{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_7shcdpc6q4sueavv45eq","title":"David Finlay States That NJPW Offered Him Salaried Deal When AEW Launched","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/david-finlay-states-that-njpw-offered-him-salaried-deal-when-aew-7shcdpc6q4","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_7shcdpc6q4sueavv45eq","seq":1663761,"kind":"article","title":"David Finlay States That NJPW Offered Him Salaried Deal When AEW Launched","url":"https://www.fightful.com/wrestling-news/david-finlay-states-that-njpw-offered-him-salaried-deal-when-aew-launched","summary":"NJPW put the offer on the table when AEW got started. The latest guest to sit down with Chris Jericho for a recording of Talk Is Jericho was David Finlay. The Dogs member went over his career in pro wrestling and dove into his run in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Finlay said he had been trying…","published":"2026-10-04T11:00:00Z","seen":"2026-10-04T11:55:48Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-fightful-com-7f551c","name":"fightful.com","domain":"fightful.com"},"via":"kite-fightful-com-7f551c","topics":["mma","professional-wrestling"],"entities":[{"id":"Q5233646","name":"David Finlay","type":"person"},{"id":"Q1150494","name":"New Japan Pro-Wrestling","type":"org"},{"id":"Q60324825","name":"All Elite Wrestling","type":"org"}],"image":"https://d1fcaprh3kb5t7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/11041813/HA3NumTacAAfgJV.jpg?v=20261004010151","story":"st_7shcdpc6q4sueavv45eq","category":"arts-culture-entertainment","category_p":0.4699999988079071,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.20999999344348907,"political":0.10000000149011612}]}