{"id":359108,"date":"2026-07-01T08:45:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T03:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=359108"},"modified":"2026-07-01T08:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T03:15:30","slug":"something-to-keep-an-eye-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/01\/something-to-keep-an-eye-on\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Something To Keep An Eye On’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AEW and NJPW have had a working relationship for years, with stars appearing in each promotions on various occasions and an annual cross-promotional pay-per-view, AEW x NJPW Forbidden\u00a0Door. Earlier this yr, NJPW got here under latest ownership when\u00a0Bushiroad Inc. sold all its shares to\u00a0TV Asahi.\u00a0Throughout the media call ahead of this yr’s Forbidden\u00a0Door, Tony Khan addressed the sale and what it means for AEW’s relationship with the promotion going forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It’s definitely something to regulate, and it has not modified any of the day-to-day work with Recent Japan Pro Wrestling. Hiroshi Tanahashi \u2013 the president of Recent Japan Pro Wrestling \u2013 and Gedo are people I proceed to work with,” he said. Khan asserted that he’s been working with the identical people each before and after the sale.<\/p>\n

Khan further praised the brand new ownership for the way they have been promoting NJPW over the past yr, and he’s relieved they have not removed Gedo and Hiroshi\u00a0Tanahashi from leadership. Currently, several\u00a0AEW talent are within the championship scene over in NJPW. Mistico is one-half of the present\u00a0IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions,\u00a0Konosuke Takeshita reigning because the NJPW World Television\u00a0Champion,\u00a0Will\u00a0Ospreay is a NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion, and\u00a0Alex Windsor is reigning as the present Strong Women’s Champion.<\/p>\n

Considering that so many AEW names have gold in NJPW and much more proceed to compete within the promotion, it appears Khan’s words hold some merit, and the connection between the 2 promotions seems to have modified little under the brand new parent company.<\/p>\n

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Ethan Miller\/Getty Images AEW and NJPW have had a working relationship for years, with stars appearing in each promotions on various occasions and an annual cross-promotional pay-per-view, AEW x NJPW Forbidden\u00a0Door. Earlier this yr, NJPW got here under latest ownership when\u00a0Bushiroad Inc. sold all its shares to\u00a0TV Asahi.\u00a0Throughout the media call ahead of this yr’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":359109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21056],"tags":[1164],"class_list":["post-359108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe-and-more","tag-eye"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t