Former TNA Star Comments On Time With The Company And WWE Being Interested In Him

Former TNA Wrestler Kazuchika Okada was recently interviewed about his rise to fame following his win of the New Japan IWGP Heavyweight title. Here are a few highlights from the interview.

His time in TNA: "TNA executives told me 'Do you know what makes money? It is red lamp of TV camera. It's the character, not just the wrestling.' So I started to create the RainMaker character."

"TNA did not give me many opportunities to compete. So I had lots of spare time. I started watching American pro wrestling videos. All the videos I could find. I learned a lot from by watching the big stars. I watched Sting. He was amazing. I wanted to be just like Sting."

WWE being interested in him: "When I came back, I challenged Tanahashi and won the IWGP title. Now everybody loves me. The WWE is interested."

Source: TNAInsider.com