PWTorch: Kota Ibushi and Gran Metalik agree to deals with the WWE

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Don't think Ibushi is a full time long term thing. They might have worked out something to have him show up for Takeovers or something but Ibushi seems like to much of a weird dude to be in WWE full time.

Right. There are no blowup dolls nor kaijus for him to wrestle there. He'll be bored in no time.
 

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Ibushi : I felt something difficult to wrestle in WWE. How can I say… It was “taping”, so we have to focus on viewers rather than the fans in the arena. You know what I mean? The camera is located at no fans area. So we have to appeal to the direction. I have been wrestling for the fans in the arena. So it was a little bit difficult.

I don’t understand English at all. But I can understand the nuance and use body language. So I can communicate. lol.

I got more reaction from fans in US than in Japan. I think it is easier to wrestling in US.

I will wrestle in WRESTLE-1 Yokohama Cultural Gym on August 11th. And DDT has a big show at Ryogoku Sumo Hall on August 25th. But if I go forward to CWC, I wouldn’t wrestle the show.

I don’t think I will be full timer in WWE at all. I have a lot of things left in Japan. I want to wrestle in Japan.

What did I leave in Japan? I can’t say that… but the one who I wrestled against and with before.

@trick
 
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what do you mean "weird"?

you mean the :dwillhuh: expression he seems to have all the time?

He likes doing the weird shyt in wrestling that he can have fun with. He worked for Evolve during Mania weekend this year & there was reports that half the reason he did is because it would let him wrestle in Kaiju Big Battel that weekend too.

Just can't see him being content in WWE as a full time guy so I assume he would get like a Rhyno deal so he would come & go for maybe the occasional TV taping & Takeover without being a guy who's out on the road with them. Plus the guy doesn't know English outside of wrestling terms probably so I doubt he's trying to move to the states & have to deal with that.
 

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So far in NXT they have:

-top talent from Japan (Nakamura, Hideo Itami, Asuka, Kota Ibushi)

-top talent from TNA (Samoa Joe, Roode, Eric Young, Austin Aries)

-some of the best indy stars (Athena, Tommaso Ciampa, Rich Swann, Biff Busick, Johnny Gargano)

And they still have the main roster wrestlers. How will the WWE properly use ALL of these people?
 

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So far in NXT they have:

-top talent from Japan (Nakamura, Hideo Itami, Asuka, Kota Ibushi)

-top talent from TNA (Samoa Joe, Roode, Eric Young, Austin Aries)

-some of the best indy stars (Athena, Tommaso Ciampa, Rich Swann, Biff Busick, Johnny Gargano)

And they still have the main roster wrestlers. How will the WWE properly use ALL of these people?

That's easy, the main roster always needs a new influx of talent to help make Roman look strong.:goddammit:
 

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So far in NXT they have:

-top talent from Japan (Nakamura, Hideo Itami, Asuka, Kota Ibushi)

-top talent from TNA (Samoa Joe, Roode, Eric Young, Austin Aries)

-some of the best indy stars (Athena, Tommaso Ciampa, Rich Swann, Biff Busick, Johnny Gargano)

And they still have the main roster wrestlers. How will the WWE properly use ALL of these people?
They won't
 
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