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WWE Planning New Japan Talent Raid?

And that’s not where the New Japan / WWE tension stops, as the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting WWE officials have “great interest” in current IWGP United States Champion Juice Robinson.

Robinson captured New Japan’s US belt in a star-making match against Jay White earlier this month, where he’s become a solid mid-card act in the promotion over the last year. The Observer adds that:

“A number of New Japan regulars actually aren’t under contract… so legally WWE can approach them without it being tampering. Others it has to be more nuanced, but they are making plays right now.”

But while WWE wants Juice Robinson…

Juice Robinson Doesn’t Want WWE

…Juice Robinson doesn’t want WWE.

Robinson spent four years in NXT as CJ Parker, where he was mainly used as an enhancement talent, leading him to request his release in 2015. Which is probably why he said this in response to the reports at last night’s G1 Show:

“I ain’t going back. I ain’t ever going back… you can take that and shove it up your ass.”

So if New Japan stars don’t want to go back to WWE… what about WWE stars going back to New Japan?

New Japan Want Shinsuke Nakamura

Wrestling Observer Radio recently pointed out that AJ Styles, Shinsuke Nakamura, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson’s WWE contracts all expire early next year, with all four men signing three year deals back in 2016 after jumping ship from New Japan following WrestleKingdom 10 – and apparently New Japan has “absolute interest” in bringing back Nakamura, one of their most popular stars from recent times.

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