Former Pro Wrestling NOAH Star Signing With WWE?
There’s now speculation on Japanese pro wrestler Hideki Suzuki possibly signing with WWE.
Tokyo Sports reports that Suzuki was recently spotted at the international terminal of the Hadena Airport in Tokyo, Japan, with a one-way ticket to the United States.
Suzuki worked as a guest coach for the WWE Performance Center in January/February 2020. It’s now rumored that Suzuki is headed back to work for WWE, this time for a permanent role.
Suzuki made his pro wrestling debut back in 2008 and was trained by the legendary Billy Robinson, among others. He has worked for several Japanese promotions, including All Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, Wrestle-1, Big Japan, Inoki Genome Federation, and Pro Wrestling Zero1, among others. He was named the MVP Wrestler in the 2017 Japan Indie Wrestling Awards.
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WWE informed the roster via its Talent Relations app that the company will not be providing COVID-19 vaccines for on-screen talent, according to Fightful Select. As independent contractors, if they want to get vaccinated they have to handle it on their own.
Tokyo Sports reports that Hideki Suzuki, who previously worked for Pro Wrestling NOAH, was spotted at the international International terminal of the Hadena Airport in Tokyo, Japan as he is set to travel to the United States. He noted that his ticket is one-way. There was speculation that he could be going to WWE.
Suzuki previously worked with the company as a guest coach for the Performance Center last year. He’s currently not signed to any company. You can see a photo of him with Chris Hero, Drew Gulak and Timothy Thatcher from his last visit to the company below.
NYK to Expand the Number of Ships Sharing Data via ShipDC’s IoS-OP
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Ship Data Center Co., Ltd. (ShipDC) have agreed to use the latter’s IoS-OP to share data received from all NYK-operated vessels equipped with SIMS, expanding the total to about 200 NYK vessels.
Up until now, NYK had used ShipDC’s IoS-OP to share shipping data from some vessels equipped with SIMS, but the new agreement expands the data-sharing to all SIMS-equipped vessels within the NYK fleet.
This agreement will dramatically increase the amount of data being transferred via the IoS-OP and makes it possible to increase corporate value by utilizing the data for ship safety, economic pursuits, environmental efforts, and innovation within the shipping industry to enhance international competitiveness.