Juice Robinson Reportedly A Free Agent From NJPW

Juice Robinson is now a free agent from NJPW.

We noted back in early November that Robinson’s NJPW contract was set to expire at the end of January. It was believed then that he would receive multiple offers from other promotions.

In an update, Robinson’s contract with New Japan reportedly expired back on January 31, according to Fightful Select. He has been with the company since August 2015, and signed a new multi-year deal in 2019.

There is no update on what Robinson might have planned for his future. He has been working for NJPW in the United States, and Impact Wrestling due to the working relationship between the two companies, but has not been to Japan to wrestle since March of last year. It’s possible that he continues wrestling for NJPW without a deal.

Robinson has continued to work for Impact and NJPW as of late. He last appeared on the taped January 22 edition of NJPW Strong, losing to the debuting Bad Dude Tito. He and David Finlay, who lost to Jonah on NJPW Strong the week before Juice’s loss to Tito, teamed up at the January 15 NJPW Strong New Beginning USA tapings to face Tito and Jonah, in a match that will be airing soon. That could be Juice’s final NJPW match for the time being.

When confirming that he would be a free agent in February, Robinson noted to Sports Illustrated back in November, “It’s a great time in wrestling to show up anywhere, and maybe it’s the right time for me to spread my wings and fly.”

Robinson left NJPW as a two-time former IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion, and a one-time former IWGP Tag Team Champion. He and David Finlay also held the Impact World Tag Team Titles on one occassion.

Robinson expressed interest in returning to ROH a few months back, despite his first run not working out, but they was before the company went on a hiatus. He had a brief run with ROH in January 2019, leading the Lifeblood stable, but he left the company in June 2019 to put his NJPW career in Japan first.

There is no word on if…