David Finlay Contract Status With NJPW, Could Fit Finlay Wrestle? (Patreon)

David Finlay has made his impression felt within New Japan during the USA Cup, but actually wasn't under contract for several years in New Japan. From 2015 to 2019, he worked on a handshake agreement with NJPW, and he told me that once All Elite Wrestling started up, NJPW was adamant about getting a contract. He was happy to sign one, and fortunately he did, as he got injured.

Finlay told me that he very well could have just had his father make a call to WWE when he started training to get him in there, but wanted to go a different route and earn things on his own merit. He believes his dad could still wrestle, and didn't sound opposed to possibly teaming with him in NJPW. Fit Finlay still trains weekly and thinks he could still compete 8 years after his last match.

Finlay also spoke of NJPW USA, saying that he hopes the STRONG brand is a more permanent fixture, and he's enjoying the competitiveness between NJPW USA and Japan right now.