WWE Has Talked About Signing Kazuchika Okada As Of Late

Recent talk has taken place within WWE regarding potentially signing NJPW’s Kazuchika Okada.

Dave Meltzer reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Shinsuke Nakamura’s recent push is to show Okada that the regime has changed in WWE regarding the way they book talent from Japan. 

“The pitch is that he’s now 36 and he’s close with Nakamura and Nakamura has worked years in WWE and it’s far easier on his body. The idea is that WWE is the one thing Okada has never done and he’s done everything he can do in New Japan. One person who buzzed us about the renewed interest in Okada said that one of the reasons Nakamura is getting a renewed push is to show Okada that this regime is not going to treat Japanese like the stereotypical children-like role (although Tozawa is still playing that role) because Vince does that with people who don’t speak fluent English, but this is a new regime. Okada is a name always brought up but there’s no indication there’s anything new to this other than there’s been more talk of late,” Meltzer wrote.

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