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1 hour ago, SirEdger said:

Fightful just tweeted that Hideo Itami has asked and been granted his WWE release. Would make sense with what happened tonight on 205 Live.

Easily the biggest disappointment since the original Sin Cara.

Whatever had in Japan and ROH, he didn't bring with himĀ to the WWE.Ā 

He was also the victim of bad luck (multiple injuries) and bad timing. When he was called down to 205 Live, I knew he was dead in the water.

I'm glad they actually let him go. Maybe he can be an asset somewhere else (AEW?), because it was obviously never going to happen for him in WWE.

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1 hour ago, sek69 said:

I wonder if WWE will have the self awareness to ponder why so many people are getting sick of their creative direction and asking for their release.

I'm not sure how much more they really could've done with the perma-injured KENTA tbf

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KENTA had a struck of bad luck with all the injuries. But it's not like they would have done anything with him anyway, he could never have been KENTA when he came. Today, things may have been different. Let's see what they do with Kushida...Ā 

Maybe he's homesick too and wants to go back to the country. I guess a veteran spot in All Japan or Noah is always a possibility.

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Yeah, there were a few points where they were getting ready to do something with him and then he got hurt. He kind of falls into that Revival camp where I can kind of see why they didn't trust them to stay healthy. It was also obvious that Kenta wasn't the same when he came back last year.Ā 

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KENTA had a ton of injuries problems with a lighter schedule in NOAH, him getting injured constantly in WWE was expected imo.

8 hours ago, SmartMark15 said:

KENTA just requested and has been granted his release. In a perfect world, he gets a G1 run this year.Ā 

It would be cool watching him work New Japan, specially with today's talent. But let's not act like KENTA was doing anything remarkable in the ring after 2010. Even his heavyweight run in NOAH was underwhelming.

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I wonder if he will make a surprise appearance at All Star Battle in a couple of weeks though, that would be pretty dope.

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It's not just that he had bad luck with injuries. He just didn't show up in the ring when the spotlight was on him.

NXT Title match against Roode: flopped. Looked lethargic and missed some of his signature spots.

Tag Team match on Raw with Finn Balor, which was made a big deal: flopped. Looked sloppy more than once.

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He just was a flop. Be it due to injuries, be it through bad showings in the ring and looking sawft, his run was bad.

Both did the right thing now. It was clearly not working.

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KENTA is banged up as all hell, probably peaked ten years agoĀ after a grueling decade in NOAH. It's not like he's Kota Ibushi in 2019 (both are the same age more or less I believe). He's got to work as a veteran in a friendly environment. As far as his status go, well, let's see if by virtue of having worked in WWE alone, he's a "bigger star" now thanĀ he was before in JapanĀ (the answer is, probably not).

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