Breaking Kazuchika Okada to leave New Japan Pro Wrestling

[mitamaking]

Kazuchika Okada to leave New Japan Pro-Wrestling | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING

Thank you for supporting New Japan Pro-Wrestling.Kazuchika Okada will be leaving New Japan Pro-Wrestling after the conclusion of his contract on January 31 2024. We apologise to fans for the abrupt nature of this announcement, but join them in w...

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This legit may be the biggest new out of Japanese wrestling in years. I am surprised to see him leaving New Japan and the tone of the article makes me think he is going to WWE instead of AEW.

 

[makoncrayley]

It's pretty fucking nuts. New Japan's gonna need to shake things up huge to fill the gap.

 

[CrusherMania1592]

Well damn this is a big one

Brings up who will now lead CHAOS and who will step into the world title picture. The same for United Empire with Ospreay leaving too

 

[makoncrayley]

Brings up who will now lead CHAOS and who will step into the world title picture.

Hopefully nobody, let CHAOS fucking die.

 

[AWSMan]

Hopefully nobody, let CHAOS fucking die.

Yeah, that faction���s served no purpose ever since Shin left. They’re already basically merged with the main unit.

With Ospreay and apparently Tonga leaving too, Nooj is fucked. Time to pull the trigger on Shingo leading a coup to take over LIJ and make it into his own heel faction. His justification can be that Naito didn’t invite any of them out there for his big Wrestle Kingdom roll call, even though it was their names being called. What sense does that even make?!

 

[makoncrayley]

Yeah, that faction’s served no purpose ever since Shin left. They’re already basically merged with the main unit.

With Ospreay and apparently Tonga leaving too, Nooj is fucked. Time to pull the trigger on Shingo leading a coup to take over LIJ and make it into his own heel faction.

Nah don't have Shingo take over LIJ, have him form his own faction with Tsuji, Goto, Ishii and maybe one more cool fucker (maybe Desperado).

 

[AWSMan]

Nah don't have Shingo take over LIJ, have him form his own faction with Tsuji, Goto, Ishii and maybe one more cool fucker (maybe Desperado).

They wouldn’t stay LIJ, obviously he’d rename it after he took over, and then could add new members. Hiromu would leave, probably Titan too.

Goto turning heel at this point would be weird, he’s too joined at the hip with Yoshi.

 

[AnimeKing2009]

Kazuchika Okada to leave New Japan Pro-Wrestling | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING

Thank you for supporting New Japan Pro-Wrestling.Kazuchika Okada will be leaving New Japan Pro-Wrestling after the conclusion of his contract on January 31 2024. We apologise to fans for the abrupt nature of this announcement, but join them in w...

www.njpw1972.com

This legit may be the biggest new out of Japanese wrestling in years. I am surprised to see him leaving New Japan and the tone of the article makes me think he is going to WWE instead of AEW.

That is where i would rather he go. I mean what would he do in AEW. he wrestled bryan twice already and worked forbidden door against others. And with AEW's wonky booking he would be a after thought in a few weeks to a month of going there. With WWE there is more potential to be had with tons of matches and to become a much bigger star. AEW has a glass ceiling that they have already hit for viewers. And without serious change that company wont grow no matter who they sign.

 

[AWSMan]

Yeah, I’m much more interested in seeing what WWE would do with him. I feel like he’d be used like a slightly more high profile Takeshita in AEW, which feels like a massive waste. With WWE, I have no real idea what to expect or how fans would react to him. Maybe he’d turn into another Nakamura (and maybe that’s what he wants at this point rather than having to carry a promotion), but maybe he’d be the first Japanese import to truly be used as a top star. Under the Haitch booking era, that at least feels like a possibility.

 

[TrailBlazerDude]

I hear Okada always wanted a Wrestlemania match, so maybe that finally happens.

AEW has so many new toys that still haven’t been used to their potential, so I do think Okada would get lost in the shuffle.

 

[CrusherMania1592]

I hear Okada always wanted a Wrestlemania match, so maybe that finally happens.

AEW has so many new toys that still haven’t been used to their potential, so I do think Okada would get lost in the shuffle.

This is why Tony needs to cut half of the roster to properly use them

But he does not know how to use the toys