Rocky Romero has succeeded in opening the forbidden door between WWE and New Japan Pro-Wrestling in recent months.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Rocky Romero was the latest guest on The Sessions with Renee Paquette to discuss a wide variety of subjects. When asked about the situation that led to The Good Brothers returning to WWE while Karl Anderson still holds the NEVER Openweight Championship, Romero describes it as a very stressful situation for him.
“It’s been a very stressful situation for me,” Rocky Romero admitted. “Obviously, when the guys started saying, talking about the WWE had reached out to them. I, of course, started to get nervous because I knew that we had a bunch of dates set and everything, and obviously, Anderson was the NEVER Openweight Champion. I got worried. And I said, just don’t screw me over, please.
“I was part of the reason that you guys came back. Obviously, they left on good terms and everything, but just to bring them back it’s definitely a part of that. So we started talking about that, but then finally he was like, ‘Okay, well, we’re gonna sign, and somebody’s gonna have to talk to the WWE.’ So, of course, that means me having to talk to WWE. But I got on the line, and obviously, there was some confusion on the dates that they were going to actually do.
“And there was that November 5 show that Anderson had already been announced for New Japan. But then it was also the same time that the Saudi Arabia show was going on. Obviously, there was going to be a conflict right there. So that’s kind of how it started; it started off rocky. We went into Saudi, we figured it out, got a new date, and then just decided to turn into a big angle because I thought that that was probably the best way to deal with it, hoping that everything was gonna work out but not really sure.
“Finally, he went and did this last show a couple of days ago and just successfully defended the title, so now he’ll be at the Tokyo Dome to face Tama Tonga, which is really exciting. This Tokyo Dome is going to be insane. We have a WWE wrestler in Karl Anderson. We have Kenny Omega, who’s an AEW wrestler. We’ve got STARDOM wrestlers on the show.”
When asked if there will be any other surprises on the show, alluding to her question about Sasha Banks earlier in the show, Romero wouldn’t confirm or deny anything but teased the possibility.
“I’ve heard a lot of rumors. But I cannot confirm or deny at this moment,” Rocky Romero said. “But fingers crossed, you never know what could happen. There will definitely be some surprises at the Tokyo Dome.”
Romero was then asked about the possibility of AJ Styles appearing at the Tokyo Dome to accompany Karl Anderson for his match at Wrestle Kingdom 17, which was met with a long pause of silence from Romero before answering the question.
“Anything is possible, Renee, anything is possible,” Rocky Romero teased.
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