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>On the 26th, New Japan Pro-Wrestling will demand NEVER Openweight Champion Karl Anderson (42), who refused to come to the Osaka tournament on November 5th due to double booking with WWE, to give up the belt if this situation continues. showed intention. >It was announced on the 4th that Anderson will have a V2 match against Hikuleo at the Osaka tournament. Anderson returned to WWE with his partner Luke Gallows. He has decided to participate in the "Crown Jewel" (November 5, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) on the same day as the New Japan Osaka decisive battle. >Anderson, who was double-booked by Motoya Izumi, released a statement in a video with Gallows on the 20th. Gallows investigated the flaws on New Japan's side, saying, "New Japan didn't talk to me, so it became a double booking." Anderson himself also refused to come to Japan, saying, "We won't be going to Osaka on November 5th." >In response to this, New Japan explained the circumstances on this day. In response to Gallows' remarks, New Japan Pro-Wrestling has made an offer to Anderson on the right route and at the right time, and after obtaining his consent, we are announcing the title match. On top of that, "At New Japan Pro-Wrestling, I tried to persuade Anderson, but there was no response, so if I didn't come to Japan on November 5th in Osaka and broke the title match I agreed with the company, We request the company to promptly return the NEVER Openweight Championship and the belt." >There have been many troubles caused by foreign players in the past, but the blatant act of listing one's name as a competitor in another group's competition on the same day is unprecedented. It will be interesting to see how Anderson reacts to New Japan, which persuaded and demanded, rather than the hardline method of deprivation.
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>>7733390 I am shocked and appalled.
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>>7733390 >Motoya Izumi, who
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>>7733390 bushiroad keeps getting big leagued and raped by wwe and aew then they bend over and ask for more, its like night and day to how they operate stardom.
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>The key here is that New Japan was aware Anderson wouldn’t be available for the November 5 Osaka date before the card was announced. Anderson defending the NEVER Openweight Title against Hikuleo was always the plan. Someone (believed to be Anderson, but we haven’t been able to 100% verify this) pitched announcing the match anyway, knowing full well Anderson wouldn’t be making the date, and then turning the situation it into a storyline, with the idea being Anderson is ducking Hikuleo, with the company furious and fearing he’s going to take their championship to WWE and never return.
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Once a traitor always a traitor. NJPW deserves it for giving this bald E-drone a second chance.
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its all a work Hikuleo told him to keep the belt man up come back when he is ready.
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>>7733441 >>The key here is that New Japan was aware Anderson wouldn’t be available for the November 5 Osaka date before the card was announced. lmao
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>>7733390 Karl Anderson has died.
F
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The storyline that filtered dumb iwc marks
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>>7733390 Rene Dupree said on his podcast that something similar happened with Tyson Tomko. He was tag champs with A-Train in NJPW and it was just as Inoki got pushed out, so when he started his own promotion he brought Tomko over for one match and paid big bucks for him to drop the tag title in the trash. Tomko, being retarded, thought it was a permanent deal, and was left jobless and blackballed himself in glorious Nippon.
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>>7733390 Karl wants the KWABOTY
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>>7733441 What the fuck is happening to New Japan?
>oh we knew he wouldn't be back, so we're gonna WORK IT INTO A STORYLINE Anonymous
>>7733574 Karl big leaguing a company isn't KWABOTY material, retard
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>people getting worked by this
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>>7733850 Seems Karl was supposed to keep it until WK so this is just to keep the story going. Expect a BC member (ELP?) to show up with the belt and take his spot and put over whoever was gonna win on 1/4.
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>>7733872 >getting blacklisted from every single company except WWE, which already fired you once, is called big leagueing Anonymous
>>7733957 >one chinko bingohall >every single company Of course frogposter is a complete retard
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>>7734026 >he thinks anyone is gonna hire Karl Anderson after that Have fun jobbing on Impact for the rest of your career, Karl
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>>7733574 Was that picture of him passed out with his wife/ex writing "cheater" all over him this year or last year? If it happened this year then he can be in the running for an honorable mention. Tony's still gonna win it.
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>>7734117 Damn...it's been that long? Fuckin god needs to take his thumb off the 2x speed play this shit's not funny anymore.
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>>7733441 >with the idea being Anderson is ducking Hikuleo, with the company furious and fearing he’s going to take their championship to WWE and never return. This is just building up Hikuleo's win and making it mean more
WWE will let Anderson work WK and job the belt
you're getting worked marks
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>>7734393 >HIKULEO as NEVER Openweight Champion zero dimes
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>>7734393 they already said if he doesnt show up next week he's stripped of the title
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>>7733390 Seems like he rather wrestle with his friends and probably is making more money
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>>7733574 I think the big three is already locked in, although it could shrink to the top two if Punk ends up in WWE. Even then, the competition is fucking fierce this year, and now that New Japan is trying to get him back after Crown Jewel I don't think he can compete with the likes of Elgin, Atlas, Kendrick, Fish, Gresham, etc.
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>>7734418 Unless Hikuleo went into business for himself a few hours ago clearly the plans have changed, he told him to keep the belt until he can come back to Japan and fight him for it.
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>>7734476 >Elgin He could win other years but right now he's not even in the midcard. He's just a literal who
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>>7734494 they just put up the statement a few hours ago just give it up already
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>>7734526 That was posted before Hikuleo's promo, so again either Hikuleo went full retard and thought that he has the power to force the company to change their booking or they're kayfabing us, which they've done in the past when there were rumors Jay was leaving the company.
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>>7734460 He’s 100% making more money in the WWE. You think NJPW can afford to pay him 250k+?
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>>7734561 yeah i just heard it
https://youtu.be/UYK1XyVIp0U i think it was just to keep hiku strong by wanting to still fight no matter what
they usually never change booking when it's announced, actual contracted talent are stripped if they cant compete at a set date
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>>7733390 >>7734460 He's a dimeless shitter who betrayed not only NJPW but AEW as well. Who even unironically enjoys seeing this faggot on their screen?
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>>7734038 He’s 42 and hates wrestling lol you know he’s retiring with the big WWE payday, right?
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>>7734578 >they usually never change booking when it's announced, actual contracted talent are stripped if they cant compete at a set date That's a fair point, and jives with recent history (Moxley, Ospreay, SANADA, Juice) but I don't know why they would have Hikuleo cut that promo if they're planning on stripping him anyway. Maybe it makes him look strong in that it shows he still wants to fight him, but he was the one who challenged Anderson in the fight place and Anderson leaving doesn't really hurt him that much. If they stripped Anderson of the belt without the promo and had Hikuleo fight ELP, KENTA or some other BC guy for it I don't think Hikuleo would be really hurt by it. Kayfabing the fans into thinking they'll get a match that they have no intention of making happen just seems like a weird move.
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>>7734656 this way gets people talking about it, if they stripped him already we wouldnt be having this conversation
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>>7734656 He had a match against House of Torture for the NEVER trios belts, they easily could've set up something for a match against EVIL then
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>>7734512 He obviously didn't have enough left to lose to be top three material but still found a reasonably sized company that instantly made him one of their tag team champions and he lost it for stealing protein powder he could have gotten for free and is now banned from the country. Even if he lost out on less money than the AEW KWABs that is pretty fucking humiliating, enough to put him in the high midcard for me.
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>>7733390 when did Karl turn into such a cunt? I remember he was a solid hand back before he was fired by WWE, since then he's been acting like a total prick.
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>>7734703 He and Gallows are the biggest carnies in the business. All the shit they talk is 100% not a work. Money and miles.
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who is Motoya Izumi
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>>7734671 True, but doesn't it make the company look worse if they make it look (outside of kayfabe) that they're trying to get him back and then they don't? I don't know much about the Lesnar situation but did they try to do the same thing there? I think Shinsuke was supposed to challenge next. It just seems weird to implicitly tell your fans that a match will happen if you know it won't; it feels like WWE style false advertising.
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>>7734748 Most fans dont expect something to happen, and you can transfer that heat to someone else like ELP or Juice by having them just show up with the belt like they own it.
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>>7734076 Who would have thought that Joey Ryan's former tag partner and friend of known dickheads the Young Bucks, Karl Anderson, would be a bad person.
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>>7734476 The power gap between Tony Khan and everyone is this year is so big that if all the other nominees joined forces they wouldn't even be half as Kwabbed as Tony.
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>>7734810 >>7734815 >>7734821 It’s Bushiroad. Imagine getting big leagued by fucking Sour Boy
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>>7734810 If Punk goes to WWE then no matter what Tony is #1. If Punk doesn't go to WWE and Tony starts to get his company somewhat under control and gets the ratings back up at least to where they were before this situation (I'm not at all assuming this will happen) then this is a temporary embarrassment, barely even midcard KWAB.
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>>7733390 Time is the lord of reason. APOLOGIZE to Harold or keep enjoying this yardtard management
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Honestly this kinda shit tier booking has been working against the company since last year. This just reeks of that B grade level shit they did with Okada carrying a belt, Shingo carrying a belt, and Osprey carrying one.
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>>7733390 I guess he's NEVER going to go drop that belt. NJPW BTFO!
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>>7733462 Very well said my friend
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>>7733390 The Jacuzzi must’ve got him
