On today’s episode of The Taz Show, Taz will discuss the classic match between Nakamura and Ibushi from Wrestle Kingdom 9.

Taz mentions that NJPW’s production is unbelievable, and they’re basically the only company in the world that can compete with WWE production-wise. They pull out all the stops here for Wrestle Kingdom, with pyro and multiple video walls to ensure a jam-packed arena full of people are satisfied. Taz points out that this is Japan’s WrestleMania.

Taz says he’s a big fan of Nakamura’s work, and he doesn’t mean to disrespect him today because he’s never met him, but this is when Nakamura was booked “Cool”. He urges his fans to check out the video of this entrance from Wrestle Kingdom 9, because this is when Nakamura truly was a “rockstar”.

He points out that we’ve seen this plenty of times before, and Taz has actually been through this himself. As a Superstar in the business you feel like your career is going great and then you finally make it to WWE and things change drastically. For whatever reason, WWE seems to struggle with capitalizing on momentum that incoming performers have.

Taz likes that Nakamura and Ibushi are wearing opposite colour ring gear during this match. He informs that this is an unwritten rule in the business, and in some cases it actually is written in the Gorilla Position in WWE. Ibushi wore white and Nakamura wore black for this bout.

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Dave Meltzer reported in the latest installment of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Bill Goldberg was in talks with New Japan. While very few details were provided, the idea was to bring Bill in for their big shows.

With Goldberg going into the 2018 WWE Hall of Fame class, it seems very unlikely now that New Japan Pro Wrestling is an option at this time.

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Don Callis commented on rumors/speculation that Chris Jericho could be coming to Impact Wrestling now that Callis has a position in the company creatively. Callis mentioned that if Jericho was coming to the company, that would be news to him and he pointed out that he doesn’t put a lot of stock into rumors.

“I’ve read a lot of rumors about different talents. There is the one you mentioned (Rey Mysterio). I’ve heard about Chris Jericho which, if he is, I wish he’d tell me since we’ve been good friends for so many years. I don’t put a lot of stock in rumors. People look at who is available out there and fans think about who they’d LIKE to see in there. I totally get it but I don’t put a lot of stock in rumors.”

While Jericho isn’t expected to work this year’s Royal Rumble or WrestleMania events, there is speculation that he will be working another New Japan Pro Wrestling event later this year.

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While speaking to CBS Sports, Triple H was asked about Chris Jericho facing Kenny Omega at Wrestle Kingdom next month.

“I think it’s great. Good for Chris,” Triple H said. “It’s phenomenal. Good for Kenny, good for New Japan. We were aware. That was a conversation that was had.”

Triple H continued, “It’s great, it’s good for him. Chris is one of the greatest talents in the history of the business, so I think it’s great. Good product is good product. I’m happy for them, happy for Chris and happy for everybody.”

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Cody Rhodes appeared on Busted Open Radio. Here are some highlights from the interview:

The current wrestling scene: “It’s a wild time to be a pro wrestler and it’s a wild time to be a pro wrestling fan…I think everything [has] been elevated and the platform that Ring Of Honor has given myself, Matt and Nick [Jackson] and New Japan, they’ve let us play our music in our own way and right now people like the song. And I’m very… I don’t know. I tend to go back and forth. Sometimes, I’m a total dreamer and then other times I’m quite a realist, so I know in wrestling, one day, you’re up, and the next day, you can be bottom of the barrel down and we’ve been up, up, up, and it continues to trend upward, so I just want to keep it going. Hot Topic, that thing that the Bucks set up with Hot Topic, so many people have benefitted from it and that’s going to be something, I hope, when you look back in the history books of wrestling, there [are] going to be these moments where things happen, where watershed incidents, where breakaway moments went down, that’s one of those. That [has] made… hell, that [has] made a lot of people rich already. So yeah, no, I’m just enjoying the ride, but I still want to make sure we’re still going up here.”

New ‘Attitude Era’ being on the way: “Wrestling is absolutely hot and getting hotter. [Bully Ray was] involved, [but] me, Matt, and Nick weren’t involved in wrestling when it was at it’s hottest in the late 90s in The Attitude Era. We want our Attitude Era and I don’t know what it’s called or what it’s going to be, but it’s heading that direction, so we want to be on the right side of history. We want to be a part of it.”

His successful 2017: “Not to sound tacky, but this has been the first seven-figure year I’ve ever had and it blows me away that it happened, so on that end, for my family and well-being, that part has been the best. But also, the part I enjoy the most, the fans and the creative element of what we do, I keep saying it, but to play music how you want to play it, it [has] never been like this before for me. This is superseded… I look at a time, my WWE Intercontinental Championship run as my favorite thing I ever did because I got to change the belt and I got to be involved in a couple of WrestleManias with that in the picture, but this time, now, has completely passed it by, blown it away. Being a world champion is all that it was cracked up to be from every world champion that there ever was that told me about it. It [has] certainly been everything that I dreamed and hoped for.”

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WWE Superstars and former RAW Tag Team Champions Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson recently spoke to the Daily Mail where they talked about their time in Japan, and also about The Club and a number of different topics.

When asked which WWE Superstars they would like see join the Club next, Anderson replied:

“Sasha Banks, she could manage us! That’s what so cool though, you could even go old school, I mean everyone knows our history with Finn Balor and some of the other guys from our time in Japan.”

Anderson revealed that their future goals and aspirations are to be the RAW Tag Team Champions again and walk into WrestleMania as champions.

”We’d like to be the Tag Team Champions again, we’d like to walk into Mania as champions again, that was such a cool moment that you can never take from us.”

Luke Gallows went on to clarify how it felt going into WrestleMania as champions:

“Walking down that ramp with our belts above the ring, feeling that wind blowing. can still see it all, John Cena and Nikki Bella were warming up before they went out there, we came back through the curtain and there Triple H getting pumped up before he went out. That was cool, that’s the dream being on that show with all those guys there.”

You can check out the full interview here.

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According to Fightful.com, the following wrestling personalities contracts with Ring of Honor & New Japan Pro Wrestling are expected to expire:

* Young Bucks: Through 2018
* Jim Ross: January 2018 (with AXS)
* Jay Lethal: Through 2018
* Kenny Omega: January 2018
* Rocky Romero: January 2018
* Flip Gordon: Spring 2018
* Punishment Martinez: In extension talks

For Impact Wrestling, the dates are as followed:

* EC3- Summer 2018
* Moose- July 2020
* Low Ki- October 2017 (no longer working with the company)

Prince Puma’s contract with Lucha Underground will expire 90 Days after Season 3 Lucha Underground finale.

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As of this writing there are only six matches announced for the upcoming WWE Hell in a Cell event. Those match as as followed:

Hell In a Cell Championship
Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens

WWE Title Championship
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Jinder Mahal

WWE United States Championship
Baron Corbin vs. AJ Styles

SmackDown Women’s Championship
Charlotte vs. Becky Lynch

Hell In a Cell Tag Team Championship
The Usos vs. The New Day

Dolph Ziggler vs. Bobby Roode

Dave Meltzer reported in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Randy Orton vs. Rusev will be added to the card. Meltzer speculates that the match will most-like be a “Last Man Standing” match, as they recently did that match while in Japan.

WWE Hell In a Cell takes place on October 8th from the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. As always, we will be providing live play-by-play coverage of the event.

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Dave Meltzer discussed Rey Mysterio’s status in the recent issue of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter and indicated that Mysterio’s asking price could ultimately hold him back from promotions like Ring of Honor and New Japan.

Both ROH and NJPW are looking to expand and Mysterio would be a great fit as it would be a fresh crop of talents he could go up against. The real issue is that Mysterio’s asking price is $10,000 per appearance, which is way higher than anyone in Ring of Honor and probably more than what New Japan is willing to pay.

In regards to Mysterio possibly making a return to WWE, Meltzer mentioned that the deal appears to be dead.

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Marty Scurll recently did an interview with Channel Guide Magazine where talked about him joining Bullet Club, whether he is looking to join WWE, and other wrestling topics. Here are a few highloghts from the interview.

Joining Bullet Club at War of the Worlds and his first impression:

I only knew a few weeks out. It was a natural fit with myself just about to debut for New Japan, and I had been spending a lot of time with the Young Bucks, who are two of my best friends in the business. I was nervous, but I also love new challenges. My mindset was how can I add to this group? How can I make it better? Rather than what can it do for me. I loved the angle we did for it. That was all down to myself, the Bucks and Kenny. We came up with it all. I wish every PPV we do could end on an amazing cliffhanger. We made Bullet Club the number one trend in the world for a short period. That’s bad ass. That’s what every PPV should aim to do.

Travelling with the members of Bullet Club and how it’s like being a part of a world famous group:

One thing I will say is joining Bullet Club really helped rise my stock. I’m seen on a world platform now. It’s unlikely I would have got the Hot Topic deal without Bullet Club. BC is about as mainstream as it gets as far as wrestling goes. Bullet Club I see now is completely different to the original. That was a serious group of bad ass heels. The BC now, with myself, Cody, Kenny [Omega], Bucks, [Hangman] Page, it’s much more extravert. It’s a real collection of larger-than-life characters. We’re more like a group of Freddie Mercury’s. Diehard wrestling fans will always say, “the original is best,” but BC is bigger than it has ever been right now. We’re in Tekken. We’re the best-selling shirts in Hot Topic. We have a hit YouTube show (Being the Elite). Last time I checked, 42 of the 60 best selling items on Pro Wrestling Tees were Bullet Club members or BC related. The Bucks especially have been really great business mentors to me. The group inspires me to be better. Look at Kenny, he’s the best on this planet right now. Look at Cody, he’s on this amazing run, and its damn cool to watch. We all want to be the best. We can even compete with each other. We want to increase business everywhere we go. We want to make wrestling fun.

About his long term plans and whether he would be allowed creative freedom if he joins WWE:

Right now, I love what I’m doing. I want to conquer ROH and New Japan. I want to continue to push the boundaries and break the mold of what a wrestler without the machine behind them can do. There’s a group of us like minded in that sense, the Bucks, Kenny, Cody, Page etc. In terms of “The Villain” and WWE, I’m pretty sure if they saw opportunity in me to make money, I’m sure they’d let me have a lot of creative freedom. But who knows if they do. I do see a lot of Villain shirts on their programming though. I would love to pick the brain of Vince McMahon. “The Villain” and the “Evil Genius” discussing the business over a steak dinner sounds divine.

You can check out the full interview here.

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