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I think it’s kind of overplayed in some ways. I mean, at the same time when I wrote about it, it’s true. You know, WWE obviously wants Okada. They’ve wanted Okada for how many years, right? But they do believe that maybe there’s a better chance of getting him now than before. And maybe there is.
Every ery year everyone’s contract [in NJPW] is up, for the most part. I mean, there are exceptions but for the most part, the way the Japanese structure their businesses is that everyone’s contract is up at the end of January, February 1, in January, you negotiate the new deal.
So, yes, of course, Okada’s deal is up January 31, as is probably every single wrestler on that roster that doesn’t have a long-term deal, which is most of them. So they’re all up. And, the key things are number one, you know, his wife’s an actress who makes her money there, so I don’t know, does he really want to leave Japan?
He listened to offers, he should. Is there more money in the United States? Yes. Some people don’t want to go to the United States and some people do. The one thing is that in the history if Okada goes, he will be – in the history of Japanese wrestling which goes back 70 years – he would be the first top guy to leave Japan to go to an American promotion full-time.
Source: Wrestling Observer Radio
