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While we can't confirm the veracity of this story, Tokyo Sports is reporting details of Kazuchika Okada's contract with AEW. They reported:
According to people close to Okada, this contract significantly overturns conventional wisdom in the Japanese professional wrestling world. The conditions that were set were ``3 years and 2 billion yen.'' This amount shows just how high expectations AEW had for Okada, who were confident in competing with WWE.
They also noted: "All amounts are estimates".
As I type this, that would equate to $13,510,400, or rought $4.5 million a year. You read that correctly.
As I mentioned above, we can't confirm this report but if it ends up it's true, or even close to being that much money, I just don't even know what to say. I like Okada, a lot. But $4.5M a year? Oh man, that's just ridiculously overpaying. There is no world that WWE would have offered him anything close to that.
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