NJPW recently held their New Beginning in Sapporo event, where former WWE star Matt Riddle faced and defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to capture the NJPW World Television Championship. Shortly after the show, Riddle was interviewed. He talked about a number of topics including winning the championship and what it means for his career.
Riddle said, โThe King of Bros finally made his way to Japan to wrestle for the best company, New Japan, then to wrestle the president of the best company, Tanahashi. Not only did I wrestle [him], not only did I beat him, but I took the Television Championship. Seems like Iโm just winning titles a lot lately, and I canโt wait to defend this sooner than later. I feel like Iโm on kind of a roll here. I feel good. I feel like a rude dude, if you know what I mean. You know what? I canโt defend this title just against anybody. I think I want to defend it against the man that won it in the first place, the man that I wrestled last time I was here in New Japan, Zack Sabre Jr, bro. I think last time you said my name, you called me, instead of the king of bros, you called me the king of dickheads. Well, youโre the dickhead, bro. I donโt like you, I donโt like where you come from, I donโt like the way you look, I donโt like the way you talk. I donโt your teeth. So Zack, bro, I canโt wait to get my hands on you and slap the taste out ofโฆ. The Mighty Donโt Kneel? Youโll kneel to the King of Bros. Where are you? You gonna make me wait? You gonna make me beg? Is Zack anywhere to be found?โ
You can check out Riddleโs comments in the video below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
