Tajiri released by WWE.

[iliketurtles 0]

WWE and Tajiri have reached an agreement on his release. Monday Night RAW in Boston on Dec. 12, 2005, will be Tajiri’s final appearance. Tajiri has decided to go back to his native Japan to work on writing a book. In addition, Tajiri plans to write news columns upon his return. WWE wishes Tajiri the best in all his future endeavors.

 

WWE.com

Edited December 8, 2005 by HartFan86

[Placebo Effect 0]

Ohhh snap.

[Slickster 0]

Bischoff WAS holding him down.

[Guest Samantha]

Nooo, I love Tajiri. If they really had nothing for him they could have put him in the Cruiser division on Smackdown.

[Guest Fook]

Goddamn it...

 

I bet his wife is happy now though.

[Lil' Bitch 0]

Contract renewal my ass.

[imajackoff? 0]

well, that sure sucks.

[strummer 0]

Meltzer:

 

--Yoshihiro Tajiri was released today by WWE. This was just weeks after he had signed a new three-year contract. The decision was likely his as in a magazine column he wrote that came out a few days ago, he talked about how many wrestlers were tired and unhappy following the death of Guerrero, and the European tour, and hinted of wanting to get out.

[2GOLD 0]

Sounds like he is just tired of doing it. Maybe he can make better money being a writer in Japan than he could have made being a wrestler in the WWE.

[k thx 0]

Yeah, Tajiri probably doesn't need to be in WWE at this point. He can make a good living in Japan, wrestling or otherwise, and Eddies death was probablt the wake-up call ne needed.

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

And they just renewed him to. I wonder what the terms of his release are.

[Guest Coffey]

Thanks for playing, Tajiri:

 

[Just John 0]

At least he went out in style. His courtroom skit was one of the better ones, especially his reaction to having to face HHH later.

[bob_barron 0]

I love Tajiri.

 

They really missed the boat on his overness in 2001.

[Special K 0]

Well, good for him. I always loved his matches in ECW, and he had boatlads of charisma to get over without much English. I'm sure his many years in the WWE treated him quite nicely, though.

[Guest clockworkraven]

I miss the Yakuza.

[Matt Young 0]

This is not on WWE.com.

[Dimensions 0]

Yeah, I can't find it either.

[Gary Floyd 0]

Thought he was great, but I'm not suprised the slightest, as the company had nothng to do with him. That out of the way, at least he now gets to see his wife more.

[iliketurtles 0]

That's weird they took it down.

[dubq 0]

Yeah, Tajiri probably doesn't need to be in WWE at this point. He can make a good living in Japan, wrestling or otherwise, and Eddies death was probablt the wake-up call ne needed.

 

The guy is also a licensed dentist if I remember correctly.

[ChrisMWaters 0]

Yeah, Tajiri probably doesn't need to be in WWE at this point. He can make a good living in Japan, wrestling or otherwise, and Eddies death was probablt the wake-up call ne needed.

 

The guy is also a licensed dentist if I remember correctly.

 

Ah...now I get hit.

 

He kicks people so hard in the mouth so he can get business.

 

GENIUS!

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

I too found it odd that this story has vanished from WWE.com. Did they change their minds again?

[RepoMan 0]

Yeah, Tajiri probably doesn't need to be in WWE at this point. He can make a good living in Japan, wrestling or otherwise, and Eddies death was probablt the wake-up call ne needed.

 

The guy is also a licensed dentist if I remember correctly.

 

Ah...now I get hit.

 

He kicks people so hard in the mouth so he can get business.

 

GENIUS!

I'm legitmently suprised they never did an angle like that.

[NoCalMike 0]

Well it would be nice to see Taijri in TNA, but it seems likely he is done with Wrestling, at least for the time being, but man oh man would it be awesome for him to show up and give the X-division a charge.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Yeah, Tajiri probably doesn't need to be in WWE at this point. He can make a good living in Japan, wrestling or otherwise, and Eddies death was probablt the wake-up call ne needed.

 

Thank God somebody other then myself expressed heartfelt concern for Tajiri's rampant steroid and painkiller abuse.

[Masked Man of Mystery 0]

I'll miss Tajiri, I always liked him. I hope he comes back or has changed his mind

[SuperJerk 0]

Yeah, Tajiri probably doesn't need to be in WWE at this point. He can make a good living in Japan, wrestling or otherwise, and Eddies death was probablt the wake-up call ne needed.

 

Thank God somebody other then myself expressed heartfelt concern for Tajiri's rampant steroid and painkiller abuse.

There's no way that physique of his is natural.

[Foshi 0]

I remember back in the day, JR always used to put over that Tajiri had a degree in economics.

 

I had also read at some point that wrestling wasn't necessarily his passion and that it was more of something he found himself to be good at where he could make money.

 

Needless to say, this is a big hit for me. He was my favorite, but in some ways, I'm glad that he got out of a company that had absolutely nothing for him to do. I really wish he'd go to TNA, but I doubt it.

Edited December 9, 2005 by Foshi

[Sass 0]

Tajiri vs. TAKA in All Japan could be really good.

 

It's too bad he was so mishandled in the WWE. He didn't need to speak in order to get over with fans. He let his actions speak for him and he did that well.