Top NJPW star David Finlay spoke with Fightful on a number of topics, including making his AEW debut in June of 2022 and the relationship AEW has with NJPW.
Finlay said, “It’s a cool opportunity.” “I’ve known Hangman since he came to New Japan. So it was kind of just like, ‘Oh, well, I guess we’re doing it here now.’ Which we’ve been around long enough, the letters change but the people kind of stay the same.”
“The connection or the relationship that New Japan and AEW have is really, really good for wrestling as a whole, I would say. Having other people show up in different places is always cool to me. At the end of the day, I’m a prize fighter. So if you’re going to pay me to come wrestle, I’m going to come do it.”
You can check out Finlay’s comments in the video below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
