Brock Lesnar coming to Japan

[BusaLiger Dragon]

thoughts on brock lesnar coming to NJ's 1/4 tokyo dome show?

[Supah Indy]

none that I can say on this forum

[edgehead1984]

Interesting, to say the least, and they call him the hottest freelancer right now...

Lesnar still has his no-compete clause with the WWE So he won't be wrestling or even going to PRIDE or K-1

[Tradewynd]

That no compete clause has been reported differently on the net though. Initially, it was supposed to be no wrestling or MMA or kickboxing or anything like that until his contract had expired, which was either 2007 or 2009. Now, people have been saying the no compete was only for one year, and if that's the case this would be the time to start promoting him, especially if he already has a handshake deal with Inoki.

Assuming he will be available in March, just imagine what NJ could do with him at the top of the card. He could certainly help a very stale and/or bad product if he decided to put the working boots on. Lesnar vs. Nagata would easily be MOTYC. However, even assuming that a deal could be made to bring Lesnar in, it seems far more likely that in the long run NJ will get as much use out of him as they have Josh Barnett or AJ got out of Goldberg.

[Luds]

If used properly (which doesn't really happen in NJ these days) Lesnar could be a great idea. Having him face off against Nagata, Tanahashi, Nakamura, Tenzan and Barnett would do wonders for the company.

[Tradewynd]

Sadly, if he is brought into New Japan, he'll be much more likely to working/jobbing to Chono or Choshu than any of those guys. Inoki'll probably bring Chyna back to feud with Brock after he's done getting jobbed out on top. Hopefully he'll do better than Egypt's top wrestler when he gets forced into MMA though, or else it'll totally burn any chance he has to make money in wrestling. I daresay I would be shocked if Brock will be used as effectively as Josh Barnett in New Japan, and that's quite a statement.

Given how much Brock loooooves the business, I don't see him wanting to stick around for the long run or work a full schedule anyway. It seems a lot more likely that he'll only come in for 6 figure paydays on big shows. Or 6 figure paydays to sit in the crowd on big shows.

[Pheonix_Chi25]

thoughts on brock lesnar coming to NJ's 1/4 tokyo dome show?

Your kidding right?

[Luds]

Tradewynd, relax dude, you know that NJ only screws only their own!

If Lesnar comes in he'll crush everybody in sub-10 minute matches

[Toan]

Although Lesnar in New Japan is good personally I think he'd have better matches in NOAH.

Lesnar Vs Kobashi would sell out the Tokyo Dome!

[OrangeCrush51]

If Lesnar moves to Japan, how will Sable be able to continue to pose in Playboy to keep her career alive? Then again, a schoolgirl outfit, some pigtails, couple of tentacles and she could probably make it in Japan too!

I agree with Toan though. A move to NOAH to face the likes of Kobashi, Akiyama and Misawa would be better than New Japan, where he'd basically steal the gaijin spotlight from Norton and dominate some matches.

[Tradewynd]

You know Luds, you may have a point. He was treated just as well as Fujita and Sable at the 1/4 show. If he's on the same level as Fujita then he may be ready to job to Chono right now. On a sad side note, what does it say when you have a segment where the person who has the most respect/least hate for pro wrestling is Sable?

[Luds]

Having Lesnar in Japan is only a good move if they have him at Dome shows facing worthy challengers and have him sell.

I don't mind if he comes in and defeats someone like Nagata, but he cannot win the title...

[edgehead1984]

Stu now says they want Lesnar to perform at the May Tokyo Dome...

[OrangeCrush51]

The news sites are saying now that Vince McMahon won't return Lesnar's phone calls. The way I see it, Lesnar probably wants to return to the WWE, but I doubt he wants to have to job on SD! again to try and earn back his respect. And didn't he leave the WWE because of the traveling? Maybe he'd be happier jobbing in Japan just out of pride...

[DANGEROUS DAN]

El Samurai Over Brock!!