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Originally Posted by Jordan X
No way will NJPW discard their ROH relationship for the same with AEW. ROH just saved NJPW’s American tour, ROH GOT NJPW American exposure, booked at MSG. Plus even without The Bucks, SCU, and Omega, ROH has tons of talent that could be of value to NJPW. ROH is one of the longer reigning promotions in the country and has more than solid financial backing. I can see AEW working with NJPW in the future as Harold said but it won’t affect the ROH relationship which by the way is a three way dance with CMLL.
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I could see it happening but only if ROH plays hardball on being associated with AEW since they likely are going to be direct rivals in the US. If NJPW does open up their partnerships to include more than 1 per region, that could cause some potential issues to pop up.
Right now, ROH is the safer option of the two since ROH is a known quantity and AEW is still in the planning stages. A year from now, its possible that might not be the case and AEW ends up being the better option in terms of future benefits and roster, especially if ROH ends up losing Bandido, Dragon Lee, and anyone else who only signed a 1 year deal there. If AEW ends up being successful early on, that could open up the valuable Chinese market for NJPW via OWE.