NJPW President and Japanese pro wrestling legend Hiroshi Tanahashi spoke with Tokyo Sports on a number of topics, including how he would like his retirement match to go down.
Tanahashi said, “So ideally, I would like my retirement match to be for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. If I challenge, and win, I’ll extend my active career and withdraw my retirement. If I lose, I’ll just retire. Then I’ll be satisfied. I can retire because I think I can’t reach it anymore.”
On Kazuchika Okada or Shinsuke Nakamura as possible opponents:
“Personally, I would like to fight younger wrestlers, but if the fans want it. It may or may not happen, I don’t know. Personally, I would like to do it somewhere. First of all, I will fight with all my might for the remaining one year and two months, so please support me.”
