NJPW star says new multi-year contract is ‘signed and sealed’
NJPW star Callum Newman looks to have recently signed a new multi-year contract with the company.
In a backstage promo over the weekend, Newman — who is currently feuding with David Finlay — bragged about being the only foreigner who is under a multi-year deal with NJPW. He also sent out a tweet stating that the contract is “signed and sealed.”
Signed and sealed https://t.co/x9gd85h0o8
— Callum newman カラム・ニューマン (@PrinceofpaceCN) January 19, 2026
“It’s all jealousy, that’s all it is. Everything’s based on jealousy in this f***ing company,” Newman said in his promo directed at Finlay. “I’m the only foreigner, as far as I’m aware, in this company who’s got a multi-year deal to one of the biggest f***ing companies in the world. And I’m only 23. Do you know what that means? I’m one of the f***ing best in the world. I’m better than Jay [White]. I’m better than Kenny [Omega]. I’m better than [Will] Ospreay.”
Newman is the leader of United Empire, an NJPW faction that Ospreay once led. Ospreay made a surprise appearance at NJPW New Year Dash earlier this month and offered to help Newman and United Empire get through the rough patch they’re going through. Newman didn’t seem too interested in his former mentor’s offer. He went to hit Ospreay with a steel chair before the rest of United Empire stopped him.
Ospreay and Newman are both from the United Kingdom, with Ospreay helping to bring Newman into NJPW in 2023. Ospreay is now contracted to AEW but has said he would like to occasionally compete for NJPW as well once he’s able to return from neck surgery.
As far as his feud with Finlay, Newman challenged Finlay to name a time and place for them to face each other.
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