1/7/2024 0 Comments Dammit bobbyHaving won the belt at such a time, I felt that I had to be the backbone of the big signboard that is New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Nagata expressed that he did not want to be blamed for low ticket sales so he stayed up many nights doing promotional work and would often speak to the powers that be about what could improve. ** During part one of THE WORDWAY-KOERU’s chat with Yuji Nagata, he reflected on his first IWGP Heavyweight Title win in 2002 and becoming champion during a tough time for New Japan Pro-Wrestling as a company. Now looking back, I say like, okay, now it all makes sense and everything happens for a reason. I go out there and talk about being the EST of WWE and that’s where I started in NXT and I feel like that was my home and I felt like there, I was constantly trying to prove that I belonged there and I was made to do this and I was born to do this so, going after the NXT Women’s Title, it was so much - I placed so much validation with that title and it was so many times when I thought, okay, this is my time, this is my time and it never happened and what was even harder for me was my parents were at the shows, they were brand new to it as well and I remember just seeing videos of my daddy cheering and then I would lose and he would just kind of like - I would see it in his face so, I was like man, I wanna prove and show that I’m worthy and that I’m good and I’m capable of being the face of NXT and being a champion and so, it was like a little shot to my self-esteem every time but, now looking back, I see that I was there during the reign - during the time of the reign of Shayna Baszler and she had an amazing title reign and I feel like I was a part of that title reign and we all made that title reign amazing with Shayna so, I had to look at it that way and you know, when I left NXT, still always wanted to be NXT Women’s Champion but then I fast forward, moved on and then I got to win the Royal Rumble and main event WrestleMania, become SmackDown Women’s Champion, now Raw Women’s Champion.
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