Yota Tsuji wants fans to equate wrestling with NJPW.
Yota Tsuji has become a breakout star in NJPW, and he won the New Japan Cup 2024. He will aim to reach the next level by winning the NJPW G1 Climax 34.
In a new video on NJPW's YouTube channel, Yota Tsuji discussed his ultimate goal.
"I need to win the G1, and I need to win the IWGP [World Heavyweight Championship]. My end goal is for NJPW to become the world’s top promotion. What I mean by that is, for people around the world to equate wrestling with NJPW. That level of connection. To me, America isn’t the place to do that. WWE is there, but the world’s a big place. 300 million people in the US, and a lot more elsewhere. If we bring wrestling to those places, then it’s possible for NJPW to have that recognition. I really think it’s achievable. So to make NJPW the world’s number one, I have to spread to the world the idea that NJPW = pro wrestling," Tsuji said.
Tsuji previously said that he has not given up on breaking up the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. Check out his comments here.
Tsuji has said that AEW and WWE don't have the gems that are the NJPW Young Lions. Click here to see what he had to say.
Fightful will have coverage of the NJPW G1 Climax 34 as it continues.
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