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WWE RAW ROSTER IN JAPAN NOTES
The WWE Raw roster is expected to arrive at Narita Airport in Japan shortly, where it is already Wednesday afternoon.
Making the trip on the tour are Chris Benoit, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, The Dudley Boyz, Rico, Miss Jackie, Randy Orton, Batista, Ric Flair, Chris Jericho, Christian, Kane, Lita, Stacy Keibler, and Rob Van Dam, among others. Steve Austin and Eric Bischoff will also appear on the events.
John Laurinaitis did not make the trip overseas due to his office responsibilities with WWE, so road agents Dave Finley and Dean Malenko will be overseeing the shows.
The tour runs Thursday 2/5 at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza, 2/6 in Osaka at the Jo Hall and 2/7at The Saitama Super Arena show. WWE announced on their website that the Saitama event has already grossed over $1.7 million (US) and will end up becoming the largest-grossing non-televised event in the promotion's history. They should probably turn that card into a DVD release here in the United States.
There have been stories in the Japanese media that WWE will meet with Pro Wrestling NOAH officials as NOAH wants to book Brock Lesnar and Kurt Angle to appear on their May Tokyo Dome event, but as I have written before, I don't see any chance of that happening.
Expect to see clips of the tour on WWE TV next week.
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