Doc Gallows Hopes For A Rekindled Relationship Between NJPW And IMPACT
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Along with his Good Brother comrade Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows is now in IMPACT Wrestling following the team’s WWE departure. One of the terms of their IMPACT deal allows the two to return to New Japan Pro Wrestling when they’re able. This is the company where they’ve had the most success, so a return would be highly anticipated by New Japan fans.
Going a step further in a recent conversation with “This is Wrestling” on TSN 1200, Gallows said he’d love to see a relationship form once again between IMPACT and NJPW.
I want IMPACT to continue to grow and get bigger and better so that when our friends are calling us and they got contracts up in other places we can go “hey we can do this for you over here. What do you think? Come jump on board, come have some fun, and come party with us?” I think it would be great. I would love to see New Japan and IMPACT form a working relationship at some point. I think it would be beneficial for both sides and I would really love to see that. Hopefully, (I) can be a part in making that come together.
When it was TNA, the company did have a relationship with New Japan, leading to things such as an Xplosion match between Shinsuke Nakamura and Elix Skipper and the introduction of the former five-time IWGP World Champion Kazuchika Okada as Samoa Joe sidekick “Okato.”
The misuse of NJPW stars led to an end to that relationship almost a decade ago, so any new partnership would have to be forged with very precise negotiations from both sides. Still, IMPACT is a long way from the days of TNA, and anything’s possible in the wacky world of pro wrestling.
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Thanks to the This Is Wrestling podcast and our friends at Fightful for the above transcription!