At an emergency press conference held earlier today (late last night US time), New Japan announced the signing of Aaron Wolf by the promotion. Wolf, a Japanese-American, won gold medals for Japan at the pandemic-delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2017 World Judo Championships and is also the only judoka of American descent to win the All-Japan Judo Championship. President Hiroshi Tanahashi stated he hopes Wolf will make his New Japan debut at Tokyo Dome on January 4, 2026, the same day he will retire. Wolf added he started watching New Japan while in college and wanted to become a pro wrestler after retiring from judo. We’ll see if that debut does happen as hoped for in about 6 months.
More as it becomes available.
