Rocky Romero is proud to be the Vice President of New Japan Pro Wrestling.
After spending years as a bit of a swiss army knife for the company, Rocky Romero was named the Vice President of New Japan Pro Wrestling back in April 2024. The announcement was met with much praise, as Romero has often been lauded as one of the hardest working people in all of wrestling.
While speaking with Fightful for a new interview, Romero said that he was relieved to finally have an official title with the company after all of these years.
"Honestly it was something that I've been thinking about for a very long time and I'm kind of known as the new Japan guy, right? Like if there's anything outside of Japan, they're like, ‘Oh, reach out to this guy, Rocky Romero.’ But so many times people had asked me like, ‘Oh, well, what's your position? What's your title?’ It's like, ‘Well, I kind of work without one. I mean, I kind of don't really have an official-official title.’ So when, when I renegotiated my deal and they kind of brought up like, ‘Well, would you want to serve as a Vice President for the company?’ I was like, ‘To be honest, that would take a lot of stress off my plate when I have to talk to somebody and they're like, ‘What do you do exactly?’ Then I can easily kind of explain to them, ‘Yeah, I’m this title.’"
Romero went on and praised the company for believing in him before saying that he's trying his best to live up to the expectations.
"So that was really cool and it's also means a lot to me and I'm sure a lot of wrestlers in general that just to see the growth of New Japan and having somebody who's 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 I'm just trying to do my best to live up to that, you know?"
Elsewhere in the interview, Romero praised Maple Leaf Pro and stated that the promotion could be a big partner for NJPW. Check out his full comments on the matter here.
Fans can check out Fightful's full interview with Romero in the video linked at the top of this article.
