Current IMPACT Wrestling Champion Considering WWE Run?
Could this IMPACT and NJPW star be thinking of jumping ship to WWE?
New Japan Pro Wrestling's David Finlay is apparently considering his options with regards to his pro wrestling future.
The 28-year-old's father, Fit Finlay, said as much while guesting on the Stories podcast with Gerald Brisco and John Bradshaw Layfield, stating that his son is "a little bit confused at the moment as what to do next."
Fit spoke on New Japan's delicate COVID situation following the company's latest outbreak, and how it has impacted David (h/t POST Wrestling for the transcriptions):-
“They were gonna go to [a] government hotel but then they made a deal and they put them in the dojo so, my son David and Jay White are in the dojo, quarantined there for another ten days or so which is ridiculous so, the COVID has just — the whole world had just put everything on standstill for a little bit and we’ll get over it but, he’s doing well there. I don’t know how New Japan are going to handle this new outbreak or — I don’t know, no one does.”
On David's future, Fit said the following, suggesting that a WWE run isn't off the table:-
“But, he’s a little bit confused at the minute as what to do next, you know? Is he going to stay in Japan, does he want to try here, like WWE or whatever. But him and I are gonna sit down when he does eventually come home and try and figure it out but he just needs a little bit of wisdom put in his head. Not that I have any.”
David is currently 67 days into a run with the IMPACT Wrestling World Tag Team Championships alongside Juice Robinson. As FinJuice, the duo has reigned since Sacrifice 2021 in March, when they defeated The Good Brothers.
Finlay revealed in August 2020 that he signed a New Japan contract shortly after AEW came into existence, though there's no word on when that expires.