{"id":61892,"date":"2018-06-24T16:58:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T21:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=61892"},"modified":"2018-06-24T16:58:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T21:58:20","slug":"radican-interview-with-juice-robinson-talks-future-goals-in-wrestling-promos-and-selling-what-kind-of-crowd-reaction-he-expects-at-the-g1-special-in-san-francisco-on-axs-tv-next-month-other-highl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/06\/24\/radican-interview-with-juice-robinson-talks-future-goals-in-wrestling-promos-and-selling-what-kind-of-crowd-reaction-he-expects-at-the-g1-special-in-san-francisco-on-axs-tv-next-month-other-highl\/","title":{"rendered":"RADICAN INTERVIEW with JUICE ROBINSON &#8211; talks future goals in wrestling, promos and selling, what kind of crowd reaction he expects at the G1 Special in San Francisco on AXS TV next month, other highlights from AXS TV press conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2696063711\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>PWTorch columnist Sean Radican spoke with Juice Robinson ahead of NJPW&#8217;s G1 Special in San Francisco on July 7 at The Cow Palace. Robinson is set to face IWGP U.S. Champion Jay White on the show. Robinson made waves this past week when he cut an excellent promo after he punched a chair going at it with White at Kizuna Road on June 17.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch that promo below. It begins at the :57 mark:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KIZUNA ROAD 2018 (June 17) - Post-match Interview [6th match]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ETmm-RCYLwg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The following is a transcript of Radican&#8217;s interview with Robinson at the AXS TV press conference this week. Robinson talks with Radican about his ability to draw sympathy from fans, why his promos work, his future goals in wrestling, the way the Japanese fans have embraced him, and how he hopes to come through and finally win a big title match against Jay White.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Sean Radican<\/strong>: You\u2019ve really shown the ability to draw sympathy from fans as a wrestler since you broke out in NJPW during G1 in NJPW last year. What are your future goals in wrestling and how do you think your promos and selling will help you achieve them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Juice Robinson<\/strong>: My goals are to stay in NJPW and keep getting better and eventually try to make it to the next step. Obviously, I\u2019m a lot better spot now than I was a year ago, but one of these time I\u2019m going to have to win a title or else these title shots are going to stop happening. They\u2019re only going to call my number so many times if I don\u2019t make something out of them. They\u2019re going to stop happening.<\/p>\n<p>I think my promos and selling come natural to me. It\u2019s not forced. I think the audience can feel that I\u2019m just being who I am. I\u2019m not playing a character. It\u2019s not fake. That\u2019s me. That\u2019s who I am in real life. I think any time you can do that, they\u2019re going to connect with it. They\u2019re going to connect with you on that level. They\u2019re going to feel how you feel. They can\u2019t help but have fun if I\u2019m having fun or feel pain if I\u2019m feeling pain. These Japanese people, I love them so much. They want me. I\u2019m that little underdog and they want me to do so well, but so far I haven\u2019t been able to. Hopefully that all changes pretty quick here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sean Radican<\/strong>: Can you talk about what your expecting from the fans at the G1 Special in San Francisco in what is your biggest U.S. match to date and where do your draw inspiration from for your great promos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Juice Robinson<\/strong>: As far as the fans, it\u2019s funny, I\u2019m always nervous when we\u2019re in America that fans are going to boo me out of the building because maybe they think I\u2019m C.J. Parker. A lot of American fans back when I was on Twitter I\u2019d get a lot of mean tweets. I think a lot of people sometimes don\u2019t like me. Maybe they think I\u2019m having too much fun or I\u2019m too hokey or corny or this or that. It\u2019s usually always American or European fans. I\u2019m always scared that I\u2019m always going to get booed out of buildings when I\u2019m in Europe or America. The first G1 Special, I thought they were booing me because they were going \u201cJuiuuuuuce.\u201d I figured they would be booing me and then I realized later they weren\u2019t. They were just doing the \u201cJuuuuuuice.\u201d Even last time me and (David) Finlay were about to go out and wrestle Gedo &amp; (Hirooki) Goto and my music started playing and I\u2019m like oh my god they\u2019re booing me and he goes no they\u2019re not you idiot. You do this every time. They\u2019re doing the Juice thing. I don\u2019t know. There\u2019s just something inside I&#8217;m always just scared that foreign and American fans hate me. I hope they don\u2019t in San Francisco. I don\u2019t know. They may love Jay White, the knife pervert. They may hate flamboyant Juice Robinson, so who knows. It\u2019s not going to change the match. You want them to cheer for you. You don\u2019t want to be booed when you\u2019re supposed to be cheered or you\u2019re playing the good guy. I hope I don\u2019t get booed too hard.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can listen to Robinson&#8217;s entire interview with Radican below in the two audio files:<\/p>\n<p>Question 1:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-61892-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2018\/06\/RadicanClip_JuiceRobinson1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2018\/06\/RadicanClip_JuiceRobinson1.mp3\">https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2018\/06\/RadicanClip_JuiceRobinson1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Question 2:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-61892-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2018\/06\/RadicanClip_JuiceRobinson.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2018\/06\/RadicanClip_JuiceRobinson.mp3\">https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2018\/06\/RadicanClip_JuiceRobinson.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Other highlights of the AXS TV press conference with Juice Robinson included:<\/p>\n<p>-Robinson was asked about Kevin Owens calling him the best promo in wrestling on Twitter. Robinson said he didn\u2019t know that, but he had just spoken to Kevin on the phone. He said Kevin has always been a huge fan of his. Robinson called it a huge compliment and said Owens is the best promo in wrestling.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2567268191\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>-Robinson was asked how his in-ring style changed when he went to Japan. He said it became more physical. He didn\u2019t purposefully do it. He just went along with what he was experiencing in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>-Robinson said he got into NJPW through Matt Bloom at NXT. At the time, Bloom was transitioning from the end of his in-ring career to commentator. Robinson said Bloom was a fan of his character C.J. Parker. He said Bloom knew he was frustrated in NXT and helped him try to stay positive. He said when Bloom became a coach, his frustration grew. Bloom told him he would help him get into NJPW if he ever left.<\/p>\n<p>-Robinson was asked if he has noticed the attentioned his promos have been getting. He said he hasn\u2019t. He said they cut a lot of promos and he doesn\u2019t remember them all. He said some he likes and some are ridiculous. Robinson said he\u2019s going to check online to see what people are saying. He feels he\u2019s just the flavor of the week right now.<\/p>\n<p>-Robinson was asked who he\u2019d like to see from WWE in NJPW. He mentioned Cesaro, Luke Harper, and Jason Jordan. He also said he\u2019d like to see Gallows and Anderson in NJPW.<\/p>\n<p>-Robinson was asked about learning promos under Dusty Rhodes in NXT. He said when he was with Rhodes in NXT, he would always tell him to be real when he cut promos. He would tell him not to think about lines. He told Robinson it was the why not the how when it came to cutting promos. If you think about why your character feels a certain way, it doesn\u2019t matter what you say because your words will come out right.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2806734824\"><div id=\"pwtor-2282885735\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>PWTorch columnist Sean Radican spoke with Juice Robinson ahead of NJPW&#8217;s G1 Special in San Francisco on July 7 at The Cow Palace. 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