Speaking on the Pacific Rim podcast this week, AEW President Tony Khan spoke about his desire to hold a round-robin tournament in AEW, similar to NJPW’s G1 Climax.
Considering AEW’s working relationship with NJPW, it wouldn’t come off as a surprise to see Khan borrow the concept of the round-robin tournament and implement the same sooner than later. Khan said,
“There are single elimination tournaments in AEW. We’ve never done a round robin tournament. It’s something I am interested in, but certainly, the G1 is an industry leader there when it comes to being the preeminent round robin tournament in pro wrestling. We participate in the G1. We’ve sent people in the past. With Eddie Kingston being part of G1 and Wheeler Yuta competing in Super Juniors, it gives us great opportunities to have top stars from AEW that we believe in, represent AEW in Japan.”
