Tama Tonga Says More Trust Needs To Be Built Between AEW And NJPW Before “Forbidden Door” Is Truly Open
If the appearance of Jon Moxley on NJPW Strong didn’t convince you, KENTA’s arrival in AEW gave you a pretty good idea that the “forbidden door” between New Japan Pro Wrestling and All Elite Wrestling is pretty open. However, one person thinks the door isn’t all the way open just yet. While that doesn’t mean it won’t be open, someone is far skeptical about it, and that person is Tama Tonga.
Tonga spoke about it on his Tama’s Island podcast, where one half of the IWGP Tag Team Champions gave his thoughts on the matter. He doesn’t think it’s completely open, but he talked about the trust that has to be built between the two companies.
“Is the door wide open? Hell no, the door is not wide open Is it cracked open? Maybe. It can be something, but is it open? Hell no. Moxley came out to Japan way before he went to AEW, he contacted New Japan. That’s still trickling over to now. COVID made things stretched out. It’s only cracked open. Can it lead to it opening more? Yes. It’s like building a trust. You don’t open a door and trust somebody to walk into your house. You crack it open, see who the fuck is outside, say, ‘What the fuck do you want?’ and we talk like that. Then we can slowly open it up once we earn that trust. Let’s earn that trust. KENTA being the man that he is, stepped forward. He’s strong enough to bring us forward. The reason I say the doors are not wide open is because it’s Jon Moxley. He can float and do business. I don’t feel like his contract is really just AEW, it’s open to work with NJPW. If they had him under contract, the bosses could say he couldn’t do it, right? I believe Moxley is the guy who has his contract open. Tony Khan is a smart dude. ‘Let it happen on our show.’ It has to be another dude that is only with AEW that is a big name where Tony Khan can say, ‘True’ and doesn’t have an open contract. Then, one of our guys, that is only New Japan. It can’t be a free floater guy. To me, when that happens, that’s when the doors are open.”
Moxley’s long had a deal where he could work for both promotions, and it’s been said Khan has not been opposed to his talents working for New Japan. However, it might be some time before we see a situation like Tonga is speaking of. With lots of travel restrictions in place because of COVID-19, it might be a few months before we reach the point Tama is speaking of and we see the doors really open.
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