NJPW Owner Takaaki Kidani Wants His Company to Work With WWE

NJPW owner Takaaki Kidani was interviewed by Tokyo Sports to discuss a number of topics relating to his promotion and its future following ‘Wrestle Kingdom 12.”

As the content of the interview was in Japanese, @STRIGGA of Purolove.com provided translations as showcased by WrestlingInc.

Kidani first explained that he wants to fill out the Tokyo Dome which has a capacity of 55, 000 within the next two years. To do this, he believes the company needs new young Japanese stars with emphasis on them needing a Heavyweight in his 20s.

In Toyko Sports Takaaki Kidani said that in two years time he wants to fill the seats in the outfield of the Tokyo Dome and mobilize even more fans. Therefore he says New Japan needs young japanese stars, specifically a heavyweight star in his 20s.

— STRIGGA (@STRIGGA) January 5, 2018

Continuing, Kidani looked back to 2012 when the New Japan fan club had 1, 890 members and now the membership figures are at 12, 000. He explained that the promotion is going uphill.

Kidani furthermore said that he remembers how the New Japan fan club had 1,890 members in 2012 and now membership figures are at 12,000. Kidani: "The base is rising. Various synergies are occurring. New Japan's sales are also rising."

— STRIGGA (@STRIGGA) January 5, 2018

With those rising numbers, Kidani explains that he and NJPW will be able to pay more money for wrestlers and wants to get more wrestlers who have competed with WWE involved in the company.

He explains that he wants to continue getting those superstars in until WWE want to involve themselves with the company. When WWE are ready to get along with them, they can work together.

With rising numbers Kidani said NJPW will be able to pay more money to wrestlers and he wants to get more wrestlers with a relationship WWE involved in New Japan. He says he's going to do that until "the other side" says: "Let's get along."

— STRIGGA (@STRIGGA) January 5, 2018

Only time will tell if WWE and NJPW do form a working relationship. That said, NJPW have a relationship with ROH and WWE have relationships with a number of independent companies. A cohesive agreement between all of these companies could be extremely beneficial for the business.

Below we have included the opening movie package for ‘Wrestle Kingdom 12.’ If you didn’t watch the event, be sure to give that a watch and let us know if it made you want to watch it.

2018.1.4 WRESTLE KINGDOM 12 OPENING MOVIE

Would you like to see a working relationship between NJPW and WWE? What dream matches between NJPW and WWE superstars would you like to see?

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