AEW's Tony Khan Confirms Status Of Wrestle Dynasty PPV With NJPW

Tony Khan answered whether there will be another AEW x NJPW Wrestle Dynasty event ahead of Full Gear this weekend. 

Speaking during the Full Gear media call on Thursday, Khan was asked whether the 2025 event at the Tokyo Dome will be getting a sequel, and the short version of his answer was probably not.

"To be super transparent, Wrestle Dynasty was me sending over AEW wrestlers to help make a very strong event at the Tokyo Dome to coincide with Wrestle Kingdom," he explained. "Now, if you're looking at the card, Wrestle Kingdom this year looks a lot like that Wrestle Dynasty card."

Khan said AEW was definitely supporting NJPW with its Wrestle Kingdom event, sending over the likes of Kenny Omega, Jon Moxley, and MJF to work it, and he sees NJPW taking the model that worked with Wrestle Dynasty and applying to their own show to make it bigger.

"I think that perhaps they've decided to build the plane out of the black box," he said. "We had a great concept with Wrestle Dynasty, of sending over these huge wrestling stars to participate and be part of New Japan Pro Wrestling's biggest event of the year, and to build an event with Wrestle Dynasty that complimented Wrestle Kingdom."

He continued, "This year, it feels like Wrestle Kingdom, what they want to do with it is to have a huge event and make it the biggest event possible. They have incorporated some of the best wrestlers in the world that have come from AEW... Again, it looks a lot like the idea of having so many of these top AEW stars participating, what you saw with Wrestle Dynasty, is being applied to Wrestle Kingdom this year."

Omega is set to headline Wrestle Kingdom 21 in January, challenging Yota Tsuji for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, while Moxley will face Shingo Takagi in an Unbound Deathmatch, and MJF takes on Ryohei Oiwa.