Rocky Romero comments on AEW Continental Classic.
At AEW Full Gear, Eddie Kingston announced he was entering the AEW Continental Classic and would up the stakes by putting the ROH World Title and NJPW Strong Openweight Title on the line. The AEW Continental Title was added and it was announced that the winner of the Continental Classic would be a Triple Crown champion.
Despite the NJPW Strong Title being involved, there is no NJPW talent in the Continental Classic.
Speaking to Jeremy Lambert and Joel Pearl on In The Weeds, Romero was asked if he and NJPW knew the title would be involved.
"There was something going around that New Japan didn't know. I knew the whole time. I told New Japan. Obviously, it's an unusual concept to have a New Japan Champion put up his titles at the end of this thing. It's just a bit unusual and I think that's where some of the people didn't really fully understand everything. New Japan knew and I think it's cool. I hope at the end of it, it's Eddie or Mox [Jon Moxley] or somebody who does wrestle in New Japan. Even Danielson [Bryan Danielson], that they come out on top so hopefully I don't have to tell my bosses, 'We messed up and now here is somebody that we can't book,' who is in Triple A or something. I think it will all work out and I'm excited. It's a cool concept for US fans as an introduction since it's like the G1. So fans who haven't watched the G1 will get hooked on the concept and come on over and check out the G1 next year because it's the best wrestling tournament on earth. You can't really duplicate it exactly. I do think it's a cool introduction," he said.
The AEW Continental Classic will conclude at AEW Worlds End with the winner of the Gold League meeting the winner of the Blue League.
Fans can check out the standings for the AEW Continental Classic by clicking here.
Rocky will be in action at MLW One Shot when he defends the MLW World Middleweight Championship and the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship against Máscara Dorada.
Watch the full interview with Rocky Romero in the video above.
