>>10490089Part of the issue is that the IWGP championship is on somebody that's practically a total unknown to western fans, yeah. But New Japan is trying to push a ton of new people right now, so that's just the reality of the situation. Nothing's ever gonna work out perfectly when you're doing a cross-promotional show. Both companies have their own stories and their own priorities and you just have to maneuver through it the best you can. I think AEW and NJPW are doing a pretty excellent job navigating all of this to make the best show possible.
>>10490100Jungle Boy just wrestled for the world title at a PPV. There's about half a dozen asterisks on that, but it still happened, he's a heavily pushed guy and somebody the company has a vested interest in making a main eventer.
Would somebody like, say, Darby Allin be a little more preferable? Yes, but who knows, he might be doing something else, maybe we're getting Darby vs. Hiromu.
