#especially if they're about Japanese wrestlers or promotions and no one involved in the reporting knows any Japanese

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There have been some rumors going around the English-language wrestling media claiming that Desperado is a freelancer and that he isn't signed currently to New Japan. Desperado has directly said that these rumors are false.

The first tweet reads:

"Foreign Media reports that El Desperado is not currently signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling

Since the GCW offer was through New Japan Pro Wrestling, I'm not sure about the credibility of this."

Desperado replies: "Ahh, this is a lie."

The day before this, Desperado's friend Sato Hikaru called out puroresuflow on twitter for claiming that Desperado is a freelancer. The account deleted the tweet after being publicly called out for spreading false information.

Sato Hikaru is fighting Desperado at an upcoming independent show, which he references in his tweet.

"This is a big lie. If this was true, it wouldn't have been so difficult to arrange his participation in the Kawasaki baseball stadium show. If he was a freelancer I could've just messaged him directly on Line.

I guess there are underhanded fans who lie about having "secret information that only they know" just for attention everywhere, regardless of the country. I saw this tweet in passing and it made me mad."

On the same day, Desperado made a tweet to clarify things too.

"8/25 Kawasaki

There are many "ex-New Japan wrestlers" who are currently freelancers but

I'm going to the ring against Sato Hikaru as "a wrestler belonging to New Japan Pro Wrestling"

I'm excited just thinking about stepping onto that stage!

It's a fight that I truly couldn't have even imagined happening before this summer!

I wonder what will happen lol

I'm not involved with the ticket sales so please ask Sato about them"