ROH News: Contracts Expiring, ROH to Work With CMLL?, More

[cero2k]

Source: 411mania.com

– Roderick Strong and Moose’s deals are up in a few weeks. Moose had interest from WWE last year prior to singing with ROH for a year. He has improved over the last year and WWE is looking to add new talent with the brand extension announced.

– ROH hopes to debut Katsuyori Shibata on the August 19th and 20th shows in Las Vegas. Top NJPW stars will be in for both dates.

– There has been some movement in regards to an alliance with ROH, New Japan and CMLL. New Japan and CMLL work together and produce the Fantasticamania shows every January. ROH and CMLL have been in talks to work together, and are working on bringing in a major CMLL star for the July 16th event in Philadelphia.

[Big Red Machine]

They need to do bring in the New Japan guys in moderation. Like have a show where you only bring in Los Ingobernables. Assuming an even semi-full New Japan presence, this would make for TEN shows with a big New Japan presence this year, including 3 of five PPVs (and that's assuming they don't do anything at Final Battle).