WWE’s website has a new article with Triple H, Daniel Bryan, Cesaro and Seth Rollins talking about the signing of KENTA. Triple H was asked when we can expect to see KENTA on RAW and what his training status is. Triple H replied:
“He just signed with us. I was there when he had his tryout at the Performance Center and I met with him there. We’ve been working on this for a while. His training will start when he gets here. The thing is, you can be a big star anyplace else in the world. That gets you in the door. What you do once you get here is a whole different ballgame. He’s no different than anybody else once he walks through the door of the Performance Center.”
Daniel Bryan was asked what he thinks the future holds for KENTA. He replied:
“Kenta has wrestled in the United States, Europe and Mexico. He knows how to switch his styles up with what WWE is doing, so the sky is the limit for him. He has worked hard at speaking English. I don’t necessarily think he should be doing long interviews, but if you told him to, he would be able to do it within a year or two because he’s so smart. And the big thing is, he’s cool. It’s like when you meet The Rock, he’s cool. Kenta’s just cool, and somehow it translates in the United States. When people see him and meet him, they’re just like, “Man, this guy’s cool.””
– We noted before that John Laurinaitis ran WWE’s recent tour of Japan and had help from Paul Heyman in putting together some of the matches.
One of the Cesaro vs. Kofi Kingston matches was booked like a match between two Japanese legends, Riki Choshu vs. Shinya Hashimoto. NXT Champion Adrian Neville and Sami Zayn, who worked for years in Japan, were allowed to do more Japanese style matches. Dean Ambrose asked if he could work like Terry Funk and did some of Funk’s babyface spots against Seth Rollins.
– WWE Network has been sending out notices to subscribers who haven’t logged into their account for a few weeks, reminding them to login and be ready to watch the Battleground pay-per-view on Sunday.
