WWE Signs Japanese Star

According to International Herald Tribune, the WWE has officially signed Japanese wrestler, Yamamoto. Yamamoto is from the New Japan Pro-Wrestling and has signed a multiyear contract. Terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed.

The signing is part of the WWE's tradition of having a Japanese wrestler on its roster, Wells said. WWE already has one Japanese wrestler, 40-year-old Shoichi Funaki.

Yamamoto begins training as early as this month at Florida Championship Wrestling, a facility for developing WWE wrestlers, with Steve Keirn, Tom Prichard and other former pro wrestlers turned trainers.

Yamamoto's deal is a "development contract," Wells said and it is when he will make his debut on a WWE show.

Source: International Herald Tribune