4. WWE Officially Partners With New Japan Pro Wrestling
From WWE Network's Japanese broadcast to Jushin "Thunder" Liger's NXT Brooklyn appearance and Finn Balor getting zero grief from New Japan for his "Balor Club" merchandise line bearing a remarkable similarity to the merchandise worn by the legendary Japanese promotion's "Bullet Club" heel stable (of which Balor was once the leader), there's something happening between WWE and New Japan. By 2020, that could go from a little something to a direct partnership or WWE's outright ownership of the company. Here's a few things to consider. You're a crazy person if you don't think that Triple H isn't keeping a subtle eye on Scott Hall's son Cody's development in the New Japan dojo. Cody vs. Roman Reigns is like, the ultimate Vince McMahon dream WrestleMania main event. As well, while New Japan's business has spiked, the wrestling business is a cyclical one and New Japan possibly needing a financially robust by 2020 WWE to bail them out of a bad fiscal way is a possibility worth considering. Of course, if WWE partners with New Japan you can get...
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.
