Kazuchika Okada is All Elite.
'The Rainmaker' shocked fans around the world, as he returned to AEW on the March 6 episode of AEW Dynamite, just moments before The Young Bucks could hit Eddie Kingston with an EVP trigger.
It looked like Okada was going to save Kingston, but instead, he hit 'The Mad King' with a Rainmaker and joined forces with The Elite.
Kazuchika Okada is the newest member of the Elite!
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) March 7, 2024
Watch #AEWDynamite LIVE on TBS!@rainmakerXokada @YoungBucks pic.twitter.com/p5aDipuA1x
Just moments before, Matthew and Nicholas Jackson made some other big changes to The Elite. The duo announced that Adam Page is indefinitely suspended from the group after putting his hands on a referee at AEW Revolution.
Furthermore, the Jacksons fired Kenny Omega from the faction, as they criticized the star for not showing up to work in recent months. As most people known, Omega announced that he is out of action indefinitely back in December 2023.
After the conclusion of the segment, Tony Khan took to social media to announce that Okada is All Elite.
He is now business partners with @youngbucks in The Elite, and tonight it's official: @rainmakerXokada is ALL ELITE!
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) March 7, 2024
Welcome to @AEW, Kazuchika Okada!#AEWDynamite pic.twitter.com/LfPVLoWH1r
Kazuchika Okada has spent the vast majority of his career in New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he built his reputation as one of the greatest wrestlers in the world. Throughout his fifteen year run with the promotion, Okada won the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship on seven seperate occasions and headed a large number of major events for the company.
Fightful Select first reported that Okada was expected to sign with AEW back in early February. Later that month, Fightful Select also reported that there was a lot of discussion around Okada debuting on the post-Revolution episode of Dynamite.
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