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[Gryphon]

Gonna be an interesting 2019. Impact is on uneasy ground, AEW is getting up and running, NJPW is still expanding and WWE is getting new leadership since Vince is retiring this year

[Sub-Zero MKA]

Gonna be an interesting 2019. Impact is on uneasy ground, AEW is getting up and running, NJPW is still expanding and WWE is getting new leadership since Vince is retiring this year

Wait, Vince is retiring?

[Gryphon]

Wait, Vince is retiring?

Its not officially but that's the word going around. He is 73 and wants to also work on the XFL which is launching next year. He needs to devote himself fulltime to that. So the word is that after Mania, Vince is stepping down in favour of hhh

[Sub-Zero MKA]

Its not officially but that's the word going around. He is 73 and wants to also work on the XFL which is launching next year. He needs to devote himself fulltime to that. So the word is that after Mania, Vince is stepping down in favour of hhh

Alright. I'm not getting my hopes up until Vince himself says so, though.

[Angelo2113]

I think Omega is confirming that he's leaving New Japan... so I guess that leaves either AEW or the WWE.

AEW is probably more likely, but part of me is still hoping he shows up at the Rumble. We'll see.

For some reason, I'm leaning towards the belief that it's a work.

If it's not a work, and...

He signs with AEW, he's going to draw a lot of people in for the company but will take a long time for it to be in a strong place within the professional wrestling community.

He signs with WWE, he'll be WWE Champion within a year and a half.

Its not officially but that's the word going around. He is 73 and wants to also work on the XFL which is launching next year. He needs to devote himself fulltime to that. So the word is that after Mania, Vince is stepping down in favour of hhh

Vince will never retire from WWE. It may seem like Triple H will have control but Vince will still have an input and it will be felt.

[XPac]

For some reason, I'm leaning towards the belief that it's a work.

If it's not a work, and...

He signs with AEW, he's going to draw a lot of people in for the company but will take a long time for it to be in a strong place within the professional wrestling community.

He signs with WWE, he'll be WWE Champion within a year and a half.



Vince will never retire from WWE. It may seem like Triple H will have control but Vince will still have an input and it will be felt.

If Omega signs with the WWE, I'm actually wondering if he won't win the Rumble and go on to challenge Daniel Bryan at Wrestlemania. If he's really being offered 3.5 mill a year, they might wanna get their money's worth right out of the gate.

[GozertheGozarian]

Omega lives in Japan and prefers working there, so I think he takes the Ibushi route and stays a free agent.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Gonna be an interesting 2019. Impact is on uneasy ground, AEW is getting up and running, NJPW is still expanding and WWE is getting new leadership since Vince is retiring this year

Its not officially but that's the word going around. He is 73 and wants to also work on the XFL which is launching next year. He needs to devote himself fulltime to that. So the word is that after Mania, Vince is stepping down in favour of hhh

Alright. I'm not getting my hopes up until Vince himself says so, though.

While Impact isn't on POP and the bigger channel...again it has to be said a report was Anthem has a better deal in place with Pursuit channel and will earn more for TV ad time. That is why that move seemingly happened.

As far as Vince goes ...WWE is his heart and soul and will be til he dies. He's only taking time away to do XFL launch to hope it doesn't fail like last time. But at the end of the day he'll return and I'd imagine unless he gets support from the NFL ...the XFL will die yet again.

[Immortal Weapon]

Kushida is leaving New Japan at the end of the month. WWE is interested in signing him. Would be cool to see him on 205.

[XPac]

Kushida is leaving New Japan at the end of the month. WWE is interested in signing him. Would be cool to see him on 205.

They probably should debut him in NXT first.

The NXT crowd seems to know who everyone is, and will pop for debuts and make a big deal out of it. 205 Live crowd might sort of be hit and miss. Since Japanesse wrestling is bigger now he might still get a big reaction, but in NXT I think it's more a guranteed thing.

Or the Cruiser weight classic, since that's essentially the NXT crowd.

[Immortal Weapon]

Welp, Kenny Omega announced his departure from New Japan. How he's leaving makes me think it's a work. We'll see.

[XPac]

Gonna be an interesting 2019. Impact is on uneasy ground, AEW is getting up and running, NJPW is still expanding and WWE is getting new leadership since Vince is retiring this year

I wonder if AEW will end up helping or hurting their expsnsion. In the last year or so, they put a lot of their focus on Omega and the Elite. But if they end up with a good working relationship with AEW it may not matter.

[BeastieRunner]

Welp, Kenny Omega announced his departure from New Japan. How he's leaving makes me think it's a work. We'll see.

Tokyo Sports says he's gone. He's entertaining bids from AEW and WWE. He said he wants to go where he'll be happy and laid groundwork for a Tana rematch ... soo ... I half wonder if Omega is using this to push AEW's profile and they enter a working agreement with NJPW? Kayfabe is still a thing in Japan so it's hard to tell.

AEW is in another bidding war with Impact for Pentagon and Fenix. I guess that means we will see who is the bigger deal for them to sign.

Other Omega articles on MAINSTREAM news:
New York Post: Kenny Omega is wrestling’s biggest free agent — and WWE has a challenger. They translate his Tokyo SPorts interview I posted up there.

SI: Kenny Omega Confirms He Will Leave New Japan Pro Wrestling.

Bleacher: Kenny Omega Announces He's Leaving NJPW After Wrestle Kingdom 13 Loss.

This amount of outside-the-norm coverage is good for wrestling. Hopefully it starts to peak alternatives.

[Immortal Weapon]

Tokyo Sports says he's gone. He's entertaining bids from AEW and WWE. He said he wants to go where he'll be happy and laid groundwork for a Tana rematch ... soo ... I half wonder if Omega is using this to push AEW's profile and they enter a working agreement with NJPW? Kayfabe is still a thing in Japan so it's hard to tell.

AEW is in another bidding war with Impact for Pentagon and Fenix. I guess that means we will see who is the bigger deal for them to sign.

Other Omega articles on MAINSTREAM news:
New York Post: Kenny Omega is wrestling’s biggest free agent — and WWE has a challenger. They translate his Tokyo SPorts interview I posted up there.

SI: Kenny Omega Confirms He Will Leave New Japan Pro Wrestling.

Bleacher: Kenny Omega Announces He's Leaving NJPW After Wrestle Kingdom 13 Loss.

This amount of outside-the-norm coverage is good for wrestling. Hopefully it starts to peak alternatives.

What makes me think it's a work is that Kenny leaving falls in line with the story of his feud with Tanahashi. With the Elite gone and Tanahashi ideology reigning surpreme Kenny feels there isn't a place for him in New Japan anymore. The mainstream media sources reporting on it does hamper that.

[master of read]

in a move that surprises no one, SCU has signed with AEW.