Top NJPW Star Wants Shot At Chris Jericho’s AEW World Title

Chris Jericho is Le Champion of AEW, but he also plays a role as The Painmaker in NJPW. Jericho has a big match slated for Wrestle Kingdom 14 and his opponent might want to make a jump to AEW afterward.

Hiroshi Tanahashi will face Chris Jericho on night 2 Wrestle Kingdom next year. January 5th, 2020 could also include a match that finds its way to All Elite Wrestling because if Tanahashi can beat Jericho then he wants a shot at the AEW World Title.

In an interview with Tokyo Sports, Tanahashi said that Jericho is a champion “over there.” As you can read his quotes translated from Japanese he seems to refer to AEW as a “forbidden door” as well.

“Isn’t it the champion over there? If I win and say the other is” one more time, “then you can say” get a belt “. Then the forbidden door will open.”

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We’ll just have to see what is next. The best thing would be for both companies to work together. Both AEW and NJPW could make a lot of money with a union of some sort. 2020 could be interesting.