Initially of 2025, Bandido and Brody King gave the impression to be on completely opposite sides of the spectrum, with Bandido going after the Ring of Honor World Championship while King was continuing to team with Hounds of Hell teammate Buddy Matthews. Now in November, the duo are atop the tag team world in AEW, having won the titles back at Forbidden Door, and successfully defending them in the whole lot from ladder matches to the Don Callis Family team of Kazuchika Okada and Konosuke Takeshita at WrestleDream.
The duo’s next defense might be coming up at Full Gear, where they’ll tackle Money Wheeler and Dax Harwood of FTR, however the duo may already be looking ahead at other potential opportunities. Sitting down for “Close Up with Renee Paquette,” Bandido and King were asked in the event that they would really like to defend the championships internationally once more, having already defended the titles in Mexico for CMLL back in September. Each King and Bandido seemed passionate about the concept, particularly with regard to 1 country.
“I might like to take them to Japan,” King said.
“Oh yeah, me too,” Bandido said. “I might like to take it to Japan.”
Bandido and King have loads of experience in Japan, albeit individually. The luchador had previously competed for Latest Japan Pro Wrestling back in 2019, when he took part within the Better of the Super Juniors tournament, ultimately placing sixth in Block B. Meanwhile, King often competed for Latest Japan, in each Japan and america, from 2019 till 2021, when he signed with AEW. He has continued to make appearances for the promotion since, including difficult David Finlay Jr. for the IWGP Global Championship at Wrestle Dynasty this past January.
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