{"id":126078,"date":"2021-09-02T16:28:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T21:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=126078"},"modified":"2021-09-02T16:28:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T21:28:14","slug":"wwes-japan-division-dissolved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/09\/02\/wwes-japan-division-dissolved\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE&#8217;s Japan division dissolved"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2165617550\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/gamebiz.jp\/news\/332483\">Gamebiz<\/a> is reporting that WWE&#8217;s Japan division has been dissolved as of September 2. All investors agreed to the move.<\/p>\n<p>Planned live events in Japan this year and last year were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. WWE&#8217;s International expansion into countries like Saudi Arabia, India, and elsewhere indicates that is a key company strategy for growth. Where expansion in Japan goes from here remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/09\/01\/wrestlemania-38-reportedly-set-as-a-two-night-event\/\">WrestleMania 38 reportedly set as a two-night event<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3313845329\"><div id=\"pwtor-755305699\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Gamebiz is reporting that WWE&#8217;s Japan division has been dissolved as of September 2. All investors agreed to the move. Planned live events in Japan this year and last year were cancelled due to the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/09\/02\/wwes-japan-division-dissolved\/\" title=\"WWE&#8217;s Japan division dissolved\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":76837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[71],"class_list":["post-126078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe","tag-wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2019\/03\/WWEheadquarters-TitanTower_3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126079,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126078\/revisions\/126079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}