Top NJPW Star Tetsuya Naito spoke with Tokyo Sports on topics such as the conversation he had with an Uber Driver in England about the death of Japanese pro wrestling legend Antonio Inoki.
Tetsuya Naito said:
“‘Where did you come from? Where you from?’ I answered, ‘Japan.’ He said, ‘You know Antonio Inoki is dead?’ I was honestly surprised that his name had reached such a distant land in England.”
Tetsuya Naito also spoke about how the Uber Driver did not know about the wrestlers in NJPW today and how he was frustrated by that.
Tetsuya Naito said:
“The driver asked again, ‘By the way, what did you come from Japan to do? He was surprised when I told him that I was a professional wrestler for New Japan, the company founded by Mr. Inoki. In short, he knew about Antonio Inoki, but he did not know about the wrestlers in New Japan today. I was frustrated by that, but at the same time I was reminded that he was a great man.”
You can check out Tetsuya Naito's comments at this link.
