It has been over a yr since Kenny Omega final stepped right into a wrestling ring, however his return to motion is correct across the nook, as he can be taking over NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd on the upcoming Wrestle Dynasty occasion on the Tokyo Dome on January 5. Nonetheless, some AEW followers would not have recognized this, as the corporate hasn’t promoted it on tv, and within the Wrestling Observer E-newsletter, Dave Meltzer assessed that transfer.
To begin, Meltzer has completely no concept why AEW hasn’t promoted the match, particularly given the truth that Wrestle Dynasty is a cross-promotional present that includes AEW, NJPW, ROH, CMLL, and STARDOM. The one portion of the present that has obtained a point out on AEW TV has been the qualifying matches for the Worldwide Girls’s Cup Event, which is able to conclude on the December 14 “AEW Collision,” with Jamie Hayter and Willow Nightingale combating for the possibility to symbolize AEW in Japan.
Meltzer additionally questioned the shortage of main stars which have hyperlinks to NJPW not touring to the present, contemplating that this was presupposed to be NJPW’s model of Forbidden Door. Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay, Jay White, and Jon Moxley are all former IWGP World Champions, however none of them can be making the journey to Japan, which Meltzer feels would have been completely different had the present taken place at Ryogoku Sumo Corridor, however sees the primary episode of “Collision” to simulcast on MAX dwell on January 4 as the principle motive. The celebs at present set to journey are Omega, The Younger Bucks, Ricochet, Claudio Castagnoli, Brody King, Jack Perry, Konosuke Takeshita, and the winner of the Hayter/Nightingale match, with Athena additionally touring as ROH’s sole illustration to date.
