Tony Khan comments on AEW potentially holding a show in Japan with New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
In recent years, AEW and NJPW have built up an increasingly strong relationship. They held the first Forbidden Door event together in 2022, and it has become an annual pay-per-view. The two companies allow their wrestlers to compete for the other, and former AEW World Champion Jon Moxley currently holds the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
During the AEW Double or Nothing post-show media scrum, Tony Khan and NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi were asked about potentially holding a co-promoted event in Japan.
“It’s an interesting idea, the idea of maybe doing AEW versus New Japan in Japan. We always do it in North America, we’ve done Chicago, Toronto, New York, doing something different. I believe if we did something, I think that is a great idea, it’s something that would be a great possibility, it would not necessarily be Forbidden Door, though. Forbidden Door, I think we’ve built something really special. I think there’s a lot of exciting possibilities, and that would be great for AEW and New Japan, and that could be an exciting next step, in addition to what we do here at Forbidden Door, typically in North America, but we could do Forbidden Door internationally too, so you never know. But I think we’ve got something really special with Forbidden Door. We could do some more projects, potentially, too. That’s a great idea.
“There are so many great wrestlers in New Japan and in AEW. I think if AEW were to send a big crew to Japan, I think that would be really exciting, and I would love that. That could be Forbidden Door, but it could also be in addition to Forbidden Door.”
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