10 Times WWE Actually Worked With Other Companies
9. NJPW - NXT Brings The Thunder
What a delightfully unexpected surprise it was when news broke that Japanese wrestling legend Jushin Thunder Liger had signed on to work a match against Tyler Breeze at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn.
It was just another act of glorious fan service from a brand that had mastered the art at the time, but it also brought forth the possibility that NJPW and WWE could and would work together on a longer-term basis. The Liger news came within days of then-NXT Champion Finn Bálor going out of his way to be complimentary to New Japan for his experiences, while Dave Meltzer spoke of how potentially significant this possible working relationship was.
Oddly, it amounted to...just this. That's not to say the Brooklyn opener wasn't a total blast, or that it wasn't a bit of a giddy thrill getting to see Liger work once for the globally accepted industry leader, but several of the mooted inter-promotional dream matches that sparked up from the news sadly never came to pass.