Freddie Prinze Jr. on why Vince McMahon did not push Japanese stars in WWE × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout WWE News Ex-writer discloses possible reason why Vince McMahon did not push Japanese stars in WWE By Nishant Jayaram Modified 11 Aug 2022 Follow Us Comment Share Vince McMahon is the former chairman of WWE Former WWE writer Freddie Prinze Jr. feels Vince McMahon possibly did not push Japanese wrestlers because of his cultural ignorance. Over the last few years, several Japanese wrestlers in WWE have become fan favorites, including the likes of Asuka, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Kairi Sane, to name a few. The former has seemingly been, by far, the most successful Japanese star, having won multiple women's titles in the promotion. On his Wrestling with Freddie podcast, Freddie Prinze Jr. was asked by co-host Jeff Dye why Japanese superstars weren't successful in the Stamford-based company in the past. "So it's just a cultural ignorance, man. Vince always felt - and this is public - if English isn't their first language, the American fan is always going to look at them as a heel and if they're a baby face, they're going to look at that - he wanted them to be like funny and goofy. I think that's why. There was a lot of like goofy Mr. Moto when it came to Japanese wrestlers over here," said the former writer. [From 16:29 to 16:54] なぼ@namu1224Kabuki Warriors is the greatest tag team!!!Please come back Kairi Sane…#WWE #WWERaw #WWESmackdown #WWENXT #WWELive #WWEwomen #kabukiworriors #asuka #kairisane11Kabuki Warriors is the greatest tag team!!!Please come back Kairi Sane…#WWE #WWERaw #WWESmackdown #WWENXT #WWELive #WWEwomen #kabukiworriors #asuka #kairisane https://t.co/uj3Y1L22Ey Triple H, McMahon's successor as the creative head, pushed several Japanese athletes when he was in charge of NXT. Nakamura, Asuka, Kairi Sane, and Iyo Sky (fka Io Shirai) were all prominently featured on the former black-and-gold brand. Vince McMahon once almost got sued by the Japanese royal family over a WWE storyline Asuka/Kana Forever.@Drarham2What's up with WWE and promoting matches between japanese women just to cancel them afterwards?8911What's up with WWE and promoting matches between japanese women just to cancel them afterwards? https://t.co/NufuQLEfh8 Dan Madigan, who previously wrote for WWE, recently revealed that McMahon had to cancel plans for a storyline as the Royal Family of Japan threatened to sue him. "I’ll tell you what’s going on. Apparently the Japanese royal family’s p****d off at us. They’re gonna sue us and kick our boys out of Japan (…) They watch wrestling and they’re f**king mad at us,” said McMahon to Madigan. The aforementioned storyline was discussed in the early 2000s, featuring a character named Hirohito, a relative of the Emperor of Japan. However, the angle was scrapped, and the gimmick never made it to the company's programming. 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