Disagreements between Vince McMahon and Triple H over changing Kenta's name

Triple H and Hideo Itami

WWE changed Kenta’s name to Hideo Itami at the NXT Takeover II event last week and it is being said that Triple H and Vince McMahon had a disagreement over the matter.

Apparently, Hunter didn’t want his name changed by Vince insisted that Kenta should have a new name under the WWE.

Triple H was mainly concerned because he thought that their fanbase in Japan would be affected by this and that it would hurt WWE’s ability to use Kenta.

In recent years, WWE hasn’t enjoyed that much of a success in Japan as it their popularity has been “cold” out there. And Hunter felt that signing Kenta would be a big boost for the company in that region.

Apparently, he also didn’t want Japanese fans to feel WWE was being disrespectful by changing the name.