Zack Sabre Jr. says he's younger than you think.
Zack Sabre Jr. is looking to reach the next level by winning the NJPW G1 Climax 34. He has picked up three straight wins to start the tournament; on the third night, the 36-year-old beat Callum Newman.
In his post-match comments, Sabre Jr. took issue with people calling him old.
“I’m not the Japanese young punk, but I’m a British young punk. I might have been in this game 20 years, I’m just getting started. This is gonna be my first G1. Let me give you a little fact. You know the human body, every seven to ten years, repairs every cell? I think it’s 15 years, skeletal bones are repaired. But I’m vegan, so my immune system is through the roof. So my cells repair between two and five years, so then that’s like a third less than the average person. So if you put me at 36, I’m at least a third younger than the rest of the population. So I’m actually sort of in my 20s. But then also, I’m the best Japanese technical wrestler in the world, plus vegan, I mean, that keeps me youthful. Look at my skin. So I think I’m sort of back around my debut age. So I’m actually 16, so I’m actually younger than everyone else in this tournament. So if one more of you bastards calls me old, I’m gonna rip your fucking arms off," Sabre Jr said.
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