I was a young age, 16 years old, in Mexico. I traveled to these different countries, and I have the new style from Mexico and TNA. I wrestled two years in Florida, then back in Japan, and everything combined for a new style. It's different. I was looking for old school wrestling that looked new.

Kazuchika Okada

Categorized in : Looking School Age Style

I'm going to show you how we do it in New Japan Pro Wrestling. That's what you get whenever I wrestle, whoever's in the ring with me.

Kazuchika Okada

ring new me you

To have a Japanese wrestler standing as the face of professional wrestling, there's only one person for that spot, and it's me.

Kazuchika Okada

professional face person me

I'm not interested in WWE at all.

Kazuchika Okada

wwe interested not-interested

I like doing the shows with Ring of Honor, but I don't want to leave Japan.

Kazuchika Okada

ring doing honor want

I didn't get to wrestle at all in TNA. I wanted to wrestle, and they wouldn't let me.

Kazuchika Okada

wrestle get me wanted

Many people ask me about WWE and if I'd go to WWE in the future. They ask me if I'm going now. I will not go. I want to make New Japan Pro-Wrestling bigger.

Kazuchika Okada

new me future people

I heard of the word 'rainmaker.' It means one particular star who could make a company or project rich and successful. Someone that makes it rain with money. I thought it was a really good concept, so I took over that idea to become the rainmaker.

Kazuchika Okada

good rich money rain

From what I can see, gone are the days where you can just be the strongest, and that will put you at the top. It takes a little bit more... something else to grab the attention of not just pro wrestling fans but fans in general - to catch their eye.

Kazuchika Okada

you i-can eye attention

New Japan is far superior to WWE when it comes to the quality of the roster and the quality of the matches.

Kazuchika Okada

far new japan quality

Hell, I might want to be like some other people and become a movie star or join the UFC. You never know.

Kazuchika Okada

never you hell people

Jay White has a great chance to make his name off of me. But I'm not going to make that easy.

Kazuchika Okada

name great me white

So, wrestling, being strong, having good matches? I learned that in New Japan. But as a TV character? TNA was good.

Kazuchika Okada

new good strong character

I learned in TNA that I needed more than just a good match - I needed a character. That's how I became the 'Rainmaker.' It was good for me.

Kazuchika Okada

more good me character

TNA didn't use me, but I got hungrier to wrestle. The struggle made me better.

Kazuchika Okada

better me use struggle

I was always a good wrestler. I feel like I can wrestle anybody.

Kazuchika Okada

feel good always i-can

Of course I wanted to main-event wrestling matches in TNA, but in their eyes, no, that would not happen. So I went back to New Japan.

Kazuchika Okada

happen eyes new back

IWGP is the number one title in the world.

Kazuchika Okada

title number world

I started wrestling in Mexico, and then I came to New Japan.

Kazuchika Okada

new mexico japan wrestling

My dropkick is from Mexico, but my fighting spirit is from Japan.

Kazuchika Okada

mexico japan fighting spirit

There is more emotion in a match in New Japan. The matches here in the U.S. are so fast that sometime they lack emotion. It is move, move, move.

Kazuchika Okada

fast more new emotion