Culture Quote by Shelton Benjamin

Luckily, I have been a part of New Japan Pro Wrestling for eight years and it's been a great run with a lot of…

— Lance Archer

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

— Kazuchika Okada

I feel as if I accomplished everything in Japan, so I wanted to challenge myself. I wanted something new, so I decided to come…

— Shinsuke Nakamura

I was just lucky to be there ahead of the curve to be the driving force behind bringing this amazing style of wrestling from…

— Matt Sydal

New Japan is my personal favorite wrestling company, working there was my dream; it was my dream to wrestle in the Tokyo Dome.

— Montel Vontavious Porter

When I started wrestling, I never wanted to go to WWE. It was the Japanese life for me.

— CM Punk

Wrestling in Japan is very much sports based.

— Neville

Wrestling in Japan, obviously, the fans are a little bit different - very quiet, very respectful in New Japan - but here in the…

— A.J. Styles

Japan is the place that made me in the MMA world, and I love the country and the Japanese people.

— Mauricio Rua

I worked on trying to get to Mexico, which was the first thing that I really wanted to do, but a couple of my…

— Laurel Van Ness

My first six months were in Japan; then I went to Mexico and then went back to Japan. I had the opportunity to wrestle…

— Alberto Del Rio

Yeah, Japanese wrestling is my favorite wrestling.

— Montel Vontavious Porter