Open The Voice Gate - The Situation Around the CIMA/Magnum Talk Show
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Dragon Gate legal action
We have recently become aware of a former affiliated wrestler of Dragon Gate has disseminated information containing numerous false statements suggesting that our company and its related parties were involved in serious illegal acts in the past. We have already retained legal counsel regarding this matter.
Okamura deathbed letter
In modern parlance, it was like being given the unredacted Epstein file. It seems there had been a falling out between Okamura and the managing director and it had deteriorated into two men just trying to stuff their pockets as much as they could.
Allegations against Toru Kido
The most shocking revelation from their side was that the current chief executive had inflicted a life-altering injury on an individual. They had been blinded. I know there's people in the company who know about this, but whether that's one man at the top terrorizing everyone underneath him or it's just accepted a standard procedure there, who knows?
Magnum Tokyo departure
I was summarily kicked out by the head of the company at the time alongside the managing director, who is now the current chief executive. When they held the press scrum, I was absolutely sick to my stomach, fed up of so many things. When I told them I was leaving wrestling behind, they responded saying the company would handle the arrangements for the press scrum.
Dragon Dia status
I feel comfortable saying with the information that I have that I would expect the worst, meaning that we have probably seen Dragon Dia wrestle his last match in Dragon Gate. New Japan is actively scouting for juniors to raid and juniors to poach. Daya has been labeled as somebody that is extremely poachable.
Embezzlement allegations
I had the absolute nerve to say, well, don't you know you've got some horrible reputation in the industry, so you should try working somewhere else as a free agent? I wasn't about to own up to things I never actually did. So I turned down his contract.
United Japan Wrestling criticism
I've raised the matter with Sanchiro, the chief director of United Japan Wrestling, saying how much I wish he was at a help desk to provide emergency assistance for younger wrestlers who want to quit, but their promotions won't let them. There's someone in charge of a promotion out there abusing people. It's an open secret, but everyone just keeps going about it.
Shima and Magnum Tokyo relationship
If there were some sort of like-loathe gauge for how I felt about him back then, it would have been 99% loathe, 1% like. Being able to finally see him again last year, by the end of it, quite frankly, the gauge had completely flipped. Now it was like 99% like, 1% loathe.
Kento and Fujiwara visa issues
There has been even an incident that I tried a different route paid 600,000 yen, which would be American dollars. Jeez, that would be $4,500. Do Fujiwara as an intermediary along with another person got scammed.
