darthsiddus2 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 01/09/2009 by Bill Behrens As we had reported in our coverage of the recent New Japan Tokyo Dome show, Low Ki was telling folk there he had signed with WWE. We noted then that he lived in Tampa and could show up in FCW, as he did last night. The following is posted at http://www.low-ki.com WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT! Associated Press: It is with great excitement that we announce "The World Warrior" LOW-KI has joined World Wrestling Entertainment! Speculation had been in circulation after he participated in a non televised match November 4, 2008. Nothing was confirmed or reported, since it was assumed that he was still contractually obligated to compete in New Japan Pro Wrestling and was the IWGP Jr Heavyweight Champion. After NJPW's "Wrestle Kingdom" events, contract negotiations begin for the new year. Terms apparently were not agreed upon and in his debut match, LOW-KI was victorious, putting away Florida Championship Wrestling's Trent Berretta with the "Warrior's Way". Words cannot describe the excitement we feel here and we would like to congratulate "The World Warrior" on his incredible success! 1st time I went to the site the post was not there, but I deleted cookies and tried again and there it was. thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickC13573 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 ya, now he will be released because he leaked info about it. everyime someone says anything they get released Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthsiddus2 Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 except Behrens is Low-Ki's booking agent so he's not getting released Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolinc Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 ya, now he will be released because he leaked info about it. everyime someone says anything they get released Considering he already had his first victory in FCW, I think he's going to be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjb000 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I have mixed feelings about this myself. I'm a fan of Low Ki. He was one of the first wrestlers that got me back into wrestling a couple years ago. It will be interesting to see what he does in WWE. I know he worked for them a couple times in the past on Jakked jobbing. He'll definitely have to tone down his style though. I'm somewhat sad though that I won't be seeing him in the indies or Japan anymore (well, for awhile or however long they decide to keep him). But I guess I'll look forward to see what they do with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Casey Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I'm cautiously excited as it does seem that his chances for success are better now in WWE then they have been for years. The likes of Punk and Bourne have done well, so hopefully it works out for him - quite apart from him having been a favourite of mine since 02/03 or thereabouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyde Hill Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Prefered if he had returned to TNA but untill the contract is officially signed I am reserving judgement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthsiddus2 Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 I'm wondering how they're gonna put a gimmick on him. I just don't see him as anything other than a Tajiri Clone or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Self Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Big fan of things that are different, and Low-Ki has always struck me as a different kind of cat. The way he moves is just so 'I'm figuring out a way to kill you" that I completely buy him as a bad ass. I say give him a Koslov push. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antithesis Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Unless the WWE is going with more of a shoot style, or he finds a bunch of talent that secretly like that styles, who in the WWE is going to want to take those kicks? I say that not having seen Low Ki's stuff in years. Who knows, maybe he's learned to work since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ransik Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 There's only two ways this is gonna go; Really well.... or horribly wrong. Firstly, don't even think for two seconds he's going to show up as Low-Ki when he finally gets to TV... no way he's going to resemble ANYTHING he did in RoH or TNA... cause that's a big no-no in WWE land. He's gonna get a gimmick that makes or breaks him and due to his size compared to the rest of the roster... it's gonna have to be a good one. I'm very skeptical... anyone who would be classified as a cruiserweight joining WWE is usually 90% career fatality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyde Hill Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 well lately with cm punk, kofi kingston, mat sydal and brian kendrick the smaller ones are getting more of a break when they are not called rey mysterio. Still debut gimmick will be very important as well as how he debuts. Id say bring him in as a former enemy of cm punk or as a friend that helps him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ransik Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Very true, but WWE is in "steroid scandal" mode again like they were in the early 90s when guys like HBK and Bret were the smallest around and pushed to the moon because they didn't have needle holes in their butts. Hart admitted to doing steroids a handful of times but he never jacked himself up, only enough to get him back from injuries so he could get a paycheck. Notice Punk won MITB about the time the Benoit scandal was hitting the fan and that doctor was letting the world know everyone in wrestling he prescribed to? It's great the clean guys are getting pushes... but on the same hand... it sucks cause that's basically the only reason they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningHamster Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Awesome, WWE needs more 5'6" 160lbs constipated monkeys who don't sell. Seriously, Low Ki is so 2002. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trell Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Excellent, I hope they do better than TNA did his 2nd time around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moe Hunter Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Notice Punk won MITB about the time the Benoit scandal was hitting the fan and that doctor was letting the world know everyone in wrestling he prescribed to? Now that you mention it, I didn't notice that Wrestlemania 24 was held in June 2007. That's uncanny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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