Kota Ibushi Is #AllElite

'The Golden Star' toasts another chaotic AEW match by making it official with the group.

by Michael Hamflett
Kota Ibushi
AEW

Kota Ibushi is #AllElite.

Fresh off a victory in the Like a Dragon Gaiden Street Fight on last night's edition of AEW Dynamite, Kota Ibushi's stance with the company has now been made official.

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Tony Khan tweeted the news after Ibushi, Kenny Omega, Chris Jericho and Paul Wight defeated Don Callis' group of Konosuke Takeshita, Powerhouse Hobbs, Kyle Fletcher and Brian Cage in the evening's maidn event. The chaotic street fight was to promote Sega's Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, and featured references to the game including all the babyfaces arriving at the building in suits and Ibushi repeating an old DDT spot and assaulting people while riding a bike.

The contest was Ibushi's fourth with the group, having debuted in the third Blood & Guts match on the July 19th edition of Dynamite. He followed that up by working alongside Kenny Omega and Hangman Page in their trios bout with Bullet Club Gold and Konsuke Takeshita at All In: London, and partnered Omega and Chris Jericho in another clash with the Don Callis Family at WrestleDream.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett