Rocky Romero wanted CMLL and AEW to work together for a long time.
The two companies began working together back in October 2023 after it was announced that Mistico would be making his debut in AEW. Many fans are hopeful that the partnership between CMLL and AEW will allow for many top stars to compete in the other promotion.
While speaking to Fightful Overbooked's In The Weeds for a new interview, Rocky Romero said that he had been talking to Tony Khan for quite a long time about linking AEW and CMLL together.
"It was something Tony and I had been talking about for months. Ever since we did Forbidden Door, we have been talking about the concept of trying to link AEW and CMLL, and if there was a way to do it. I reached out to Mistico and had a couple of conversations with him about it and he was all for it. It was kind of in his hands to do some of the leg work to make it happen because CMLL is CMLL, they rarely work with other companies, but being involved in CMLL as much as I am and becoming one of the major players in the company within in the last year, I said, ‘I think it’d be cool to work with MLW,’ they had a meeting, it all worked out. I think I got some points for that, so I think when it came time to do the Mistico deal and seeing if CMLL would be interested, they were definitely open to it, which I wasn’t expecting because I didn’t know how it was going to go. Tony was great. He invited the CMLL referee to be part of the match to give it more of an authentic feel and he also invited Salvador Lutteroth, who is the owner of CMLL, to come check out the show. I know they had a really positive meeting. I wouldn’t doubt if you see more CMLL talent in AEW and possibly AEW talent in CMLL, I think that’s a really big possibility coming into 2024."
Elsewhere in the interview, Romero said that Josh Alexander would be perfect for NJPW and the promotion's G1 Climax tournament. Fans can learn more here.
Fans can see Fightful Overbooked's full interview with Rocky Romero in the video linked above.
