It is a lil weird to see WWE openly flirting with their biggest competitors openly, NJPW is putting out a damn good product while WWE is kinda coasting. ..
this has feelings of 2005 when they didn’t see the UFC as competition for their audience and allowed The Ultimate Fighter to piggyback off RAW
I’m sure New Japan is aware of this too.
I’m sure Vince sees it as introducing his audience to guys he’s going to raid in months time