An update is available regarding Hiromu Takahashi potentially joining WWE.
Earlier this year, the Japanese wrestling blog Kakutolog reported that it was “highly likely” both Takahashi and EVIL would end up in WWE.
EVIL debuted in NXT on the April 28 episode by confronting NXT Champion Tony D’Angelo. On Tuesday’s NXT, WWE revealed in a vignette that EVIL, under the name Naraku, will make his in-ring debut next week.
According to a recent report from BodySlam+, the word going around the Performance Center is that Takahashi is expected to land in WWE as well. Another source indicated that some are of the belief that Takahashi will use the Nox Raijin name that WWE filed to trademark on April 28. This follows Bryan Alvarez’s earlier report that the Nox Raijin name will be used by someone else in NXT.
WWE filed to trademark the name Naraku on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.
Hiromu Takahashi
Takahashi is a four-time winner of the Best of the Super Juniors tournament, having won in 2018, 2020, 2021, and 2022. He is a five-time former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and, in 2024, won the World Tag League with Tetsuya Naito. The pair also won the IWGP Tag Team titles together.
In 2020, Takahashi was voted Non-Heavyweight MVP in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards. In 2017, he and the other members of Los Ingobernables de Japón were voted Best Gimmick.
Ian Carey
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