AKIRA pitches everything.
'The Death Fighter' is known by some fans for his viral gusset plate spot that occured in his Weapons Of Mass Destruction match with Krule at MLW Slaughterhouse. Other fans will likely know of AKIRA through some of his other crazy spots, all of which he pitches.
"I’m always the one to pitch it." AKRIA said when asked about the spot with Krule while speaking with Jeremy Lambert and Joel Pearl of Fightful Overbooked's In The Weeds podcast. "The horrible things that happen to me, I’m always the one that pitches. If I pitch something horrible to someone, I generally try to take something just as equivalent so that we’re even. I don’t want to be a selfish player. One thing I admire about wrestlers like Terry Funk when they were in Japan was their ability to take punishment. Kobashi, Misawa, all the greats would take punishment and get sympathy from the fans. I feel in America, I’m one of the pure babyfaces that makes people care. I really aspire to be Terry Funk and make people really worry about me. I think I do it."
Elsewhere in the interview, AKIRA talked about how some deathmatch wrestlers use weapons to hide their lack of charisma and wrestling ability. Check out his full comments by clicking here.
Fans can check out Fightful Overbooked's full interview with AKIRA in the video linked at the top of this article.
MLW Battle Riot VII will take place in Los Angeles, California on Saturday, April 5. The show will stream for free on the promotion's YouTube channel.
