I don't know why TMZ made this a big deal but they announced that MVP signed a 1-year deal with New Japan.
Source: TMZ
"Ex-WWE U.S. champion MVP -- previously barred from Japan because of his 9-year stint in U.S. federal prison -- has not only been given clearance to enter the country ... he just signed a deal to wrestle there
According to sources close to the wrestler, Montel Vontavious Porter -- real name Alvin Burke, Jr. -- inked the deal over the weekend to compete for New Japan Pro Wrestling ... a contract that involved TONS of red tape because of Burke's criminal past.
Burke -- who spent over nine years behind bars after being convicted of kidnapping and armed robbery when he was just 16 -- had to fight tooth and nail to get the requisite visa given Japan's anti-felon policy ... but was eventually successful.
We're told MVP will compete in Japan for at least a year -- and his first match is in February."
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