{"id":69239,"date":"2018-11-06T21:59:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T03:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=69239"},"modified":"2018-11-06T21:59:39","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T03:59:39","slug":"njpw-news-naito-states-he-turned-down-wwe-offer-in-new-interview-first-set-of-matches-made-official-for-wrestle-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/11\/06\/njpw-news-naito-states-he-turned-down-wwe-offer-in-new-interview-first-set-of-matches-made-official-for-wrestle-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"NJPW NEWS: Naito states he turned down WWE offer in new interview, first set of matches made official for Wrestle Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-719082519\" 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><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-Tetsuya Naito did an interview with\u00a0 in Japan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tokyo-sports.co.jp\/prores\/mens_prores\/1179535\/\">Tokyo Sports<\/a>\u00a0discussing his upcoming match at Wrestle Kingdom 13 against Chris Jericho. NJPW World English translator Chris Charlton <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reasonjp\/status\/1059715666079412225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">translated<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0some of the key quotes from the interview on Twitter. The most notable thing that Naito said was that WWE contacted him with a contract offer after Dominion in June, but he turned them down. Naito had some strong things to say about why he wanted to stay in NJPW and ultimately turned down WWE\u2019s offer. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I didn\u2019t even give it thought. This New Japan ring is already the world\u2019s number 1 stage. The fans know this. That\u2019s why I think we should focus on our home crowd before looking international.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Charlton also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reasonjp\/status\/1059716138559406082\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">translated<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0a quote from Naito&#8217;s interview that focused on their recently announced IWGP IC Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 13. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You should understand that I have no interest in \u201cWWE Superstar\u201d Chris Jericho. What I want to do is get revenge for what happened in a New Japan ring, in a New Japan ring.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-NJPW held a press conference Monday to announce the first matches for Wrestle Kingdom 13 on Jan. 4, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan at The Tokyo Dome. As expected coming out of the Power Struggle this past weekend, Chris Jericho vs.\u00a0 Tetsuya Naito and Kazuchika Okada vs. Jay White were the big matches announced. It was already known that Kenny Omega would defend the IWGP Hvt. Championship against Hiroshi Tanahashi in the main event.\u00a0 The top three matches for the show are now set.\u00a0<\/span>You can watch the entire press conference below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WRESTLE KINGDOM 13 Press Conference (November 5th)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ELE0u34FUdY?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 entire lineup announced so far for Wrestle Kingdom 13 is as follows:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-Kenny Omega vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP title<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-Chris Jericho vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Intercontinental title<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-Kazuchika Okada vs. Jay White<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-KUSHIDA vs. Taiji Ishimori for the IWGP Jr. Hvt title<\/span><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4204658374\" 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><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-Suzuki-Gun (El Desperado &amp; Yoshinobu Kanemaru) vs. Roppongi 3K (SHO &amp; YOH) vs. L.I.J. 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