As the wrestling war between the two companies continues, an international free agent is apparently on the radar of WWE and AEW. The latest move in signing talent saw Jade Cargill leave AEW for WWE, while WWE Hall of Famer Edge jumped to AEW.
Katsuhiko Nakajima has finished up with Pro Wrestling NOAH and could be headed to either promotion.
After making his promotional debut in 2005, he won the GHC Title twice, the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship three times, and the GHC Tag Team Championship six times.
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted the rumor is Nakajima will be headed to AEW, WWE, or NJPW.
“Nakajima. He [Tony Khan at the WrestleDream media scrum] talked about him, too. Yeah, he said that he’s got interest in Nakajima and he thinks Nakajima has got interested in them. And Nakajima is finishing up with NOAH, his contract has already expired with Noah, but he’s doing a few more matches this month and nobody in Japan knows where he’s going. I’ve got friends in Japan who have speculated WWE, New Japan, very high in the speculation. When Tony was asked, he said that they were very interested, too. So, I would suspect it’s one of those three. When he was leaving, it was pretty much going to be one of those three places because why else would he be leaving? I don’t think at all that he fits with WWE. He’s a great worker. It reminds me too much of when Kenta went, a disaster. He was there for years. He got all messed up because he knew that if he worked the way he worked in Japan with the hard kicking and everything and the very physical style, he knew that everybody would say he was too stiff. It wouldn’t go. So he lightened up his style and tried to work American.”
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