't be starting for quite a while now.

She's already back in Stardom. I'm guessing her neck is bad enough that WWE pulled their offer, and since Stardom and joshi companies in general have no standards they let her come back without thinking/caring about the adverse effects on her long term health. One month is not nearly enough time to recover from a neck injury.

[Crappler El 0 M]

Jul 30, 2017 14:26:39 GMT -5 Dshuks said:

Jun 25, 2017 9:49:00 GMT -5 Crappler El 0 M said:

Meltzer said Shirai's neck injury that she announced at the press conference a couple of days ago is very much legit and that it was WWE medicals in Pittsburgh that discovered it. She won't be starting for quite a while now.

She's already back in Stardom. I'm guessing her neck is bad enough that WWE pulled their offer, and since Stardom and joshi companies in general have no standards they let her come back without thinking/caring about the adverse effects on her long term health. One month is not nearly enough time to recover from a neck injury.

Here's what she wrote on her blog today (translated)

Thanks to a good doctor who cared about my neck, I firmly treated it, and of course I got goin-in. And it's not only I will come back.

The WWE deal was on the table once she took care of her neck. I worry that she didn't get the best treatment, and just took the Tanahashi approach and returned to Stardom as soon as possible. Of course maybe she is okay and is just finishing up with Stardom.

[Dshuks]

Jul 30, 2017 14:33:35 GMT -5 Crappler El 0 M said:

Jul 30, 2017 14:26:39 GMT -5 Dshuks said:

She's already back in Stardom. I'm guessing her neck is bad enough that WWE pulled their offer, and since Stardom and joshi companies in general have no standards they let her come back without thinking/caring about the adverse effects on her long term health. One month is not nearly enough time to recover from a neck injury.

Here's what she wrote on her blog today (translated)

Thanks to a good doctor who cared about my neck, I firmly treated it, and of course I got goin-in. And it's not only I will come back.

The WWE deal was on the table once she took care of her neck. I worry that she didn't get the best treatment, and just took the Tanahashi approach and returned to Stardom as soon as possible. Of course maybe she is okay and is just finishing up with Stardom.

Stardom's English pr dude on reddit basically inferred she's staying. So i'm guessing WWE told her that her neck was too messed up or they wanted her to have surgery or take more time off and she just isn't willing to do that.

[froggyfrog]

Doubt Shirai is in Stardom for anything longer than a Summer of Punk type run

[Crappler El 0 M]

Jul 30, 2017 14:55:06 GMT -5 Dshuks said:

Jul 30, 2017 14:33:35 GMT -5 Crappler El 0 M said:

Here's what she wrote on her blog today (translated)
The WWE deal was on the table once she took care of her neck. I worry that she didn't get the best treatment, and just took the Tanahashi approach and returned to Stardom as soon as possible. Of course maybe she is okay and is just finishing up with Stardom.

Stardom's English pr dude on reddit basically inferred she's staying. So i'm guessing WWE told her that her neck was too messed up or they wanted her to have surgery or take more time off and she just isn't willing to do that. or maybe she just wants to get married and have kids which seems to be most japanese women's main goal in life.

I think this is a strong possibility. I just hope she's not f***ing up her neck.

[Crappler El 0 M]

Wouldn't be surprised if she has decided not to go or if WWE has decided to pull the deal.

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Latest from the Observer states that WWE pulled the deal after concern over the neck issues they found in the medical tests.

She contacted Rossy Ogawa and Stardom on 7/28 and said that she was ready to return full-time. Nobody has publicly said WWE changed their minds at bringing her in, but obviously that is what happened. The phraseology being used for Japan is that she got some bad news and told Ogawa she was ready to come back. Nobody has directly said that WWE decided against offering her a contract due to her neck issues that they found in her physicals, but they had stalled on offering her a contract months ago when they found out about the injury while she did her medicals in the U.S. After she did her medicals, WWE wanted her to take time off to rehab her neck. She did that and was just cleared by doctors to return to the ring after her therapy. Then WWE seemingly decided against offering her the deal. While every case is different, WWE has had a general rule of not wanting to bring in new talent that either has concussion issues or neck issues.

[Crappler El 0 M]

That's what I expected to hear.

[Bungle]

What about Kairi prior concussion issues then?


I think Io is still coming.

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I'd say it doesnt hurt WWE if Io doesnt come in right now as I think a ton of talent is gonna be signed from the Mae Young Classic thats gonna really fill out NXT and the Main Rosters by means of call ups.