{"id":92176,"date":"2021-05-28T12:01:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T17:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=92176"},"modified":"2021-05-28T12:01:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T17:01:21","slug":"wwe-and-njpw-reportedly-discussing-a-potential-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2021\/05\/28\/wwe-and-njpw-reportedly-discussing-a-potential-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE and NJPW reportedly discussing a potential partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-3386117164\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>WWE and New Japan Pro Wrestling have engaged in talks regarding a potential working relationship. Dave Meltzer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/wwe-news\/wwe-njpw-discussing-partnership-no-indication-current-status-342576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">F4Wonline.com<\/a> reports that the discussions have been headed by Nick Khan on the WWE side and pertain to WWE becoming NJPW&#8217;s exclusive American partner.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> This would be a huge deal that would affect more than just the two primary companies involved in the discussions, as AEW and Impact Wrestling both have working relationships with NJPW that would be eliminated if WWE and NJPW strike a deal. Meltzer noted in his report that the two sides have been talking since late March or early April and nothing has been finalized as of his update.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-910559105\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,2,3,2324,4],"tags":[2486,86,3600,210,37,128,101],"class_list":["post-92176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mustreadarticles","category-newsticker","category-newsupdates","category-njpw-news","category-wwe_news","tag-aew","tag-impact-wrestling","tag-nick-khan","tag-njpw","tag-nxt","tag-pro-wrestling","tag-wwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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