We mentioned prior that in a interview a few weeks ago, NJPW’s owner Takaaki Kidani had some interesting comments about WWE. “We are entering a phase where you are either with WWE or against them”. It had many fans excited about a possible combination between the two companies.. Not many thought it would be the other way around…

One year ago WWE poached Shinsuke Nakamura, AJ Styles, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson… Looks like they are fighting back:

NJPW owner Kidani said “The reason why we decided to go to US is what WWE did to us one years ago. I’m really frustrated. That’s the reason” — enuhito(English) (@enuhito_eng) January 7, 2017

Over the past week or so, NJPW has made a number of moves that are indicating that they will be fighting WWE instead of joining. They plan to expand their brand globally. Here are some examples:

Kidani: “We want to sell NJPW to Cable TV in US at a lot cheaper TV rights fee than WWE. We will build an office, a Dojo, and more.” (Tweet was deleted)

Steve Corino at their New Years Dash show said that Wrestle Kingdom 11 gained NJPW World 10,000 new subscribers, with about half of those being from the U.S.A.

NJPW have announced several moves, taking shows to the U.S and different countries. The G1 Climax is coming to Los Angeles:

G1 Climax 27 is coming to Los Angeles ?? — NJPW (@newjapaneng) January 4, 2017

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NJPW plans to do a show in Australia in 2017:

NJPW is doing a show this year in Australia https://t.co/Ne7i8nzLPh — Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) January 7, 2017

NJPW will train a lot of international talents in order to produce good wrestling matches not only Japan, but also to all over the world. — enuhito(English) (@enuhito_eng) January 7, 2017

They launched an English website (NJPW1972.com).

Certainly looks like we could be gearing up for a war. Maybe not right away, but it looks like NJPW has chosen to fight back at WWE. Let us know what you think in the comment section below.