{"id":92359,"date":"2021-05-24T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=92359"},"modified":"2021-05-24T13:00:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T17:00:11","slug":"rocky-romero-aew-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/05\/24\/rocky-romero-aew-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocky Romero Making AEW In-Ring Debut On AEW Dark Elevation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The forbidden door to New Japan Pro Wrestling has been kicked open as AEW welcomes two NJPW stars to AEW Dark Elevation this week.\u00a0 The first is\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/05\/18\/ren-narita-aew-dark\/\" target=\"_self\">Ren Narita<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>who&#8217;s debut was known last week as he will take on\u00a0<strong>Royce Isaacs<\/strong>.\u00a0 The other NJPW star debuting is Rocky Romero who will be taking on\u00a0<strong>JD Drake\u00a0<\/strong>in one of the marquee matches on this edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/05\/23\/preview-aew-dark-elevation-5-24-21-the-forbidden-door-opens\/\" target=\"_self\">Elevation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Romero is a respected veteran junior heavyweight competitor who has recently spent most of his time in the U.S. splitting his time between NJPW Strong and the occasional\u00a0<strong>Ring Of Honor\u00a0<\/strong>match.\u00a0 Romero debuted all the way back in the year 2000 and within just 2 years of his debut was wrestling for New Japan alongside\u00a0<strong>Ricky Reyes\u00a0<\/strong>as the Havana Pitbulls.\u00a0 Ever since then he has wrestled for major promotions all over the world like NOAH, Mexican giants CMLL and AAA, ROH,\u00a0<strong>Pro Wrestling Guerrilla<\/strong>, and everywhere in between.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his career Romero has won a number of championships, notably being an eight-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight tag team champion, four of those reigns came alongside AEW star\u00a0<strong>Trent?<\/strong>, Romero is also a former ROH tag champion, and CMLL World Super Lightweight Champion.\u00a0 Now, the well-traveled veteran heads to AEW where he will wrestle JD Drake in a match that is sure to steal the show.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Featured Image<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a id=\"sxinWqhxTyx7rR815TnL3A\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ie\/detail\/1181707131\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'sxinWqhxTyx7rR815TnL3A',sig:'EoWvzxC7jj5P734K3koCtr2uifOMDcYXgouFWg2yesI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1181707131',caption: true ,tld:'ie',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 You can catch AEW Dynamite Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TNT and AEW Dark: Elevation (Monday nights) and AEW: Dark (Tuesday nights) at 7 PM ET on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFN4JkGP_bVhAdBsoV9xftA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? 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