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       Top Talents Gone from NJPW? 
       By: ChrissiCalvert Date: January 5, 2016, 1:05 pm
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       AJ Styles, Shinsuke Nakamura and multiple members of the Bullet
       Club have ‘given notice’ to New Japan Pro Wrestling that they’re
       done with the company, according to an exclusive report by
       former WWE writer Court Bauer over at MLW Radio.
       While in theory you can give notice without leaving for sure, he
       made it clear that they’re done with NJPW. While he didn’t say
       so, one would think they’re leaving to bolster the NXT touring
       roster in WWE, but obviously that’s mostly conjecture.
       The key here is likely what Styles and Nakamura are being paid.
       Nakamura was making excellent money as one of NJPW’s top natives
       and Styles was probably making the most money of any American
       freelancer the last two years. The question is what exactly the
       trade-off would be:  Styles needs some security in the event his
       back problems shelve him for an extended period of time, while
       there may be some allure of being an American/western star for
       Nakamura.
       As for Styles’ friends in the Bullet Club, Bauer didn’t name any
       names, which is interesting because the Talk’n Shop podcast with
       Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, and Rocky Romero is part of Bauer’s
       MLW Radio. That’s simultaneously an indicator to the truth of
       this (besides that Bauer’s had a strong track record when he’s
       broken big stories) and a possible hint as to who else is
       leaving, one would think.
       NJPW has done annual contracts up in January seemingly since the
       beginning of time. In the past, rumors of talent leaving before
       January have usually been deemed false because of the timeline.
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