WWE signs first Chinese talent

  • Welcome to "The New" Wrestling Smarks Forum!

    I see that you are not currently registered on our forum. It only takes a second, and you can even login with your Facebook! If you would like to register now, pease click here: Register

    Once registered please introduce yourself in our introduction thread which can be found here: Introduction Board


Prince Bálor

I'm kind of a big deal
Joined
Apr 27, 2014
Messages
24,384
Reaction score
6,635
Points
0
Location
Serbia
Via WWE.com:

WWE signs first Chinese talent to developmental contract
20160616_china_pc_bin--4f5e87f25431c62e864cb4238f34c23e.jpg

SHANGHAI — WWE has signed 22-year-old Bin Wang to a developmental contract, making him the first Chinese athlete to have the opportunity to train to become a WWE Superstar.

Paul “Triple H” Levesque, WWE’s Executive Vice President of Talent, Live Events and Creative, oversaw the historic contract signing, which was held today at a press conference in Shanghai’s Mercedes-Benz Arena.

Hailing from Anhui, Wang has trained for the past two years in Japan at the Inoki Genome Federation, a wrestling and mixed martial arts promotion founded by WWE Hall of Famer Antonio Inoki. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound recruit will relocate to Orlando, Florida, this Sunday to begin training at the WWE Performance Center.

“It is an honor to be the first-ever Chinese talent in WWE history,” Wang said in a press statement. “There are no fans in the world that show the same passion as the WWE Universe, and I look forward to training and developing my skills so I can perform for them in the future.”

025_ChinaDay4_06162016_1255dog--a8587cc921e085cd694b5568489c3c3e.jpg


The announcement capped off a major week in WWE’s efforts to discover Chinese talent, coming as WWE concluded a four-day tryout — the first it has ever held in the country. WWE also announced at the press conference that it will hold its first Live Event in China in more than three years in Shanghai on Saturday, Sept. 10, as well as that it has signed a new agreement with PPTV to deliver Raw and SmackDown in Mandarin.

Here's the video:
 

Stopspot

Now I’m a big, fat dynamo!
Joined
Apr 1, 2012
Messages
42,192
Reaction score
8,467
Points
0
Age
35
Location
Sweden
Except this guy is not the first Chinese talent signed to WWE.

A Chinese wrestler named Li Fang was under WWE contract between 2008-2010 and worked for FCW.

Revisionist WWE strikes again
 

Rogue

Active Member
Joined
Apr 21, 2013
Messages
31,583
Reaction score
5,877
Points
28
Age
31
Location
The United States of Ambrose
Favorite Wrestler
ajstyles
Favorite Wrestler
kassiusohno
Except this guy is not the first Chinese talent signed to WWE.

A Chinese wrestler named Li Fang was under WWE contract between 2008-2010 and worked for FCW.

Revisionist WWE strikes again
2nd Chinese signee doesn't have as much of a ring to it.
 

Stopspot

Now I’m a big, fat dynamo!
Joined
Apr 1, 2012
Messages
42,192
Reaction score
8,467
Points
0
Age
35
Location
Sweden
2nd Chinese signee doesn't have as much of a ring to it.
Li Fang is the Chinese Nathan Jones. So bad WWE are going out of their way to ignore his existence