AEW star and pro wrestling veteran Rocky Romero spoke with Fightful on a number of topics, including being named the Vice President of NJPW earlier this year.
Romero said, โHonestly it was something that Iโve been thinking about for a very long time and Iโm kind of known as the new Japan guy, right? Like if thereโs anything outside of Japan, theyโre like, โOh, reach out to this guy, Rocky Romero.โ But so many times people had asked me like, โOh, well, whatโs your position? Whatโs your title?โ Itโs like, โWell, I kind of work without one. I mean, I kind of donโt really have an official-official title.โ So when, when I renegotiated my deal and they kind of brought up like, โWell, would you want to serve as a Vice President for the company?โ I was like, โTo be honest, that would take a lot of stress off my plate when I have to talk to somebody and theyโre like, โWhat do you do exactly?โ Then I can easily kind of explain to them, โYeah, Iโm this title.โโ
On what it meant to him:
โSo that was really cool and itโs also means a lot to me and Iโm sure a lot of wrestlers in general that just to see the growth of New Japan and having somebody whoโs non-Japanese in a major role is really, really cool and unique. It just goes to show how much trust the company has had in me and how much they believe in me and support me. So Iโm just trying to do my best to live up to that, you know?โ
You can check out Romero’s comments in the video below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)