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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Dec 23, 2023 13:13:05 GMT -5
Maybe the WWE wasn't the 'big-bad' that they were trying to protect themselves from? But who else would have tried to get into Japan with money in an effort to push their own company in an overseas market while taking stars of their company to their platform? There was some smoke about TK buying NJPW but I’ve seen nothing with any solid proof besides “they do Forbidden Door!”
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Post by City Duck on Dec 23, 2023 13:18:14 GMT -5
WAAAAAGNEEEER
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Dec 23, 2023 13:23:10 GMT -5
WAAAAAGNEEEER VOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNUUUUUUUU Why can I actually see Von killing it in Japan?
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Dec 24, 2023 19:14:18 GMT -5
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Post by Gus Richlen: Ruffian on Dec 24, 2023 19:25:58 GMT -5
It’ll be Charlie Dempsey being sent over to challenge the winner of Katsuhiko Nakajima v Kento Miyahara. Dempsey is fun so this could be fun.
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 24, 2023 20:29:53 GMT -5
It be a fun one. Meanwhile wrestling twitter sometimes lol
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Post by darbus alan on Dec 24, 2023 23:27:01 GMT -5
It’ll be Charlie Dempsey being sent over to challenge the winner of Katsuhiko Nakajima v Kento Miyahara. Dempsey is also William Regal's son.
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Post by Legion on Dec 25, 2023 7:16:21 GMT -5
Ah, feels good to see Regal again, even if it is in a tweet video for the Japanese crowd
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Post by Totorob101 on Dec 25, 2023 11:41:30 GMT -5
Its weird how WWE lets some oftheir talent work elsewhere recently yet WWE never seems to want to enter a proper partnership with another company and host some joint events.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Dec 25, 2023 13:29:34 GMT -5
Curious if this means anything for AJPW's stated and long-stalled ambitions for a homegrown women's division/promotion. NXT women's wrestling has enough of a pedigree that being their foreign excursion destination could put more eyes on a product looking for a hook.
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Post by darbus alan on Dec 25, 2023 13:49:37 GMT -5
Sending some of the green-as-grass NXT women on excursion to Japan could be really good for their development, too. Jade Cargill had expressed a lot of interest in a run in Japan, too.
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Post by agent817 on Dec 25, 2023 14:47:48 GMT -5
Let's be honest, there's really only one true Forbidden Door at this point but the day that WWE and AEW work together is the day I sprout wings out my ass and fly to Burbank. I am sure Triple H would be fine with working a show with AEW. The person who would want no part of it is Tony Khan.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Dec 25, 2023 14:50:04 GMT -5
Sending some of the green-as-grass NXT women on excursion to Japan could be really good for their development, too. Jade Cargill had expressed a lot of interest in a run in Japan, too. That'd be kind of an interesting proposition. AJPW had announced intent to work with Ice Ribbon, and NXT wrestlers vs. Ice Ribbon wrestlers would have that effect for sure. Would green NXT women vs. green AJPW women be as much of a benefit for either side besides the name value that NXT is providing? Could, could not, because sometimes the benefit of a foreign excursion is working often with good wrestlers, sometimes the benefit is simply trying to get over under a different set of expectations.
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Post by darbus alan on Dec 25, 2023 17:09:11 GMT -5
Let's be honest, there's really only one true Forbidden Door at this point but the day that WWE and AEW work together is the day I sprout wings out my ass and fly to Burbank. I am sure Triple H would be fine with working a show with AEW. The person who would want no part of it is Tony Khan. Tony Khan has said he's open to it in the past. Dunno about Triple H, though he can be every bit as a megalomaniac as his father in law. Though it's also not entirely his call either, but his bosses' in TKO.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Dec 25, 2023 17:13:37 GMT -5
I am sure Triple H would be fine with working a show with AEW. The person who would want no part of it is Tony Khan. Tony Khan has said he's open to it in the past. Dunno about Triple H, though he can be every bit as a megalomaniac as his father in law. Though it's also not entirely his call either, but his bosses' in TKO. I'd love to watch Tony Khan and HHH argue over who goes over in the matches.
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Post by welshpenguin on Dec 25, 2023 17:37:55 GMT -5
Lexis King is going to become the most popular wrestler in Japan, mark my words. Everyone should have someone who loves them as much as much as you love Lexis King 😋
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