Thread 19248979

Tanahashi wanted Nakamura

>>19248979 (OP)
Peps was gaped by Sondre Bjorn

>>19248979 (OP)
grEedy
sElfish
Evil fucking company

>>19248979 (OP)
Marks. I seriously can't wait for this mark era of wrestlers is over

There is a million thread about this but I tell you again.
There was zero chances that WWE would lend him to NJPW.
Not in a million years, so anyone who expected it, is a fucking idiot.

>>19248979 (OP)
evil fucking company

>>19248979 (OP)
This is worded very clearly to not assign blame to AEW or WWE. When clearly one of them was being a bitch (either WWE not wanting Nakamura on a show with AEW guys, or Tony wanting an AEW guy to retire Tanahashi). Im sure it'll come out eventually, but this media spin war could be enjoyable

Tony totally put a stop to it. He uses Fightful and Meltzer to push narratives. The "Tony Khan didn't put EVIL in the final of the G1" story was the most hilariously blatant.

AEW ruins everything

>>19248999
How many matches has he had in Japan since leaving?
How many of those took part in NJPW?

>>19248979 (OP)
If WWE really did turn down the proposal then they unironically fumbled it even if they can easily put condition to have Nakamura getting over.
If New Japan the one who turn down the idea, then they're unironically the bitch of the partnership. Even if AEW upset about New Japan working with WWE and Nooj doesn't want to upset AEW, they could easily get this upper hand by threatening them to walkaway this partnership, otherwise would Tony want to burn bridges with New Japan and letting them partner with WWE?

>>19248979 (OP)
Tana having the more emotional and more important (historically anyway) send off match in NOAH, would be very funny

>>19248979 (OP)
>Having to go to NOAH because Tony can't tell you "no" there
Hilarious and sad at the same time

>>19249020
Love those sliding goal posts - your argument has moved from, "WWE doesn't let workers work in other companies" to "WWE doesn't let workers work in NJPW"

>>19249048
>Nooj doesn't want to upset AEW, they could easily get this upper hand by threatening them to walkaway this partnership

I wish we lived in a reality where this was a remote possibility.

>>19249060
NJPW would lose the Forbidden Door payday if they ended the partnership, which apparently is important to their business. Tony wouldn't be able to contract tamper quite as easily by booking NJPW guys on his shows though

>https://x.com/kakutolog/status/1988209289211900308
>Asked live on NHK Radio Hiroshi Tanahashi commented on his retirement match against Shinsuke Nakamura, saying, "It was an impossible situation."
>Before the WWE Japan show, “We had dinner together and we talked about how we wanted to fight one last time…”

KWASCB (Kek What A Second Choice Bitch)

Tana dodged a bullet, Nakameme is washed

>>19249087
>Okada sleep walking through a match with held together by glue Tanahashi
They’re lucky that they have a crowd that will hard carry this match.

>>19248979 (OP)
>openly declare that gAyEW and KWABcada were forced upon you
kek

>>19248979 (OP)
>Nakamura can't fight ching chong
WWE is an evil fucking company for not sending him

>Edge can't fight Cena
WWE is an evil fucking company for wanting this

Okada finna bury ladyboy Tana one last time

If WWE didn't want it to happen they wouldn't let Nakamura go and discuss it. The decision was by NJPW or AEW. Rey himself said HHH let him appear on a AAA show with AEW talent on it. Tony was the one who got mad.

>>19248979 (OP)
>AEW ruins yet another kino
pissant bunch of fags

>>19249144
The truth is coming out quite quickly...

>>19249144
Yes I'm sure Nakamura was discussing the match in his capacity as booker for WWE

>>19249144
Yeah, I don't see why WWE wouldn't allow things at this point. They're open to working with other companies, but they demand what companies have always demanded when they're bigger - that their talent is booked strong and goes over. Literally nothing to lose, and it's nothing that AEW or New Japan doesn't do as well.
Which means that it's more likely a different party not allowing it.

>Wrestling is in the hands of a bratty billionaire nepobaby and corporate suits that have nothing but contempt for wrestling
Things are looking grim, fellas.

We didn't know how good we had it with Vince.

>>19248979 (OP)
>mfw The Okada/Tanahashi match ends with Takeshita saving Tana, just to further the AEW storyline of Takeshita/Okada

>>19249166
I hope Don Callis is on commentary, and does a run in. They deserve it at this point.

>>19249156
>"Would you like your wrestler to go over in a heartfelt retirement match? Oh yes there are AEW guys on the card but your wrestler won't interact with them and he'll also be in the main event because the whole event is based around his opponent's retirement"
There's no reason that WWE would turn that down. They literally have nothing to lose from it and lots to gain.

There's a reason NJPW has fallen from its lofty Cagematch perch as #1.

>>19249176
insider here, don callis is going to stab charleton to death as part of a babyface turn

>>19249181
Exactly, especially in terms of good will because it really should be Nakamura.
But, sadly, not one of Tony's toys so...

>>19248979 (OP)
trannyhashi sold his soul he gets what he fucking deserves

>>19248979 (OP)
tony r. khan is an evil fucking man

>>19249094
You are correct but the alternative (ocarder) is not that far off the edge either.

>>19249241
I can’t tell if Okada is washed or just doesn’t try/lazy or both.

>>19249059
the point being, WWE is working with NOAH, another different Japanese promotion.

>>19249247
He's lazy. He's always wanted to be a comedy midcarder and has found a way to do that while making bank.
Basically took all the time and rub New Japan invested in him that it could have invested in other workers, took off first chance he got right before he was asked to pay it back, then decided to play midcarder for millions of dollars.
It's his right. He didn't do anything illegal. But fuck if I'm going to respect him for it or ever watch him again.

WWE let karl go back and lose the belt it's not unprecedented

NOAH chads win yet again

>>19249251
Companies are allowed to work with more than one Japanese company. It's not like NOAH and New Japan don't work together too.

>>19249253
i only watch aew ppvs, but this is my vibe as well. he seems perfectly capable of doing okada shit (he took one of the wildest blue thunder bombs ive ever seen) but why bother when youre A. on american tv where the long style youre famous for doesnt really work and B. get paid regardless just on name value. he just needs his balloons back

On one hand NJPW is one of AEW's main partners and WWE might've played hard ball hoping NJPW would break the partnership or something for the Nakamura match. On the other hand I can see Tony being petty enough to demand Tanahashi retire to an AEW wrestler. If the middle ground is Tana has to get the match in NOAH though that isn't the worst thing in the world. Arguably the Okada match is a bigger deal for NJPW fans than seeing Nakamura again anyway and I'm sure Tana also considered that.

>>19249247
If you had to choose between
>being the "best wrestler in the world" and sawdusting himself on sight for hour-long six-star bangerinos
>earn millions while chilling in catering, discovering women that don't look like children, and popping the crowd by saying "bitch"
You choose the latter. Unlike Kennyyy he wants to be able to walk at 40 and the ability to shoot babies into his trad wife. Like the other anon mentioned, he kinda earned that right (Gedo did 80% of the work getting him that "mystique" though)

>>19249280
Which is cool.
Funny how Okada didn't figure that out until after New Japan invested everything it had in him. If he had, they could have just let him be a midcarder and pushed someone else.
Also fine how he was just fine with it until they started saying, "Hey, maybe you could start putting over some of the younger guys now...?"

Tonibakan took this from us..........................

>>19249300
Idk man, he had that autistic balloon phase that completely ruined his mystique a first time. The more I go the more I think he is one of "them". He just wanted to have FUN(tm) and Gedo kept him in check all this time.

>>19248979 (OP)
It's crazy how everyone is suddenly acting like WWE aren't petty little bitches when it comes to anything involving AEW. Did you all forget that WWE has spent the past 6 months shooting themselves in the foot trying to counter program AEW PPVs? Tony has been open to working with other promotions from day 1, he even said he's open to workout with WWE, but you faggots just can't accept that WWE aren't just some friendly good guys who want the best for everyone.

>>19249263
i think it's a lot up to how individually "strong" is the player. in hiromu's case he can go to noah, ddt or dg and move his fans over and still be part of njpw without making things weird. same for despe going to ddt or fujita
i think right now most of the biggest japanese promos are pretty chill with each other, maybe less ajpw with njpw or noah
the problem raise with aew and wwe and knowing japanese they prefer to not deal with complicated situations and pick the easiest choice

>>19249364
>Tony has been open to working with other promotions from day 1
yeah as long as he has creative control

>>19248979 (OP)
It should've been a Triple Threat with all 3 of them

>>19249372
he turned the spreadsheet sideways, he earned it

>>19249364
the petty option for wwe is allowing nakamura though, this undermining the aew partnership
>oh our guy main evented over the other promotion

>>19249366
That's true, I'm just saying I don't see NOAH having a problem with a WWE wrestler who used to wrestle for NJPW showing up on a NJPW for the retirement of one of the biggest figures in recent Japanese wrestling history.
Mutoh's retirement was a NOAH show and they had Naito as his final opponent, after all.

tony khan caused 9/11

>>19249384
>why doesn't njpw just allow themselves to get taken advantage of by wwe purely for console war reasons

>>19249384
This is why I think it must have been Tony who pressured NJPW into pulling the match. WWE had absolutely nothing to lose by having Nakamura wrestle Tana. They would have undermined AEW, advertised their guy at the biggest show in Japan, started to build a relationship with NJPW, been paid for using Nakamura and got built some good will with fans

>>19249331
Don't get me wrong, I have no doubt any of what you said is the case to some degree.
I'm just saying he didn't seem to be in any hurry to jump ship while it was all "winning" for him. And no, there was no AEW but nothing stopped him from going to a less demanding company on the Japanese scene. But let's face it, he wanted that money and prestige.
He just didn't want to pay it back.

>>19249393
what are you talking about anon? i was just saying that if wwe wanted to be petty they would have allowed nakamura to do it. i'm unsure how you came to the conclusion you did

>>19249396
>pulling the match
LMAO

>>19249393
LMAO, it's WWE taking advantage of NJPW if Nakamura goes over Tana, but if Okada goes over Tana that's just a strong partnership, amirite?

>>19248984
Tony's fault, he is colonizing every other non-WWE fed

>>19249405
This but unironically

If NJPW ignored its contract with NOAH and let Nakamura work Wrestle Kingdom, it would mean that WWE's business deals in Japan and the contracts they sign are worth as much as toilet paper.

They would pretty much be destroying their credibility, reliability, and trust with the Japanese market and that's after FINALLY getting another inroad after being frozen out for decades.
It just made no sense for them to do it business wise. No Jap promotion would ever trust a WWE agreement again.

>>19249400
you say it would be petty of wwe
njpw is partnered with AEW, forbidden door is a cash cow for them
why the fuck would the assist WWE doing petty shit?

>>19249263
Japanese promotions working together is a different conversation and a mistake.
Still WWE only works with NOAH, the key part is WWE.
Is like asking them to send Dragon Lee and Rey Mysterio to CMLL instead of working AAA shows

this board is too far gone

>>19249411
>If NJPW ignored its contract with NOAH
....what contract?

>>19249413
did you ignore the op? the whole point of this thread is that tana wanted nak

if you think its anyone other than WWE blocking it you're a complete retard.

>>19249372
So you're telling me he's bossing CMLL around?
>>19249384
Yeah WWE would be super excited to have their fans tune into a show featuring an AEW wrestler as the top champion.

>>19249422
yes, and because nakamura is WWE talent, it didn't work out. you don't have to create a whole world of headcanon to justify your console war biases.

>>19249421
Do you really think it's just a verbal "yeah we'll totally help you" bro contract? WWE is owned by a gigantic corporation and besides that, any sort of partnership deal like this would have terms and a general outline of planned cooperation -- things that are acceptable and things that are not.

It's funny that you think a deal between TKO and CyberAgent would just be some kind of informal handshake deal with no terms and conditions

>>19249422
it doesnt say he wanted him as his final opponent though, just that he wanted to wrestle him again

>>19249426
There is no reason for WWE to block it (unless its the retarded suits with no idea what they are doing), while Tony would have a lot of reasons to block it and have his wrestler in that position instead

>>19249429
what the fuck are you talking about lmao. i was just saying that wwe has nothing to lose by offering up nak for the match? where does the console war come into this. i think you protest too much anon

>>19249404
Nakamura is washed and Okada is still in his prime
>inb4 a greentext with no rebuttal

The AEW defence squad is out in full force. I wonder why...

>>19249436
and aew has nothing to lose by letting any of their talent go retire some shitter from TNA. do you think TNA is ever going to do that now that they are "partnered" with WWE? use you brain anon, if there's any of it that isn't console war slop.

e-drones swarming njpw like they did tna and aaa is suicide fuel

>>19249439
Nakamura is a bigger star

>>19249451
NJPW is already dying after partnering with AEW. Im an accelerationist so them partnering with WWE would speed up their death even more

>>19249439
No, you make a fair point.
Still, I'd argue that Nakamura is a far bigger star (wrestles for the biggest company in the world, after all) and Tana's history with Nakamura goes back much further.
Not everything is about the current moment.

>>19249439
Nigga Tanahashi is washed and Okada phones it in hard these days. None of these matches are gonna be MOTY. But if you're watching Tanahashi's retirement match for ring work then you're retarded

>>19249436
>wwe has nothing to lose by offering up nak
That's not the way they look at it, they're worried about bringing more eyes to their rival promotion. Why do you think WWE pretends AEW doesn't exist? It's literally what they've always done. WWE is a ruthless corporation, it's not all sunshine and rainbows over there.

>>19249461
pajeets and retards following someone just because they set food in a WWE ring does not equal star power in japan

>>19249468
And yet, according to OP's picrel, Tana wanted to face Nakamura.
It's nice that you know more about what Tana wants for his retirement than Tana himself does.

>>19249451
Don’t pretend you watch NJPW just because AEW works them

>>19249468
>set food
GMS

>>19249472
Show me in the pic where Tana says he wanted him for Wrestle Kingdom. Do you think they really waited until the last minute to book his final match at their biggest show of the year? Okada was most likely planned from day one.

>>19249480
You're actually retarded anon

>>19249480
You cant read nigga lol

>>19249480
you gotta understand everything, absolutely everything, in the drone's understanding of the world links back to tony khan and AEW at this point. there's not a single thing that happens, especially related to wrestling, that they can't retcon into happening or not happening because of evil mastermind tony khan. it's like qanon but more retarded.

>>19249476
AEW is spin off of NJPW, most AEW fans were fans of New Japan before AEW was even a concept. Why do you think the Elite had enough star power to start their own promotion in the first place? Edrones acting like AEW fans are the newcomers to NJPW is hilarious.

>>19249388
but after all isn't about tana retirement? if because of noah they manage to give him a match against nakamura i don't see the problem. the people who fighting over this bullshit are njpw detractors who blame everything on aew, aew vs wwe fags and other schizos

>>19249484
>>19249488
So you can't show me where he said Wrestle Kingdom? I accept your concessions.
>>19249491
It's like arguing with someone who thinks they're experts on comic books because they saw a couple of Marvel movies. They literally can not conceive of how wrong they are.

>>19249480
Who was talking about Wrestle Kingdom.
This thread is literally about Tana not being allowed to have a match he wants to have in the company he's president of because a business partner is being petty.

>>19248979 (OP)
apparently he wanted to face Nakamura and Dante Chen from the WWE

>>19249518
>This thread is literally about my headcanon

>>19249523
>Hiroshi Tanahashi talked about Shinsuke Nakamura at NHK Radio:

>He said that he met with Nakamura ahead of WWE's show in japan and they wanted to face each other, but due to AEW being New Japan's partner, who is a rival promotion of WWE, it was impossible

>Kakutolog mentions there a "delicate negotiations" to make something possible for NOAH's January 1st New Years show at Nippon Budokan

You do understand that these are the exact words in picrel, yes? And that they are referencing a radio interview?
How is that "headcanon"?

>>19249518
Well in that case why didn't those swell fellas at WWE offer the let Tana wrestle Nak on one of their shows?

>>19248979 (OP)
>peps the groomed

>>19249531
LMAO, no, the goalposts were moved by introducing Wrestle Kingdom into the conversation in the first place dumbass.
Again - text from OP's picrel:
>Hiroshi Tanahashi talked about Shinsuke Nakamura at NHK Radio:

>He said that he met with Nakamura ahead of WWE's show in japan and they wanted to face each other, but due to AEW being New Japan's partner, who is a rival promotion of WWE, it was impossible

>Kakutolog mentions there a "delicate negotiations" to make something possible for NOAH's January 1st New Years show at Nippon Budokan

Try to stay on subject. I know it's hard.

>>19249539
this >>19249518
>because a business partner is being petty
is fully headcanon
get your brain checked lil dronie, you are far too upset over something you didn't even know about more than an hour ago

>>19249543
Why should Tana have to wrestle in WWE in front of an audience that doesn't even know him when he's, you know, president and ace of NJPW.
You're really reaching now.

>>19249549
>dronie
I don't even watch WWE.
Still, since you need to be spoon-fed...
>*taps sign*
>but due to AEW being New Japan's partner, who is a rival promotion of WWE, it was impossible

>>19249556
which says nothing about anyone (aew OR wwe) being petty. can you not read? or do you not know what 'headcanon' means?

>>19249558
LMAO. You are so bad at this.
You act like AEW couldn't have made an exception or that they wouldn't have had talks.
If NJPW "can't do it", it's because AEW insisted they not do it.
Learn to read between the lines. There's nothing "headcanon" about it.

tony r khan caused the palestinian genocide

>>19249565
bad at what, reading? you are inventing a whole scenario and getting mad at it, because your life revolves around console warring. get a life.

>>19249550
Because WWE is refusing to do business, retard. Why do you think they're trying to do it at a NOAH show, who conveniently have a relationship with WWE? WWE are saying you have to do it with their guys or it's not happening. For someone who doesn't watch WWE you sure do twerk hard for them

>>19248979 (OP)
Fumblin' Tony strikes again I'm afraid. What a cancer to wrestling this little worm is

>>19249576
Why would WWE have a problem with it?
Having Nakamura show up on the show of a competitor's partner would be an absolute coup if it hadn't been agreed to ahead of time.
But I get it. WWE bad. And if anyone speaks up against AEW's narrative, you gotta make it personal and go straight to ad hominem attacks because you don't have much else.

>>19249495
AEW fans literally larp as wrestling historians and savants but don’t know shit about any other promotion
They are literally what they accuse WWE fans of

>>19249573
You're the one getting mad here, not me.
Probably because you know I'm right because you haven't refuted a thing I've said.

>>19249592
>92
>no u
pottery

>>19249601
It's not "no u" when people can read what I've written and read your angry, emotion-laden responses.
One of us is obviously mad here and it's not me.

>>19249583
>WWE bad
Yes, dumbass. It really is that simple. WWE are not the good guys in any scenario. Why do you defend them so hard?

>>19249606
I rest my case.

>>19249609
Rest these balls on your chin. WWE is run by evil kikes that want to go back to them being a monopoly. And you're cool with that because it's all you watch anyway.

>>19249604
the rare no u double down
this piggy is mad as fuck lol

trannies in this thread big time mad after getting btfo.

>>19249639
They see the veil dropping and people are realising what a odious toad Tony actually is to his "partners"

>>19249652
See
>>19249491

>>19249666
lmao, and you lecture others about headcanons.

>WWE isn't doing business with NJPW
>NOAH is doing business with WWE
>AEW isn't doing business with WWE
>NJPW is doing business with AEW
tough luck, Tana. nobody is to blame here really, it just made no sense in any way. Have realistic opponents.

>>19249692
NJPW is absolutely fine doing business with NOAH, though, and WWE would probably be more than happy to chip away at the AEW/NJPW partnership... which means there's only one objecting party - the one whose supporters claim it doesn't pull NJPW's strings and which also claims to just want to make pro-wrestling great again without any ulterior agendas.

>>19249737
got a source on any of those claims btw

>>19249737
'fraid so. everyone is realizing this and saying this except one singular person

>>19249737
>would probably
you don't know that at all

WWE is not about to lend their guy to a show that is essentially an AEW cross promoted PPV and has been for 4 years. NJPW and Tanahashi made their bed a long time ago.
The G1 and top belt are on an AEW guy, NJPW picked their hand. Live with it

>>19249300
It’s funny that the only people Okada put over on the way out was Naito, who was already a made man, and Sanada. He absolutely obliterated Umino, Narita and even Kaito from NOAH.

>>19249761
More accurately for NJPW - Die with it.

>>19249770
>Kaito
lil bitch had it coming

I wonder if WWE would go for it if Tana loses in a tag match to Nakamura at a NOAH show.

>>19249004
No lies here

>>19248979 (OP)
FUCKING BASED ACE GO FOR IT

FUCK GAYEW
AND FUCK NJPW

GO TO NOAH TO GET YOUR DESERVED FINAL MATCH ACE

>>19248979 (OP)
Nakamura wanted to do it too, but WWE's demands were too high. They wanted them to put the world title on Nakamura, have the match main event, and bar any AEW talent from working the show

I absolutely believe it was either Tony who said no, or New Japan who said no because they didn't want to offend Tony. I think WWE actually would've loved to show up AEW by having the most prominent match at Wrestle Kingdom. Also, WWE has allowed wrestlers to be on those Bloodsport shows with AEW wrestlers, so that's not an issue for WWE.

>>19248979 (OP)
Based NOAH getting revenge on Tony Bakan for that Ibushi match

>>19248979 (OP)
crazy to think that after all Tony has done to rape NJPW he couldn't give them this one thing and let this happen. what a small, petty man.

tony khan is the reason gta 6 got delayed again

>>19249421
I don't know if it's a contract, but before the stuff with NOAH started, Charlie Dempsey had a match in AJPW, and the guy who runs AJPW said he wasn't able to keep working with WWE because of the situation with NOAH. The company that owns NOAH also owns the streaming service that airs WWE in Japan, so it's actually some content synergy for them.

>>19248979 (OP)
If Tony won't allow Tana vs Shinsuke then he certainly won't allow Edge vs Cena right?

>>19249451
WWE is helping TNA get a new TV deal. Maybe they could make a new app for New Japan that doesn't look like it was made twenty years ago.

>>19249439
Here's your rebuttal retard

Even your daddy Memeltzer showed how washed Okada is by giving his shit amtch with Omega merely 4 and a half stars. Given this the match he gave fucking seve nstars plus other 3 with six stars, the fact they couldn't even reach 5 tells you how fucking washed Okada is.

Now your rebuttal retard, I'll wait

>>19248979 (OP)
The NOAH thing is weird, one guy going to a different company to challenge a guy in another company.
Though they could make it a tag with Tana and Kaito vs Shinsuke and Naito

NOAH has better champions anyway

>>19248979 (OP)
AEW has been such a cancer on Japanese wrestling

tony khan is the reason i can't afford to buy tickets to wwe events any more

>>19249432
WWE only let Nak work Muta because they wanted him in the HOF. There's not really anything in it for them here unless NJPW completely cuts ties with AEW

>>19249896
>REEEEE HES ONLY ALLOWING TANAHASHI TO HAVE A MATCH WITH HIS BEST DRAWING OPPONENT AGAIN

>>19249851
Who is the NJPW heavyweight champion right now again?

Tony Khan raped my dog and ran over my mother

>>19249993
Fucking kek, pretending like Tony didn't poach that best drawing opponent to begin with.

>>19248979 (OP)
Tony is just like all those analytics nerds who took over real sports and started dictating how they should play despite never playing the sport themselves. it's a shame.

>>19250046
That’s exactly how Tony runs the jags lmao

I love how the WWE crew and the AEW crew are blaming each other here, when it's clear that this situation is the result of both their petty natures combined. I mean, why is it that all the companies in Japan can work with each other but the top two american companies can't work with anyone unless they do so in a predatory fashion? and of course, they won't work with each other at all. pure greed and arrogance on both their parts.

>>19249993
>WITH HIS BEST DRAWING OPPONENT AGAIN
Naito?

>>19250071
The parties to blame are Tanahashi and NJPW

>>19249921
It'll probably be two matches. Kaito requested getting to do something with Tana so Tana will probably honor it by tagging with him against Nakamura and somebody then Tana and Nakamura can do a singles.

>>19248979 (OP)
Hopefully they can do the NOAH show

>>19248979 (OP)
inoki won
inokism won
trannyhashi lost
ladyboy dancing lost

You know what? Fuck this.
I blame NOAH. I blame NOAH for the whole fucking thing.
They've obviously manipulated the situation so everyone else is getting blamed but we know it's their goddamn fault.
Fuck NOAH.

>>19248999
Tony is a mark so he'd 100% let this happen. This has all the hallmarks of Paul being a petty bitch.

>>19250039
Okada was leaving either way retard

>>19250110
why? im legit curious why they would be the ones to blame.

>>19250430
And, in your mind, Tony, who's ostensibly NJPW's friend, taking New Japan's top guy instead of the big bad evil Fed, effectively crippling New Japan moving forward, makes it better because...?

>>19250193
Yeah sure the smark who hates WWE since they ass raped him would let his japanese toy company work with the WWE

Evil. Fucking. Company.

The money mark’s fault as usual

>>19250454
>effectively crippling New Japan
He was crippling them by staying and stopping them making new guys

>>19250515
Don't misunderstand me. I blame Okada more than Tony or WWE. It was his own ego that refused to take a pay cut when the company that made him what he was needed him most and it was Okada's ego that prevented him from putting over the next generation as was asked of him.
Still, let's not pretend Tony didn't take advantage of New Japan's situation when it was over a barrel. Yes, WWE would have likely done so if Tony hadn't but if neither had done so Okada would have been stuck where he was and would have been forced to take a pay cut and do what was asked of him.
He didn't do them any favors.

Tiny is such a bad businessman lmao

Isn't Trannyshitashi the President of Who Jewpan? Should he have known better?

>>19250550
>he should have taken a pay cut
what the fuck kind of mark logic is this

>>19250792
>no! companies should throw as much money at this glorified stuntman as possible!
You sure I'm the mark here, bro? I just want my performing monkey to keep performing in the circus I actually enjoy watching.

>>19250807
yes, wanting a wrestler to take a paycut makes you a mark

>>19250896
If you say so.
At any rate, I didn't say I wanted him to take a pay cut. But if neither WWE or Tony expressed interest in him, he would have had no choice given New Japan's ability to pay him. That's the point.
Sure, WWE wanted to fuck over New Japan by taking advantage of that situation. It doesn't change the fact that Tony was the one who actually ended up doing so.
But keep simpin' for your billionaire. This is why everyone rips on you guys around here, Tony can't do any wrong in your books despite evidence to the contrary that's obvious to everyone else.
No wonder you're all libtards.

>>19248979 (OP)
how are people putting this on tony other than console war mental illness
this is so clearly a WWE holding shinsuke thing

this is another proof that big american companies are PEEPEEPOOPOO !!!!!!

>>19250807
yes faggot, you're the mark. Only fucking marks look for the well being of the corporation they watch but don't work in. Not only you're a disgusting mark, you're also an NPC who does PR for corporations for free, disgusting

The reality is that any worker can demand whatever the fuck they want and if the market backs him up and says there are people out there willing to pay him what he demands, then you either match that number, offer more, or FUCK OFF. As simple as that. This is real life not only in wrestling but in any industry.

>>19250920
this mark is boilin holy shit

Who is to blame?

>>19250920
lil bit of the bubblin'

>>19250920
>Simply cannot keep his /pol/ brainworms concealed by the end of the post
You guys are legitimately worse than bronies

>>19251185
Kek, cute, but we're just talking with a little bantin' here.

>>19251178
Tony Khan for turning nooj into aew: japan

>>19250957
Holy seethola, imagine writing all that and calling me the mark.
Let's make one thing clear. The only thing I care about in any of this is my own entertainment. That's it. If something stops being entertaining, I stop watching. Simple as.
Tony made what I was enjoying less enjoyable to me. I get to have an axe to grind about that, and it's cute that it gets you as worked up as it obviously does. I don't enjoy WWE. I don't enjoy AEW. Now I don't even get to enjoy NJPW because of what Tony did.
Again, Okada is a big boy. He's allowed to pursue his own interests. Doesn't mean I have to like him for it. And Tony's a big boy too, he's also allowed to screw over his partners. I'm allowed to not like him for that too.
But go on, keep telling me I'm a mark and a faggot for not liking how people operate or for being a little sour that something I enjoyed is now less enjoyable because of their actions.
Again, you act like this and then you wonder why the rest of the wrestling fandom dislikes you all so much.

>>19251231
fuck you e-drone falseflagger you don't even watch real wrestling

>>19251178
No one really knows and unless Rocky spills the beans no one will know. It's probably a mix of WWE, AEW, and maybe NJPW itself.

>>19251178
lets all unite in a safe and reasonable choice

>>19251265
you are a mark, no matter how many walls of autism you write arguing otherwise

>>19251281
If you say so.

>>19249491
I love it when an aetroon posts this obvious fake made up stuff and projects aew hard. no wwe fans are not acting like that and you're projecting the behavior of the aew pae d0e troons onto wwe and pretending it's heckin' valid. dumb reddit tranny pae do leftist in the cult of queer

>>19248979 (OP)
This finally confirms that it was WWE that said no.

>>19251395
Gotta understand, they don't have their dicks anymore so seething and projection is all they've got left

>>19251281
>unironically uses "mark" as an insult
holy crap dude shave your fucking neckbeard

Fuck WWE. Why does Nak put up with this shit?

>>19251467
Lose some weight fatso, we're beggin' ya

>>19250454
If they hadn't push a zero like Sanada and a literal twink as IWGP champion for the last few years Based Tony Khan wouldn't have to step in and save them again with Takeshita.

>>19251502
Yeah, it's a shame that New Japan had to work with the talent it had on hand after Tony went and poached all the guys New Japan had been building for the past decade because his toy box was lacking talent. Yeah, Tony's a real fucking hero.

I don't understand the fuss here, Nakamura is a faggot anyway. You should heed the words of the grand wizard.

>>19248979 (OP)
THANK YOU TK FOR SAVING US FROM WASHED TANAHASHI VS EVEN MORE WASHED NAKAMURA

>>19251516
>the only talent had underneath to elevate on the whole island were a proven failure and a skinny dimeless gaijin
That's not Tony Khan's fault.
>Tony's a real fucking hero.
He's the key person responsible for anything on the last and next WK being worth watching, so yes.

>>19251546
>last and next WK being worth watching
apparently no one is saying this considering it did terrible ticket sales (and official AEW joint show wrestle dynasty did even worse)

Do the people really want to see this?

>>19251554
WrestleKingdom 2026 has 31,000+ tickets out already and it's only November.
That's the best advance sales they have done in 20 years for the Tokyo Dome.
that is not "terrible ticket sales" you retard.

My favorite threads on this godforsaken board are when assblasted e-drones larp as NJPW fans lol

Very transparent and pathetic but funny nonetheless

>>19251613
you gonna cry tranny?

>>19251632
No, I think I'm going to cook dinner and then come back and continue laughing at the drones

>>19251660
microwaving frozen pizza isn't cooking

>>19251664
Well neither is eating your mom's ass but I have to work with what I got

>>19251546
LMAO. LMFAO even.
Yeah, why didn't New Japan just break out its Create-A-Wrestler app. Or just do what Tony did and use its unlimited funds to hire up guys other companies built.
What a retarded take. Name one non-poached talent Tony is contributing WK. Takeshita is only worth a shit there insofar as DDT built him initially and NJPW built him the past couple of years.
Okada is only worth a shit because New Japan made him the man. But yeah, go on and explain how Tony's skills at building talents is saving New Japan.
Btw, how's that half-milly status back in the states going for Tony.

>>19249247
Okada was lazy as fuck in the Kenny match and it showed when even Meltzer didn’t give it 5 stars

>>19251690
>Name one non-poached talent Tony is contributing WK.
Who is the IWGP champion, retard?

>>19251830
Poached from DDT dumbass, and his status in NJPW was built by NJPW's own booking, you guys haven't done jack shit with him.

NAKAMURA IS A KEKOLD FUCK YOU TRAITOR!

>>19251840
he's literally under contract with DDT
>you guys
pig mentality

>>19251910
Oh yeah, he's been the absolute backbone of DDT booking ever since Tony signed him, hasn't he.

>>19251933
>Tony knows how to use talent better than the Japs
it's learning

>>19251943
Holy fuck you're delusional.

Okada hasn't been booked this well in years.

Its quite humorous watching the drone LARPer move from argument to argument, getting BTFO each time

>>19251943
not even joshifags pretend this is true lol

>>19249087
Reminder he never sold out the Tokyo Dome

>>19249144
AAA once booked FTR (AEW) losing to Dragon Lee (who had signed with WWE before the match) and some other dude, I kinda get why Tony is being such a whiny bitch

>>19249837
If it does get done in and happens in a NOAH ring I'm pretty sure it will be a multi-person match. Tana, and AJ, have gone on record having one last match together. So get those to and Shinsuke in a tag match and add someone else, maybe Finn, and work from there. If you have to make it a six man to get someone in to be the job guy, like Yoshi Hashi, then do that.

>>19251178
Considering that Tanahashis last match is with the 4th best option (AEW talent) I’m gonna assume Tony R. Khan

>>19248979 (OP)
This is fucked up.

>>19249094
>>19249241
You people are fucking retarded. Every single one of them is washed.

>>19249920
>Omega wrestled Okada while having to hold his guts in place with one hand
>this is somehow Okada's fault
Dry your eyes before posting, those typos are embarrassing.

>>19251265
>Holy seethola, imagine writing all that and calling me the mark.
>writes a wall of seethe like a mark