Claudio Castagnoli wants to wrestle Kazuchika Okada.
Claudio Castagnoli made his debut at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. that card also saw Kazuchika Okada make his AEW pay-per-view debut. This year, Claudio was a surprise but when asked about who he would like to face at some point down the road should this event ever be revisited, Claudio wasted no time and said that the one match he would really like is a face-off with Kazuchika Okada, explaining that they have a history together which includes Okada once living with him.
“I would just pick Okada,” said Claudio during a Starrcast V media scrum. “Mainly because I've known Okada for over 10 years, actually. When he wrestled at Chikara, he stayed at — me and Chris Hero had a house that a lot of the guys stayed, including Okada, and then I saw him again when he was training in Mexico. So, I think I have a picture of me and him when I still had hair and when he was not ‘The Rainmaker’ yet. So I think there's definitely a lot of history there. So yeah, definitely. He would be one of many guys that we want to face.”
Claudio will make his first defense of the Ring of Honor World Championship against another Japanese competitor, Konosuke Takeshita, at AEW Battle of the Belts on August 6. Learn more here.
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