The president of New Japan Pro Wrestling's parent company has commented on WWE wanting to add New Japan matches to WWE Network. "One proposed idea would be for the WWE to show NJPW footage , but this type of proposal just shows that they don't see us as competition," Takaaki Kidani wrote in a column on his Bushiroad website. Bushiroad is New Japan's parent company. It sounds like Kidani was commenting on rumours that WWE and New Japan have been having business conversations. Unsurprisingly, he isn't keen on allowing his content to feature on WWE's Network. "Play NJPW footage on the Network, see if any of our wrestlers gain popularity, then buy that wrestler out; that's probably the extent of their thoughts on it. It's a very obvious strategy." New Japan in the bigger picture wants to compete with WWE. They have a streaming service of their own, New Japan World. From WWE's point of view, selected New Japan matches would be a boost to the Network. They featured Jushin Liger at NXT Takeover Brooklyn, he'd probably be one of the wrestlers they'd like to profile more on the Network. WWE and New Japan business conversations are ultimately unlikely to result in NJPW content on the Network, but fans absolutely should check out New Japan World. Japanese wrestling has some of the best in-ring quality in the world.
