The co-founder of STARDOM, Rossy Ogawa, has been terminated from the promotion. This news has come from STARDOM themselves and from Bushiroad who owns both STARDOM and NJPW. He will no longer be the executive producer as his role dictated.
This news came just hours after STARDOM thanked Ogawa for the promotion’s 13 year anniversary.
From STARDOM:
Notice Regarding Termination of Contract with Rossy Ogawa
To whom it may concern, and to our fans
Thank you very much for your continued support of Stardom.
We would like to inform you that Bushiroad Fight Inc. (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a business consignment agreement (the “Agreement”) with Mr. Rossy Ogawa. We are pleased to inform you that we have terminated the business consignment agreement (the “Agreement”) with Rossy Ogawa as of February 4, 2024.
Since 2019, the Company has entered into the Agreement with Rossy Ogawa, the founder of Stardom, and has invited him to serve as Executive Producer and has entrusted him with Stardom-related tasks. However, we have recently become aware that Mr. Rossy Ogawa has been poaching a number of Stardom athletes and staff members, and we have decided to terminate this agreement.
We sincerely apologize for any concern this may have caused. We, the players and staff of Stardom, will continue to make concerted efforts to further develop Stardom and to deliver excitement to our fans.
We look forward to your continued support.
February 5, 2024 Bushiroad Fight, Inc.
Per Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful, there have been numerous rumors of Ogawa heading to WWE.
