Former NJPW star Kota Ibushi recently took part in an interview session on his official Youtube channel, where he talked about a number of topics including how his contract with AEW is not full-time and how he will still continue to do work in Japan.
Ibushi said, โIn a manner of speaking, yes. But during the discussion, they asked me how we could come to a deal. I said unless it has this and this and this, unless it has these conditions, I donโt want to sign a contract. I said if weโre just going to sign a contract, letโs do it today. That was the hardcore match, double ring, cage [Blood & Guts], on that day. Thatโs the day we signed the contract. We had a verbal agreement. It has to be this way for me. Iโm based in Japan, and I will travel for the matches. Basically, Iโm in Japan, I work in Japan. I will be active. Iโll be free to do that do. There are other things that make the contract even more flexible. Like if I could appear for another promotion. That kind of thing is normal, like can I compete in another match? We talked about all those kinds of details. I still got the OK. Tell us anything you want. Weโll listen to whatever you say. Reduce the number of matches a little bit more. Because if I go too many times, my activities in Japan will be limited, so reduce the number of matches a little bit more. When I said that, that is OK too. Itโs the best deal.โ
You can check out Ibushi’s comments in the video below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
