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Fightful: Kazuchika Okada is headed to AEW and is expected to sign soon


Fightful: Kazuchika Okada is headed to AEW and is expected to sign soon

by BigBanEvader

40 comments

  1. Worst place to go. TK doesn’t know how to book. Look at what they’ve done to Jay White. Okada would have been better going WWE at this point imo.

  2. I guess it’s better than him to go to WWE from a strictly corporate NJPW perspective. Since he will be able to appear on some NJPW shows. Though it’s possible that WWE would have permitted it, Nakamura got to go to NOAH, and Dempsey went to AJPW.

    But as a fan of Okada, him going to WWE would have been more interesting. I feel like his “aura” will be evaporated within a month or so.

  3. Honestly thought he would never leave. I hope he excels in AEW but now I’m hype to see who rises to the top. Watching Shota rise will be great but can’t wait to see dudes like Yuya & Yota challenge for it. I’m not as big on ZSJ getting moved into the main event as others are but everything should be fun.

  4. Ugh, I don’t watch WWE but the possibility of Okada at Wrestlemania or in a marquee match vs Reigns, Rollins or Gunther is far more appealing than anything AEW could do.

  5. It’s gonna be interesting either way. I don’t think him going to WWE was gonna ruin his career. Hell with Hunter running the show, I feel like they would’ve done him right. I just pray to god Tony uses him properly.

  6. FEEDER…SYSTEM

    Should have just took the shot and gone to the WWE instead of the same lame shit in AEW. Okada doing stupid shit with the Best Friends and Orange Cassidy in front on 1500 fans is the stupid and safe route. But I think WWE is at a point were there so hot and their development system is so good they don’t need to splurge on people like Okada and Sasha. But hopefully Jay White gets the fuck out of AEW though, what a complete waste of a talent.

  7. Okada to WWE main roster would make me go from reading WWE main roster results to double speed/skip watching WWE online.

    Okada to NXT would make me start watching NXT again.

    Okada to AEW would make me continue as normal.

    Okada to TNA would make me start watching TNA.

    Okada to CZW/GCW/NWA would make me think Okada has quietly retired.

  11. HHH is a great sweet talke rbut he also knows you have to run a Profitable business and not throw insane numbers just because.

    Fanboys were praying to the heavens that Shad’s kid get Okada so he gets Millions to work 10 matches a year. The kid gets his simping hug with Okada while mans collects 7 figure checks off a message board trustfund baby.

  13. He would’ve succeeded in either. WWE has the higher, theoretical, ceiling but you’re gonna have to show me Okada making it to the top there before I believe you. AEW has presented him as the best wrestler in the world (or amongst the best) and his only real loss has been submitting to Bryan Danielson (who has been presented as the greatest wrestler ever), and given the friends he has in that company, he’ll be taken care of there.

  14. Well, Tony must’ve thrown three bags at him. Terrible career decision if he actually wanted to get over in America but getting paid 7 figures to wrestle once a month is too good to turn down.

  15. I get the money and all, but leaving for AEW which already has a bloated roster is extremely lame. I feel like he would feel like more of a star in WWE and matches with him vs Gunther,Sami,Drew,etc would have been so good

  18. Oh boy, are. The place where NJPW members go to lose over and over and over and over and never look or feel like stars. My favorite

    What’s that? How many matches in aew have you had this far?

    3

    How many did you have a win in?

    0

    Oh boooooooy

    Suzuki how many matches?

    12

    Wins? Ya know yo make you feel like the threat you are supposed to be?

    2…and they were with JERICHO SHITSIETY

    Aew is straight up cancer for njpw and yet tony keeps eating them up and shitting on them

  19. I would have preferred he went to WWE. The visual of Okada at wrestlemania would have been epic along with how many fresh matchups there would have been. Regardless though. Good for him. I’m sure AEW gives him more flexibility and he can stay in Japan with his family more.

    From the NJPW standpoint I just don’t get it. They’ve lost so many stars to AEW and seemingly are ok with it. Yeah you can still get them for some big shows but this partnership seems very one sided. I know people say they make money off the joint shows and they get extra exposure in the west but now most of the wrestlers that Americans liked are now signed to an American company. That exposure thing will start to not mean much soon.

  22. I’m kind of surprised he isn’t going to WWE. I would have assumed they would give him a well-paying 3 year deal with a guaranteed title run. Maybe the recent Vince fire storm turned things

  23. Is his best move tbh. WWE is too stacked right now.

    Cody is gonna start his reign and they have Gunther ready to be pushed to the main titles. And they have people like Drew, CM Punk, LA Knight Jey Uso, among others who can go to the main event scene.

    AEW has lost a lot of steam recently. TK hires people like is his hobby, but this time it feels like they need a new big name.

    Note: while I was typing this I remembered they singed Osprey recently 🤦. That should actually tell you how down AEW feels right now.

  24. Okada can wrestle different people, with a lighter schedule, people acting as if he isn’t best friends with Aew’s Evp’s would mean he is lost in the shuffle 😂
    I would say it might be similar to Ibushi unless he moves to America.
    I would love to see him as international champion & defend it against Noah, AJPW, cmll etc.

  25. I can’t believe the actual stupidity of all you salty bitches 😂😂😂😂😂😂 yall should honestly be ashamed of yourselves w some of the things yall are saying on this post. Literal brainrot I think maybe 90% of these comments aren’t even NJPW fans

  27. What happened to Wreddit man? The top comments are just AEW haters. You’all last your minds. 

  30. I hope he comes in and immediately wins the World Championship off of whoever is champion just like he did when he came back as the Rainmaker and took the belt off of Tanahashi.

  31. Wish he stayed but this is the second best option since he can return and still live in Japan.

    My hope is they use him like Brock Lesnar, a special attraction. He will get exposed seeing him to much. I think he will have PAC’s schedule, 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off. Will Ospeary same thing.

  32. Aside from what most others in the thread have already said, I think the worst thing New Japan can do going forward (aside from continuing to work with AEW) is have Okada loom over the product. I don’t think it’ll do them any good to bring him in once or twice a year where he’ll probably be unable to lose because it’ll hurt the younger guys and Sanada. They’ll never be taken seriously as top stars or even the top guy if Okada, the real top guy, is lurking somewhere on the periphery.

    Just cut your losses and move on. Invest in Sanada, Oiwa, Shingo, Tsuji, Umino, Uemura, etc.

  33. Happy he’s not going to WWE (just not interested in following it), still gutted he’s leaving at all.

  35. They literally have the entire new Japan main event scene of the last 7 years outside of Tana and Naito 😂

  36. Really hope he’s presented properly. If TK kills his career there should be hell to pay.

  38. AEW is taking all these “hot” free agents and still pull below 900k and sell less and less tickets. Okada will be another Jay White or Edge in aew.

  40. Like any whore who gets money thrown at them by a pathetic little man. Of course he’s gonna go.

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