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Namba announced her as a participant from AEW, guess we'll find out there is some reasonable reason for her not appearing in a few months when Tony's mentions annoy him enough to leak it
if she doesnt wrestle some time before grand princess, its because of visa issues. if she does its probably because tony was waiting until after the ppv to start new stories and do some debuts/returns. deeb for example was backstage in december but didnt wrestle until january and now shes hinting at a match with mercedes who debuts soon. pac was at the homecoming show backstage but still hasnt been on tv. megan bayne finished up with stardom but still hasnt been on tv. could be visa issues or just storyline reasons for yuka. we shall see.
Yuka Sakazaki matches since leaving TJPW, presumably for AEW, at the end of 2023: 0
Yuka Sakazaki matches scheduled for the future in AEW: 0
Yuka Sakazaki matches scheduled for TJPW for this month: 1
It could be a bit of both. She was only back for a few matches before her graduation. She may have been taking some more time to get back to 100% while she's waiting for everything to get sorted out.
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Wait a minute! 🤔
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Namba announced her as a participant from AEW, guess we'll find out there is some reasonable reason for her not appearing in a few months when Tony's mentions annoy him enough to leak it
if she doesnt wrestle some time before grand princess, its because of visa issues. if she does its probably because tony was waiting until after the ppv to start new stories and do some debuts/returns. deeb for example was backstage in december but didnt wrestle until january and now shes hinting at a match with mercedes who debuts soon. pac was at the homecoming show backstage but still hasnt been on tv. megan bayne finished up with stardom but still hasnt been on tv. could be visa issues or just storyline reasons for yuka. we shall see.
Presently wrestlers need at very least two months for a work visa, and that's assuming everything goes smoothly and they can expedite the process. More often it's 4-6 months. Japanese citizens are usually on the faster end of it, meaning a visa takes 2-3 months to be processed. In short unless Yuka Sakazaki has been incredibly unlucky (like Rey Fénix) her visa should be approved very soon if she applied in December. Honestly I have stopped trying to make any sense of AEW appearances because there isn't.
Yeah, AEW historically has their plans scheduled out pretty far in advance. They probably have creative for her and are just waiting to spin it up
Did she move to the US as well? If so could be getting settled in
Yuka Sakazaki matches since leaving TJPW, presumably for AEW, at the end of 2023: 0 Yuka Sakazaki matches scheduled for the future in AEW: 0 Yuka Sakazaki matches scheduled for TJPW for this month: 1
Feels like things didn't work out the way she thought.
i find this dumb. even if she has visa issues or not, why book her in tjpw so soon? she graduated for a reason.
She said she'd appear again if her schedule allowed it, and it definitely seems to allow it right now.
Correct me if I'm wrong but this is Yuka Sakazaki's first announced match since graduating from TJPW...
Hmm, so her not wrestling isn't injury related it seems. I guess visa issues it is then.
It could be a bit of both. She was only back for a few matches before her graduation. She may have been taking some more time to get back to 100% while she's waiting for everything to get sorted out.
Oh boy /s