Hiroshi Tanahashi Has No Respect For MJF, Wants Matches with Bryan Danielson, CM Punk & Claudio Castagnoli,
This Sunday at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door, NJPW megastar Hiroshi Tanahashi has the opportunity to make history and become the AEW World Champion as he will face current champion MJF In Toronto, Ontario.
Tanahashi spoke with Justin Barasso of Sports Illustrated recently and commented on his AEW World Title match with MJF:
“I feel very honored to challenge for the AEW title,” says Tanahashi, speaking through a translator. “Just imagining myself becoming the AEW world heavyweight champion is pretty exciting.”
If Hiroshi Tanahashi is successful in defeating MJF and wins the AEW World Championship, he already has a number of major AEW challengers he would like to put the title up against. Tanahashi has named Bryan Danielson, CM Punk and Claudio Castagnoli as the opponents he would want to step in the ring with should he become AEW World Champion>
Hiroshi Tanahashi was quoted saying:
“Castagnoli is a great wrestler. I know that he used to team with Shinsuke Nakamura, and that was an emotional link for me. I’d love to have a singles match against him and I want to wrestle CM Punk since I couldn’t do it last year. I have wrestled Bryan Danielson once before when I was younger. But with him being one of the top wrestlers in the U.S. and the world right now, I’d love for us to go again.”
Tanahashi was also asked abut his feelings about MJF to which Tanahashi said that he had no respect for the current AEW World Champion:
“I have no respect for him. But I will say that for someone so young, he’s got a lot of self-belief and conviction.”
Tanahashi also stated that he intends to go beyond any expectations fans will have of him at Forbidden Door this Sunday:
“Fans can look forward to seeing a classic, traditional NJPW style in the ring. Whatever expectations you have, I guarantee I’ll go beyond them. So get ready.”
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