WWE SIGNS PARAGON JAY PIERCE

The WWE has officially signed NJPW star Paragon Jay Pierce. The former IWGP Heavyweight Champion, IWGP Intercontinental Champion, NEVER Openweight Champion, has spent the last 6 years in Japan. He is the sixth New Japan Triple Crown wrestler and the second New Japan Grand Slam Champion. United States born, The Paragon is finally ready to come home and compete as one of the best wrestlers of this generation.

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"There simply wasn't anything left for me in Japan," says Paragon Jay Pierce on why he's leaving NJPW. "After you've already proved you are the best in the entire country, it becomes time to become the best in the world. I can promise I will be."

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Paragon Jay Pierce will be competing on the Smackdown Brand.

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