Former IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada discussed why he was hesitant about the company expanding into the United States in a recent interview with New Japan Pro Wrestling’s website. Here is what he had to say:
“Honestly, I had some reservations at first. I wondered ‘Can we really sell enough tickets here?’ But I thought it was good that we were taking a first step into something new.”
Okada also discussed why he’s not a fan of putting together cards with matches you can see regularly in the United States noting, “I felt this about the Kenny vs Cody match, since it is on a New Japan show, I’m not a fan of putting together cards that you could normally see in America. To be honest, Cody vs Kenny, that’s a match you could see on an American show.”
