Coming out of the most recent AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door, certainly one of the few common complaints from viewers was a scarcity of cross-promotional emphasis on this 12 months’s card. Because it seems, problems with visa clearance ensured that quite a few Recent Japan stars couldn’t attend. Speaking on the post-show media scrum, AEW President Tony Khan touched on the connection with NJPW when asked if he had thought of booking a tournament featuring stars from each corporations.
“It’s an interesting thought; it will surely be something I would love to do,” Khan said. “The logistics can be difficult, and that is a part of what makes Forbidden Door special, is getting everyone under one roof.”
Khan noted that his preference can be to bring NJPW stars over to AEW further prematurely of the PPV to start out constructing things out earlier, but that always is not a possibility for various reasons. That features NJPW needing the wrestlers for their very own shows, which Khan can relate to.
“Sending people over is all the time thing,” Khan continued. “I like doing that, but again, AEW does 52 weeks of TV a 12 months, so sending the celebs away can be sometimes difficult, but I all the time love when we are able to put people out for either excursions, tours, or tournaments.”
The manager identified Nick Wayne’s involvement within the last two editions of NJPW’s Better of Super Juniors tournament for instance of AEW sending certainly one of its own over. As for a tournament involving each corporations, Khan reiterated that it’s something he’d like to do if it were ever a possibility logistically.
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