Lance Archer Says He Wants To Return To NJPW (Exclusive)

With the working relationship with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), Lance Archer explained to WrestleTalk that he’d relish the opportunity to return to the Japanese promotion while representing AEW.

Lance Archer worked for NJPW for several years before joining AEW last year, even winning the IWGP United States Championship. Archer told WrestleTalk he’d love to return and fight for the IWGP World Heavyweight title this time, saying:

“I’ve been lucky enough when I was over there to work with just about everybody they have, obviously I’d love if that opportunity came about as far as representing AEW. To go back and fight for the IWGP Heavyweight Title, I think that’d be really cool. I’m a crossover person, as everybody can see I’m wearing my Suzuki-Gun shirt right now, and Minoru Suzuki is someone that I think many times people, especially once that ‘Forbidden Door’ was opened, that they’d like to see show up in AEW.

Lance Archer then spoke about his admiration for the fact that AEW and Tony Khan are willing to work with other promotions across the world like IMPACT Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling.

“I think that’s one of the really cool aspects of what’s going on with AEW right now, is our willingness to work with New Japan, our willingness to work with IMPACT Wrestling, and who knows who else that might show up from wherever else in the industry, because I think that’s what makes it fun for the fanbase, and I think that’s what’s helping wrestling survive in this crazy world, is those fun aspects that kind of didn’t really exist before and now are there.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cJFbqwIUFI&feature=emb_title

Above is the full interview with Lance Archer, where he speaks about his time with AEW thus far, Brodie Lee, his partnership with Jake Roberts and much more, so you can that out right now.

This isn’t the only interesting note to come from WrestleTalk’s interview with Lance Archer, click the articles below to see what Lance had to say about his tribute gear to Brodie Lee and much more.

Lance Archer challenges Miro for the TNT Championship at Double Or Nothing tonight, which is available on pay-per-view in the US and FITE internationally.

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