New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) star Kenny Omega recently did a media call to help promote the promotion’s upcoming G1 Special shows from Long Beach, California from the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center. Two shows will be held at the venue, which seats around 13,500 people, and both sold out in two minutes with tickets being sold in 37 different states. If NJPW comes back around for a second run in the future, Omega thinks that given the ticket sale success this time around, the promotions should shoot for a much larger venue:
“If we do it again, next time, you know, let’s double, triple, the size,” said Omega. “I think we can do it and that’s just me having faith in our product. And actually me just having faith in myself, the Bullet Club, the elite.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFO22tc6LvY
Omega went on to claim that he believes The Bullet Club’s popularity in the United States is much bigger than NJPW realizes:
“I think we as like the Bullet Club, especially, as household names, people are more familiar with us than I think maybe our company realizes,” said Omega. “And we’re all chomping at the bit to do more American stuff and we want to get in front of as many live faces as possible. I think with the proper promoting and especially if this show goes well, we can definitely go way above and beyond what we are doing in our first two shows and really go for it the next time we return to the States.”
Kenny is set to take on Michael Elign in the first round of the IWGP US Heavyweight Championship Tournament on Saturday (July 1, 2017), which will continue on through Sunday.
H/T Wrestling Inc. for the transcriptions
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