10 Reasons Why WWE Will Have No Competition By 2020
9. What Does Jushin Thunder Liger Being At NXT Takeover Mean?
WWE likely has wanted to work with New Japan Pro Wrestling since they saw a) the favorable response that Jim Ross received for announcing at January's Wrestle Kingdom IX event, and b) the fantastic success of the Bullet Club gimmick. New Japan and the WWF worked together considerably in the 70s and early 1980s, but by the mid-80s, the relationship became non-existent. WWE is looking at a talent roster at NXT that's exploding at an exponential rate. WWE working with New Japan allows the company a new destination to send developmental talent like Tyler Breeze who are possibly almost ready for WWE TV, but also super over-exposed on NXT. Imagine Tyler Breeze "impressing Jushin Liger" and getting invited to New Japan for a six-month tour. Breeze gets six months away from WWE television, and can return by say, Wrestlemania and debut the night after the show as someone definitely more seasoned but also to the average fan, a surprise return.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
