Hiroshi Tanahashi will be facing off against MJF for the AEW World Title at Sunday night’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door II pay-per-view event.
Tanahashi recently spoke with Sports Illustrated to promote the event and revealed which other AEW wrestlers he’d like to face off against in the future.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On his World Title match at Forbidden Door: “I feel very honored to challenge for the AEW title. Just imagining myself becoming the AEW world heavyweight champion is pretty exciting.”
On other AEW stars he wants to face: “Castagnoli is a great wrestler. I know that he used to team with Shinsuke Nakamura, and that was an emotional link for me. I’d love to have a single match against him. I want to wrestle CM Punk since I couldn’t do it last year. I have wrestled Bryan Danielson once before when I was younger. But with him being one of the top wrestlers in the U.S. and the world right now, I’d love for us to go again.”
On a match with CM Punk: “Why not? That definitely sounds good to me.”
On MJF: “I have no respect for him. But I will say that for someone so young, he’s got a lot of self-belief and conviction.”
