Former WWE NXT UK Star and new WWE NXT 2.0 Star JD McDonagh, who has yet to make his official WWE NXT 2.0 debut, recently took to his Twitter and noted that top NJPW Star Hiroshi Tanahashi could not lace his boots. Both wrestlers use the term "Ace" as their monikers, but the Irish Ace believes that he is better then The Ace Of NJPW.
McDonagh last competed on WWE NXT UK during the 200th episode of the show last May 12th, when he lost a loser leaves NXT UK Match to Ilja Dragunov for Ilja's WWE NXT UK Title. JD McDonagh has appeared in WWE NXT in the past as he is a former WWE NXT Cruiserweight Champion, when he won the championship at the 2020 WWE World’s Collide Event. Hiroshi Tanahashi has been a top star in NJPW for quite some time now and he is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time since he is a former 8-time IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, 3-time IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion, 2-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion, 3-time IWGP Tag Team Champion, one-time NEVER Openweight Champion and 3-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion.
Tanahashi has also won the G1 Climax Tournament on three occasions and the New Japan Cup twice and he is recognized as the fourth NJPW wrestler to accomplish the Triple Crown and the second to accomplish their Grand Slam, making him one of the most decorated wrestlers in all of NJPW.
You can check out JD McDonagh's tweet below:
Tanahashi couldn't lace my boots. https://t.co/nITNIpiR5L
— JD McDonagh (@Jordan_Devlin1) June 30, 2022
