According to a report by Puroresu Spirit, the NOAH contracts for Takeshi Morishima and TMDK’s Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste are set to expire soon on December 31. In addition, there is talk of Nicholls and Haste going to WWE.
It was announced last April that Morishima was retiring from wrestling due to health concerns, and he was going to have a retirement ceremony in September. However, the ceremony was later canceled because Morishima wanted to have one more match instead. Things were then delayed as a result. Morishima has now been working out and apparently getting into much better shape since he was diagnosed with diabetes, and the rumors suggest he could make an in-ring return and go “anywhere he wishes.”
The Mighty Don’t Kneel have been under contract with NOAH for the last two years, and there is talk that they might be bound for WWE/NXT. Haste has recently been on the shelf since June due to a knee ligament injury and getting surgery. Haste last appeared for NOAH in September 2015. Marufuji is said to wish TMDK the best of luck wherever they go after their contracts are up.
Haste and Nicholls had previously impressed WWE after a tryout last summer, and they were both reportedly offered contracts. But they were still waiting for visa paperwork to go through and medicals to be taken care of first.
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