Kazuchika Okada ‘has not decided’ on next steps amid WWE, AEW interest

Kazuchika Okada has not decided which wrestling promotion he will sign with next. 

While the 36-year-old has announced he is officially leaving NJPW, it’s not clear whether he’ll land in AEW or WWE.  

Our own Dave Meltzer addressed the latest on Okada during Saturday’s episode of Wrestling Observer Radio.

Meltzer said:

He’s going to go to whoever makes the best offer. I’ve heard from people and talked to people who know him very well who have talked to him in the last day or two, and he has not decided. It’s not like a secret, he just hasn’t decided yet. 

Meltzer continued:

I know people in AEW who think they’ve got him. I know people in AEW who hope they’ve got him but don’t think they’ve got him. I know people in WWE who hope they’re going to get him.

AEW is believed to have made the stronger first offer to Okada. There are those in the company who feel they have a good shot of landing him. 

Meltzer continued:

AEW is probably the favorite, in that sense, but anyone who says it’s a done deal, it’s not a done deal but I do know that there are people in AEW who are thinking they got him. 

Okada also filed to trademark “Rainmaker” on January 12.

NJPW has booked a final match between Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi for February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka as well.