NJPW’s ‘NXT Weekend’ Tweet Sparks WWE Speculation

The Rock might have started something bigger—and a single NJPW tweet just poured more fuel on the fire.

On April 27, NJPWGlobal promoted their Wrestling Dontaku event with a strange message: “Wrestling Dontaku is coming up NXT WEEKEND! DAY TWO May 4! #STARDOM will be in force with a match in Fukuoka! LIVE in English on @njpwworld!”

The wording immediately jumped out. Instead of “next weekend,” they wrote “NXT weekend”—and fans didn’t waste a second pointing it out. Replies flooded in with comments like, “The most unfortunate of typos lol,” and “NXT you say,” while others joked, “The double-take I had when I read this.” A few simply posted the now-infamous photo of The Rock wearing a New Japan Pro-Wrestling shirt earlier this month.

The Rock’s NJPW shirt already had fans talking after he casually dropped it in an Instagram video, playing with a Rubik’s Cube and captioning it, “Slightly intellectually intimidated, but keeping faith alive.” No context. No explanation.

Now, after WrestleMania 41 is in the books, the timing feels a lot harder to ignore. WWE’s relationship with international promotions has been a growing topic behind the scenes, and The Rock’s new position as a major power player inside TKO only adds more layers to the conversation.

Whether NJPW’s post was a simple mistake or something more, fans are treating it like a breadcrumb—and the timing couldn’t be more suspicious.