AEW News: The backstage reaction to a brand new full-time All Elite Wrestling signing has been leaked following Dynamite and Collision this week.
According to a new report from Fightful Select, the company were very happy with how Kazuchika Okada was presented as a heel upon his full-time move to the United States.
“Specifically we’ve heard Tony Khan has long been of the belief even before AEW that Okada can be a major heel star on American wrestling TV” the site revealed, noting also that Okada’s performances on both Dynamite and Collision were considered a “home run.”
The plan to have Okada turn heel immediately after debuting as a full-time contracted performer was apparently put in place around November/December 2023, so it has clearly been something they’ve taken into consideration rather than being a last-minute change.
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With the move from New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he was the franchise player and arguably one of the greatest ever to grace the ring, he has the ability to change his persona for an American audience, which Fightful has said is the plan: “The hope is that in AEW he can do things differently than he’s ever done in wrestling in the past, with an already decade-long track record at the top of NJPW.”
It was also noted that the company wanted to ensure that a big-time name was added to AEW programming just as Sting wrapped up his legendary career at the Revolution PPV event recently.
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