Kyle Fletcher Addresses Aussie Open Status With NJPW Faction Following AEW Signing

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Kyle Fletcher has addressed Aussie Open’s status with a NJPW faction following their AEW signing.

On the May 24 edition of AEW Dynamite, Orange Cassidy defeated Kyle Fletcher to retain the AEW International Championship. Following Fletcher’s loss, AEW President Tony Khan announced that Aussie Open had signed with All Elite Wrestling.

The duo had been working actively with New Japan Pro Wrestling as part of the Will Ospreay-led group, United Empire.

Speaking with Dark Puroresu Flowsion, Kyle Fletcher was asked about Aussie Open’s status with United Empire following their signing. He said:

“We’re absolutely going to remain in the United Empire. Ospreay & all the boys have done so much for us, it really feels like a brotherhood. If anything it’s just the start of a worldwide expansion of the group”

Fletcher and Davis had been a formidable duo in the NJPW tag team division, holding both the IWGP World Tag Team Championships and NJPW STRONG Tag Team Championship simultaneously.

However, Aussie Open were forced to relinquish both set of titles after Mark Davis suffered an injury.

Full results from AEW Double Or Nothing 2023 were as follows:

HOOK, Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy def. Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn & Ethan Page

International Championship Blackjack Battle Royal – Orange Cassidy (c) def. 20 others, last eliminating Swerve Strickland

Unsanctioned Match – Adam Cole def. Chris Jericho

AEW World Tag Team Championship (Special Guest Referee Mark Briscoe) – FTR (c) def. Jay Lethal & Jeff Jarrett

TNT Championship Ladder Match – Wardlow (c) def. Christian Cage

AEW Women’s World Championship – Toni Storm def. Jamie Hayter (c)

AEW World Trios Championship Open House Rules Match – Brody King, Buddy Matthews & Malakai Black (c) def. The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn

TBS Championship – Jade Cargill (c) def. Taya Valkyrie

TBS Championship – Kris Statlander def. Jade Cargill (c)

AEW World Championship – MJF (c) def. Darby Allin, Jack Perry, Sammy Guevara

Anarchy in the Arena – Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta def. Adam Page, Kenny Omega & Young Bucks thanks to interference from Konosuke Takeshita w/Don Callis

I asked Kyle Fletcher about Aussie Open’s future in United Empire:

“We’re absolutely going to remain in the United Empire. Ospreay & all the boys have done so much for us, it really feels like a brotherhood. If anything it’s just the start of a worldwide expansion of the group” pic.twitter.com/XKDBNKl2P8

— Dark Puroresu Flowsion (@PuroresuFlow) May 30, 2023

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