Jmare007
pico pal q lee
Dave gotta stop with the bullshyt and explain what the vague denominator "top Japanese talent" means. He says "except Tanahashi", so does that include Okada? No way in hell is anyone thinking for a second that he'll leave NJPW. Ibushi? Could be depending on how much Omega is in his ear, but he's being built up as a steady main eventer. Naito? If anyone has a legit case being pissed about his booking, it's him but that's about it. Suzuki, Ishii, Goto, Sanada, Evil, etc? Are we still talking about "top" talent or just including the entire roster. Not holding anything against those guys' talents but where does the "top" end? Also, I highly doubt any of them are clamouring for a WWE Roster spot like that except maybe Sanada who still got a long career ahead of him.
And what other talent could possibly think of leaving? Juice Robinson who walked away from NXT? Zack Sabre JR who is having the run of his career and knows 205 Live is waiting for him? Jay White who is getting a monster push as the top gaijin heel? At best you could argue Will Ospreay but only because he doesn't have a very specific reason to stay and not because there's any real incentive to work with the E.
So who does that leave? Oh right, the Elite who have been shoveling these "rumors" to Dave...
The fact he basically said "well, Tama Tonga was angry too after the G-1!" also implies that he may just be taking any example he can get to make the story bigger and not just about The Elite.
Naito could pull a Nakamura. But I'm supposed to believe he was happy with the company in August when he already got completely fukked by booking (again), and just two months later he got SO PISSED at them that he's considering leaving? Just when they signed one of his buddies for his stable? And where the hell is he going to go and get more money than in Japan?
Okada
I could see Ibushi, but that's because that's how Kota is, motherfukker always looking for something different to do and at the end of the day, he didn't get the Tokyo Dome main event against his buddy
which he has been looking forward for a long ass time now.So the whole thing might be about the Golden Elite then, sorry Dave what a huge mistake people are making
as well as Tokyo's Sports first All Star Battle show in 1979, that celebrated their 20th year since the publication's creation and put Baba and Inoki in the same ring after their departures from JWA, it was the last time they tagged.
same with Shuji 
