This past Fridayโs NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo event saw first-ever NJPW World Television Champion Zack Sabre Jr. take on Yuji Nagata in a singles match, which saw Sabre Jr. come out of the match with a win.
Sabre Jr. took part in a backstage interview shortly following the match and talked about a number of topics including how he believes he will win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship this year and lead the company.
Sabre Jr. said, โMoving on, New Beginning. Thereโs not really that many new beginnings in this series, is there? Same old bollocks. But one thing thatโs gonna be very new from next month, weโre gonna have ourselves a new challenger because Iโm gonna win the New Japan Cup for the third time, for the third bloody time. Third timeโs a charm. Who am I gonna be facing? Will it be SANADA, the most handsome man in New Japan Pro-Wrestling? A much more interesting, technically proficient and skilled wrestler? That will be much more exciting for me. But Iโll take immense satisfaction from taking the championship from Naito. Iโve beaten Naito more than heโs had dodgy haircuts. But Iโve never beaten him for an IWGP Championship, let alone the top championship in all of, not only Japanese professional wrestling, but all of professional wrestling. I donโt really care if itโs SANADA or Naito. The most important thing is, things are gonna bloody change. Ospreay, heโs out of here. Bye-bye, Okada. Youโre gone this weekend. Weโve got a lot of young talented wrestlers, but theyโre babies. Theyโre little puppies. Theyโre not fucking ready yet. Whoโs ready? Zack Sabre Jr. This is my year. This is everything my careerโs been building up to. Iโm gonna become IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, and Iโll lead New Japan, not only into a new era, but new Strong Style.โ
You can check out Sabre Jr.โs comments in the video below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
