Professional wrestling legend and former WWE Intercontinental Champion Ken Shamrock who is also a former WWE Tag Team Champion recently talked about his recent return to the NJPW and discussed how his return to Japan all came together.
Ken Shamrock Legend of professional wrestling who has an excellent record in Mixed Martial Arts and professional wrestling. WWE in 1997 but before joining WWE he worked in various pro wrestling promotions including Japanese promotions.
Ken Shamrock Discusses His Recent NJPW Appearance
He was treated as an upper mid card in WWE and it looked like the promotion had big plans for him. He was constantly built as “The World’s Most Dangerous Man” and he had multiple accomplishment listed by his name in WWE. He won the King of the Ring tournament in 1998, also won the Intercontinental title and Tag Team title.
He left WWE in 1999 never to return to the promotion ever again. He tried his luck on other different promotions after his WWE departure. TNA wrestling even tried to push him as a main event star as he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. But after his WWE departure he could never find success back in the world of professional wrestling.
Ken Shamrock who is also a former WWE Tag Team Champion recently spoke to WrestlingNews.Co where he talked about his recent return to the NJPW and discussed how his return to Japan all came together. He said;
“They contacted me, they wanted to know if I wanted to come in and do a spot in there. I was like, ‘Yeah,’ and then I heard it was with Suzuki, and I was like, ‘Oh, outstanding.’ I really thought maybe they were putting something together, to start something between me and him because it’s been so long since me and him have been able to really get in the ring and do anything.
“So I really thought there was gonna be something there, but unfortunately, it was just a spot. They told me that. ‘No, we’re just doing a spot, just want to give the fans a treat.’ So we went and did that. It was fun to see him again, it was really awesome because he’s one of the guys in the beginning that really helped sharpen my skills along with [Masakatsu] Funaki, so it was great to be in there with him.
“We’ll just have to wait and see. Right now, truly right now, I am so focused on Valor, really trying to get that promotion up and going. We have a great opportunity to be able to try and change the look of the bare-knuckle sport, being able to clean it up, being able to make it look professional and bring it to the fans because I know they love it, and the numbers show it. It’s just really packaging it so it’s acceptable in mainstream.”
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