Does the yakuza really run NJPW?

>>3157750
Not anymore.

>>3157753
When did they stop running njpw? Was inoki secretly yakuza?

>>3157760
>The Dynamite Kid states in his autobiography that Antonio Inoki was once slapped around by a Yakuza member backstage. Inoki, realising who was doing the slapping, thanked him for the honor.
>In 2012, Pro Wrestling NOAH was embroiled in a scandal when it was revealed that the Yakuza strong-armed people into attending NOAH shows when attendances were falling.
If they were ever revealed to had a hand in NJPW, it could lead to shutting down the company.

>>3157750
Wrestlers use modern yakuza to funnel money and tickets in.

Fmw pres owned yakuza money, Noah had yakuza since day one via few wrestlers.

Pride had yakuza.

>>3157750
>>In 2012, Pro Wrestling NOAH was embroiled in a scandal when it was revealed that the Yakuza strong-armed people into attending NOAH shows when attendances were falling.
Stop giving Vince ideas.

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>yakuza
I guess that explains all of the homosexuality displayed in NJPW

>>3157760
When they were bought out by Yuke's.