10 Fascinating WWE Facts About WrestleMania 34

2. The NJPW Presence

The unexpected - but at the time very welcome - New Japan-influenced AJ Styles/Shinsuke Nakamura push going into WrestleMania resulted in several of the pair's former colleagues making themselves known over a celebratory weekend in New Orleans.

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This specific picture above finds Tomohiro Ishii and Kazuchika Okada catching up with 'The King Of Strong Style' ahead of the event, whilst Twitter follow-ups days later revealed that Hiroshi Tanahashi and Minoru Suzuki were also in attendance. With NJPW at a new critical and commercial high, there was a proto-Forbidden Door vibe about the two sides overlapping even if it never materialised.

It wasn't just those in 'The Big Easy' getting in on the action. Preparing for a legendary final battle with 'The Rainmaker' for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, some exchanges with fans on the former bird app also revealed that Kenny Omega had one eye on the event. Just one, though. After tweeting this:

@KennyOmegamanX

'The Best Bout Machine' followed up with this:

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