Kota Ibushi is coming to AEW

[clifford]

I'm shocked there isn't a thread on this already but, as announced at the end of Dynamite, Kota Ibushi is making his long awaited AEW debut next week as part of Blood and Guts.

I imagine this is going to be more than a one-match deal but also can't see him becoming a fulltime addition to the roster, what do you guys think?

And outside of next week, what matches do you hope you get to see involving Ibushi in AEW?

[CeilingFan]

Ibushi should challenge Claudio for the ROH title!

[Cyno]

I'd love to see Ibushi vs Takeshita or Claudio.

Too bad Danielson is injured because that would've been amazing, too.

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

I’ve been waiting four years for this

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Imagine getting tickets to a random Dynamite and it turns out to have Blood and Guts and Kota Ibushi

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

Just hope he’s careful. Seriously.

[DrBackflipsHoffman]

[KME]

Can't wait to see him, haven't waited as long as many having arrived to the AEW party late but since watching a video on Golden Lovers quite a while back I've been desperate for him to come in.

Think if he has a singles match at All In then Takeshita is the match, especially since they share some similarities and Kota threw some shade at him in interviews, if not that I'd presume he'll be in a multi man match with the Bucks and maybe Hanger, assuming Kenny has a singles match (with Ospreay possibly). If Kenny doesn't work a singles then a Golden Lovers match against virtually anyone works for me.

So many things they can do with him so hope he sticks around, haven't seen much in the way of confirmation of what his situation actually is.

[Some Guy]

Jul 14, 2023 13:01:39 GMT -5 Cyno said:

I'd love to see Ibushi vs Takeshita or Claudio.

Too bad Danielson is injured because that would've been amazing, too.

The big thing this very long feud hasn't really given us at all is singles matches from anybody really (besides Mox vs Kenny, Yuta vs Kenny, and Mox vs Hangman there hasn't been a single other new one) so let's hope so but we'll see.

[Kalmia]

Ibushi is a bit of a free spirit (that's putting it mildly) but I hope he's going to stick with AEW for a while. Although I'd love him to be with AEW full-time I can't see that happening. I hope they can at least work out a deal where he comes and goes as there are plenty of great matches and stories to tell with him.

As well as the singles matches, a Golden Lovers tag run could be the shot in the arm the tag division needs.

[Bo Rida]

Jul 14, 2023 16:07:59 GMT -5 Kalmia said:

Ibushi is a bit of a free spirit (that's putting it mildly) but I hope he's going to stick with AEW for a while. Although I'd love him to be with AEW full-time I can't see that happening. I hope they can at least work out a deal where he comes and goes as there are plenty of great matches and stories to tell with him.

As well as the singles matches, a Golden Lovers tag run could be the shot in the arm the tag division needs.

He'd be an ideal international champion. Could go do what he wants around the world but still tied to aew.

It's a one off so doesn't mean much but he has an upcoming match in Gleat too.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

I'd been waiting for this since one of the first AEW pressers where Kenny was almost in tears Kota couldn't come with him on this journey

I'm gonna FEEL THINGS.

[clifford]

Jul 14, 2023 16:00:03 GMT -5 Some Guy said:

Jul 14, 2023 13:01:39 GMT -5 Cyno said:

I'd love to see Ibushi vs Takeshita or Claudio.

Too bad Danielson is injured because that would've been amazing, too.

The big thing this very long feud hasn't really given us at all is singles matches from anybody really (besides Mox vs Kenny, Yuta vs Kenny, and Mox vs Hangman there hasn't been a single other new one) so let's hope so but we'll see.

This has irked me to no end. We should have gotten Claudio vs Kenny and Claudio vs Hangman, a rematch between Hangman and Takeshita with Take getting his win back, and matches like the Bucks vs Claudio and Danielson or Bucks vs Mox and Takeshita, that kind of stuff.

I get saving matches, and I'm glad they're holding off on Kenny vs Takeshita, but there's been a host of great matches left on the table during this feud.

Anyway to get back on topic, matches I'd love to see during Ibushi's run in AEW:

Ibushi vs PAC
Ibushi vs Orange Cassidy
Golden Lovers vs Ospreay and Takeshita

[Alice Syndrome]

This time probably not featuring him wrecking Jimmy Havoc's car with a roman candle

[Some Guy]

Jul 15, 2023 6:37:21 GMT -5 clifford said:

Jul 14, 2023 16:00:03 GMT -5 Some Guy said:

The big thing this very long feud hasn't really given us at all is singles matches from anybody really (besides Mox vs Kenny, Yuta vs Kenny, and Mox vs Hangman there hasn't been a single other new one) so let's hope so but we'll see.

This has irked me to no end. We should have gotten Claudio vs Kenny and Claudio vs Hangman, a rematch between Hangman and Takeshita with Take getting his win back, and matches like the Bucks vs Claudio and Danielson or Bucks vs Mox and Takeshita, that kind of stuff.

I get saving matches, and I'm glad they're holding off on Kenny vs Takeshita, but there's been a host of great matches left on the table during this feud.

Anyway to get back on topic, matches I'd love to see during Ibushi's run in AEW:

Ibushi vs PAC
Ibushi vs Orange Cassidy
Golden Lovers vs Ospreay and Takeshita

Just a note on that but one of the Bucks hasn't had a singles match in 18 months, the other in 28 months

[Cyno]

The Bucks are almost exclusively tag wrestlers. The only time they usually do singles matches is when the other is injured or otherwise unable to wrestle.

Like Nick Jackson's first singles match in AEW was the first one he had done in several years.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

[Some Guy]

Jul 15, 2023 12:05:25 GMT -5 Cyno said:

The Bucks are almost exclusively tag wrestlers. The only time they usually do singles matches is when the other is injured or otherwise unable to wrestle.

Like Nick Jackson's first singles match in AEW was the first one he had done in several years.

They barely do many straight tags anymore either! Like them vs Claudio/Yuta at SOME point in this feud would have made sense. Or Mox/Claudio. Any combination here.

[Mozenrath]

Jul 15, 2023 12:05:25 GMT -5 Cyno said:

The Bucks are almost exclusively tag wrestlers. The only time they usually do singles matches is when the other is injured or otherwise unable to wrestle.

Like Nick Jackson's first singles match in AEW was the first one he had done in several years.

When AEW began, Matt was saying that he expected to retire within a few years and that he wanted Nick to get chances to shine to probably continue on a ways after him.

Of course, when AEW began, the two were still coming off of doing ROH and NJPW as much as they could, and it was hell on their bodies and personal lives, probably Matt especially, keeping them ludicrously busy. So, I suspect that once AEW gave the two a reprieve, and Matt got to work alongside his wife and see her more presumably, he probably reconsidered, at least for the time being.

That said, yeah, I do think the two could stand to have singles matches now and again.

[ANuclearError]

Given some of his past travels to the US, hopefully he has Kenny with him.