WWE raiding NJPW of many top stars (UPDATE: Kenny Omega received 3 offers in 2015)

[M.C.G. 31]

WWE's offer to AJ Styles was reportedly a "blow-away offer" topping any other promotions'. ROH wanted to sign Styles to a six-figure deal.

 

[Fro]

interesting

http://www.tnawrestling.com/Search-Listing/item/6977-AJ-Styles

 

[Ensane]

interesting

http://www.tnawrestling.com/Search-Listing/item/6977-AJ-Styles

Sweet timing. Just in time to get an injunction in place prior to Sunday.

 

[17futurecap]

interesting

http://www.tnawrestling.com/Search-Listing/item/6977-AJ-Styles

Wow.

 

[Kimi]

It's a non-issue. While AJ was working without a contract for NJPW, the other two were still under contract (and still are). They couldn't sign anything with TNA even if they wanted to. The best outcome would be a letter of intent, but those are meaningless. And it's also be contract tampering. Bitter TNA is being bitter.

 

[Ensane]

It's a non-issue. While AJ was working without a contract for NJPW, the other two were still under contract (and still are). They couldn't sign anything with TNA even if they wanted to. The best outcome would be a letter of intent, but those are meaningless. And it's also be contract tampering. Bitter TNA is being bitter.

Maybe. All it takes it a judge on a Friday afternoon to want to wait until Monday to hear evidence from both sides.

 

[Kimi]

Maybe. All it takes it a judge on a Friday afternoon to want to wait until Monday to hear evidence from both sides.

It says in the statement that they never actually signed a contract, just negotiated and agreed to sign one at a later date. There's nothing to go to court about.

 

[Ensane]

It says in the statement that they never actually signed a contract, just negotiated and agreed to sign one at a later date. There's nothing to go to court about.

It does?

A handshake and written deal between AJ, Drew, Chad and TNA was agreed upon and signed by all. Start dates were determined, creative decided, merchandise designed and plane tickets purchased.

These terms are pretty material. The only major one missing from that list would be compensation. Verbal agreements are fully enforceable, so unless it was a letter of intent that specified that it was simply an agreement to negotiate in good faith, there might be enough here to get beyond a courtroom's doors.

I'm not saying this would have any merit, but we don't have enough information to dismiss it out of hand.

 

[Kimi]

"Over the Christmas holiday, and after the lawyers finalized the long form agreement, all communication with TNA stopped."

The 'long form agreement' is the actual contract. Anything signed before that would just be a letter of intent.

 

[Ensane]

"Over the Christmas holiday, and after the lawyers finalized the long form agreement, all communication with TNA stopped."

The 'long form agreement' is the actual contract. Anything signed before that would just be a letter of intent.

Fair point. Reading comprehension...and stuff.

I still find the timing and the source quite curious. Letter of intents are not on their face unenforceable. Again, all TNA needs here is to get a lucky pull from a sympathetic, lazy, or underqualified judge.

 

[Del Preston]

"LOLTNA" is the correct response here, again. What a **** company.

Styles' management says no contracts were signed or finalized by anyone involved:

http://fightnetwork.com/news/654239...-on-a-j-styles-karl-anderson-and-doc-gallows/

It's a non-issue. While AJ was working without a contract for NJPW, the other two were still under contract (and still are). They couldn't sign anything with TNA even if they wanted to. The best outcome would be a letter of intent, but those are meaningless. And it's also be contract tampering. Bitter TNA is being bitter.

Gallows didn't have a contract with NJPW either, according to /squaredcircle.

 

[Kimi]

Fair point. Reading comprehension...and stuff.

I still find the timing and the source quite curious. Letter of intents are not on their face unenforceable. Again, all TNA needs here is to get a lucky pull from a sympathetic, lazy, or underqualified judge.

Well they didn't say they're filing, so I think this is just TNA airing their bitterness in public. If they were they would have said so.

Styles' management has said that nothing binding was signed, nor a contract finalised. EDIT: See above.

 

[Kimi]

Gallows didn't have a contract with NJPW either, according to /squaredcircle.

Might not have done, it's normal for outsiders to not have a contract. I know that at least one of them did, along with Nakamura, as they were all waiting out the month in Japan.

 

[Emperoreddy]

*sigh* Dixie and TNA just need to stop.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Styles and company respond back saying no formal agreement was reached with TNA.

TNA has nothing, and just made ***** of themselves putting a blueprint in place for Styles before a deal was made. This is Dixie and TNA trying to grab headlines before AJ premiers at the Rumble IMO.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Just like Dixie had to go out and say WWE was trying to steal their talents after WWE got Styles, Nakamura, Gallows and Anderson from NJPW.

 

[Reality Check]

Dixie Carter could have given WWE, on some level, the competition they desperately needed.

Too bad she is just a blithering idiot.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Just like Dixie had to go out and say WWE was trying to steal their talents after WWE got Styles, Nakamura, Gallows and Anderson from NJPW.

Yepp. A lot of hot air. Read somewhere else that if TNA had something they wouldn't be putting out a Friday afternoon *****fest press release. They would actually be doing something.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Meltzer says no deal was ever signed and the only thing that may have been signed was a letter of intent which is not legally binding. He doubts NJPW would go after them for contract tampering but said it was really stupid for TNA to admit this.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

 

[17futurecap]

Could just be him not wanting to give away the result of the last big New Japan shows him and Gallows are on in a few days since they are trying to win the tag titles back.

 

[Falco Lombardi]

Dixie Carter should go away.

As it is, there's probably a higher likelihood of TNA introducing the Dixie Carter Kiss My Ass club in the future

 

[Kimi]

Could just be him not wanting to give away the result of the last big New Japan shows him and Gallows are on in a few days since they are trying to win the tag titles back.

And AJ Styles has flat out said they're coming on Jericho's show the other day. I assume he'd be in the know about this.

 

[17futurecap]

Gallows and Anderson are on the Honor Rising shows this week, would guess that will be it for them, considering they did this last night.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

In response to the departures of Nakamura, Styles, Anderson and Gallows, NJPW is scrapping their one-year contract system and going to multi-year deals.