How practical is it for him to regularly work AEW and New Japan though, or will New Japan be satisfied with a top champ that shows up on average around once every couple weeks?
They are. They gave it to Moxley for no fukking reason last year in a useless, filler title reign that helped no one.
At the end of the day, an outsider getting the belt is one of the many go-to angles a promotion has when they want to get a spark. But it all depends on what you do with the reign.
They fukked up in 2024 because Mox giving the belt so soon to Naito served no purpose, but it could've helped if it lead to a younger guy being elevated.
Takeshyta is even better equiped because he doesn't need the level of protection Moxley carries, he can have standout matches with every young guy New Japan has in their roster, he can drop a fall here or there in a tag match. And they could learn from their mistakes and actually put one of the newer, Japanese wrestlers over by getting the belt back.
But if the idea is to just give it to Takeshyta just to show up on U.S TV for a couple of months and then losing the belt to Gabe Kidd or ZSJ, then it's gonna be as useless as it was last year.
