Tony Khan Announces Huge Working Relationship With Japanese Promotion

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Tony Khan has made a huge announcement about the working relationship between AEW and Pro Wrestling NOAH.

Khan has announced that the two promotions will be collaborators in the near future, with the AEW CEO revealing that Sting will represent AEW overseas in NOAH in Japan in 2023, when Sting teams with the Great Muta in the Japanese legend’s final match.

Tony Khan talked about his idolisation of The Great Muta and explained the upcoming collaboration, saying:

“I’m a huge fan of The Great Muta. Great Muta is a wrestler I first saw when I was very young, first when I was eight years old and the first time I saw Great Muta wrestle was against Sting on a VHS of the Great American Bash 1989 I got from Blockbuster video.

Then I saw many Great Muta matches, Super Brawl 3 against Barry Windham, Japan Super Shows with WCW and then when I was 12 years old, I started trading tapes and I watched a ton of New Japan Pro Wrestling and I loved when Great Muta would come to WCW when I was a kid, and I followed Great Muta in his career through different promotions and it was such a pleasure to come full circle and see Great Muta in the ring with AEW’s greatest icon, Sting on AEW Rampage Grand Slam in New York City.

It was a beautiful moment to see Sting and Darby Allin out there together with Great Muta. In particular, Sting and Great Muta are great friends, long time rivals, and linked in history, I think together forever through many decades, and I can say that in 2023 next year, Sting will come to Yokohama, Japan with NOAH and represent AEW overseas this January, next year and the legacy of Sting and the legacy of The Great Muta continues on into 2023, AEW and NOAH working together, thank you.”

Pro Wrestling NOAH was founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling star, Mitsuharu Misawa, along with an exodus of a majority of All Japan Pro Wrestling’s roster.

Keiji “The Great Muta” Muto has made two appearances on AEW, including most recently on the September 23 edition of AEW Rampage Grand Slam, where he made a surprise appearance, defending Sting from an attack at the hands of the House of Black.

Sting and the Great Muta notably feuded during 1989-1990 on WCW.

This latest announcement from Tony Khan is another kick in the Forbidden Door of pro wrestling, as Khan welcomes collaboration across promotions.

Khan notably acquired Ring of Honor in March 2022.

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