10 DDT & TJPW Wrestlers Who MUST Appear In AEW

10. Mao

Mao has worked his entire career for DDT Pro-Wrestling, and using this as his home promotion has allowed him to appear all over the world in various independent promotions.

He isn’t as highly decorated as his contemporaries might be but since his debut in 2015, Mao has been an integral part of the DDT roster. He is a three-time Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion while also holding the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team and KO-D Tag Team Championships at one apiece.

His work outside of DDT includes stints in PNOAH, RevPro, Oriental Wrestling Entertainment, and Evolve where he had a match against future AEW wrestler Eddie Kingston. This shared history would be a perfect way for Mao to come into AEW, imagine him and Kingston tearing it up years later, with a bigger stage and with time passing, which has allowed them to grow as performers. If he rekindled hostilities with Kingston that could lead to some interesting tag team and six-man tag bouts. Let’s bring Santana and Ortiz into the mix and why not even call in Diamante.

As a member of The37Kamiina stable, Mao could be joined by Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata, Toui Kojima, or even Yuki Ueno. As for someone to face Diamante, let's look to Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling and the former International Princess Champion, Hikari Noa.