AEW x NJPW Partnership: The Most Polite Talent Raid In Pro Wrestling History
AEW x NJPW Partnership: The Most Polite Talent Raid In Pro Wrestling History
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With the recent early announcement at AEW Full Gear 2023 that Will Ospreay was leaving New Japan Pro-Wrestling for All Elite Wrestling, despite having another two-and-a-half months on his NJPW contract, a new sentiment started bubbling up among New Japan fans both in the East and West.
Many have suggested that Tony Khan is not all that different from Vince McMahon when it comes to raiding talent from other companies as well as their announcers, events, and ideas. With the recent ways that Aussie Open, Will Ospreay, and Kevin Kelly have all left NJPW, along with Khan being gifted an Antoni Inoki scarf he wears at post-event press conferences, and the addition of AEW’s own version of the G1 Climax tournament named the Continental Classic, there may be some truth to that idea.
While not as hostile as what McMahon did in the 80s and 90s, Khan’s approach as been more subtle and
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