NJPW
By Scott Keith on August 13, 2018
Hey Scott, hope you have been able to cool dowb with the AC fix.
With NJPW/ROH selling out the Garden, I know they are going to sign some talent to combat either before or shortly thereafter. Can you see Vince being aggressive and purchasing AJPW and/or NOAH? AJPW, I know is nothing what it used to be, but it does have name value. I could see Vince buying just to compete, not make money but try to take some steam out of NJPW. Also, does all AJPW own all content? It would be something for the network.
The Japanese promotions don't own their own footage, it's all produced and retained by the TV network. New Japan World, for example, is actually a TV-Asahi production that happens to feature all of New Japan's stuff. All Japan's footage is all owned by the other big network in Japan, so even if Vince bought them out, he'd still have to make a separate deal for the footage.
That being said, I can totes see him buying NOAH. It's cheap enough to give him a foothold in the country without a big investment and the connection is already there with Itami.
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