AJ Styles, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson, and Shinsuke Nakamura informed NJPW officials at the Wrestle Kingdom 10 event that they’ve been approached by WWE and are leaving the promotion for WWE.
On today’s Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted that these signings were supposed to be kept secret but he was able to confirm the story with several people.
No word on when they will officially start with the company but it looks like Nakamura won’t be starting right away. AJ Styles is likely finished with his commitments and the feeling is that he probably won’t be doing his remaining dates with ROH.
The interesting part about these signings is that Styles, Gallows and Anderson are Bullet Club members and WWE has been pushing “Balor Club” merchandise in NXT so they could have most of the key members of the group reunited in NXT or on the main roster. Anderson was believed to have been talking to TNA but apparently WWE gave him a better deal.
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