Tony Khan answered if there will be another AEW x NJPW Wrestle Dynasty event ahead of Full Gear this weekend.
Speaking on a Full Gear media call on Thursday, Khan was asked if 2025 event at Tokyo Dome will get a sequel, and the short version of his answer probably wasn’t.
“To be transparent, Wrestle Dynasty was me sending AEW wrestlers to help put on a very strong event at the Tokyo Dome to coincide with Wrestle Kingdom,” he explained. “Now, if you look at the card, Wrestle Kingdom looks a lot like the Wrestle Dynasty card this year.”
Khan said that AEW was definitely supporting NJPW with their Wrestle Kingdom event. sending in the likes of Kenny Omega, John Moxley and MJF to work itand he sees NJPW taking the model that worked with Wrestle Dynasty and turning to their own show to make it bigger.
“I think they probably decided to build the plane from a black box,” he said. “We had a great idea with Wrestle Dynasty to send these huge wrestling stars to participate and be a part of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s biggest event of the year, and to build an event with Wrestle Dynasty that compliments Wrestle Kingdom.”
He continued. “This year it feels like Wrestle Kingdom is what they want to do with it, have a huge event and make it the biggest event possible. They have included some of the best wrestlers in the world that have come from AEW… Again, very similar to the idea of having so many AEW stars participate is what you saw with WWrestle. year”.
Omega is set to headline Wrestle Kingdom 21 in January, challenging Yota Tsuji for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, while Moxley will face Shingo Takagi in an unlimited deathmatch and MJF will take on Ryohei Oiwa.