Kazuchika Okada

To have a Japanese wrestler standing as the face of professional wrestling, there's only one person for that spot, and it's me.

Of course I wanted to main-event wrestling matches in TNA, but in their eyes, no, that would not happen. So I went back to New Japan.

I was a young age, 16 years old, in Mexico. I traveled to these different countries, and I have the new style from Mexico and TNA. I wrestled two years in Florida, then back in Japan, and everything combined for a new style. It's different. I was looking for old school wrestling that looked new.

I think it's cool to be able to show people who don't know anything about NJPW what we do.

I want to keep going to new audiences and showing people firsthand how great NJPW is.

I really appreciate ROH for letting me wrestle in the United States. American fans get to see me and get to see New Japan. Ring of Honor lets us do that.

Being the longest-reigning champion isn't that big a deal to me because records are made to be broken.

There's no bigger a superstar, and nobody closer with the fans, than Kazuchika Okada.

I was always a good wrestler. I feel like I can wrestle anybody.

So, wrestling, being strong, having good matches? I learned that in New Japan. But as a TV character? TNA was good.

I'm not interested in WWE at all.

I love working in front of American crowds.