Japan legend set to appear on AEW Rampage

Japanese wrestling legend, Jun Akiyama will make his AEW debut on Friday’s episode of AEW Rampage. Tony Khan announced the news this week.

Next Friday, November 18
Newark, NJ
Friday Night #AEWRampage
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Kingston/Ortiz vs Akiyama/Takeshita
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— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) November 12, 2022

Akiyama will team with Konosuke Takeshita to take on Eddie Kingston & Ortiz. This will be Akiyama’s first AEW appearance in his career.

Takeshita worked for AEW earlier this year and had memorable matches against Kingston and current AEW World Champion, Jon Moxley.

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