NXT Japan is coming
https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/20...cuss-a-650685/
I'm curious who WWE can get for NXT Japan. They'll have to partner with small promotion like NOAH and All Japan to get off the ground. They'll definitely need some freelance veterans to run things.
K-DOJO is already talent sharing with All Japan, DG, and Michinoku Pro.
Tajiri is with All Japan.
Unless AJPW plans on selling to Vince, I don't see those 4 going with NXT Japan. At least not right away unless those agreements are done. DG and NOAH are like what TNA or ROH are to WWE in Japan. Inoki might be the only major promotion to help Vince. Long-shot to NOAH.
WWE probably talked to W-1, DDT, Dradition, Zero1, Basara, and/or Secret Base since those have more current connections with current NXT/WWE roster & staff. Joshi ... who knows? They're bit all over the map.
Although I recently read that Secret Base, Gurentai, and Real Japan have worked out an agreement with somebody, which I assumed to mean AEW. Maybe it's one of those.
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"Always listen to the crazy scientist with a weird van or armful of blueprints and diagrams." -- Vibranium
If need be, they could probably just use some main roster and nxt talent like Nakamura, the Club, and Kairi to help prop up Japan until they can get something going. Nxt taping I think are only like once a month, so its doable to do a bit of double duty in the short term.
Stephanie vs Becky has been discussed for Summerslam
"What's that darn referee Armstrong doing out there?!"
WWE really does not need to play Montreal 2.0 when they already have Austin 2.0 going on.
That will force fans to leave and be terrible for Rhonda. Montreal 2.0 only works with Rhonda punching the shit out of Steph. Becky's not leaving ...
They really need to do something different.
Giving the women recycled men's storylines is garbage.
"Always listen to the crazy scientist with a weird van or armful of blueprints and diagrams." -- Vibranium
This would probably be a bad idea:
1. If it means that Becky might lose at Mania, then that'd be the stupidest freaking thing that they could possibly do.
2. If Becky can beat Charlotte, go toe to toe with Asuka and BARELY lose, and (hopefully) beat Ronda, then no way should Stephanie be any match for her.
3. If this is meant to be Austin vs. McMahon, Vince was willing to look like a fool, let Austin get the better of him constantly and in many different ways. Stephanie hasn't shown that she's willing to commit to that, heck even this week she didn't sell much of Becky's speech AND she had to get that last shot in on Becky's knee.
4. Etc.