PJ Black Says NJPW Is His Goal After ROH

In an interview with Chris Van Vliet (via Wrestling Inc), PJ Black said that he hopes to sign with NJPW once he’s finished up with ROH, and then maybe he will consider a return to WWE after that. Here are highlights:

On other companies he’d like to work for: “Ever since I started wrestling, my goal was New Japan. Even before WWE, my goal was New Japan. It was just hard for a kid growing up in South Africa with a 3rd world country passport to get in to Japan, and I tried for years, and years, and years. I even moved to Europe for a little while and things didn’t happen there. I got kicked out of the country – long story – moved back to South Africa, but then WWE found me, so, I was like, yeah, I’ll take the contract. I feel like my next step, my next goal is New Japan for sure. And then, after that, I can look and maybe go back to sports entertainment.”

On AEW: “If we can somehow recreate the Monday Night Wars – nothing is going to be on Monday nights – but if we can create those wars, that’s great. I mean, that’s great for fans, that’s great for wrestlers, and it’s cool, like, we have so many options and places to go. I feel like that’s what the business needs right now, so I’m really hoping that happens.”

On his deal with ROH: “My contract officially started, like, a week ago. My first official match is in Vegas. We have two tapings, the 16 & 17 of March which is next month, and I feel like after that, I’ll be traveling full time. Also, I have like 40 independent bookings which they let me honor, so, I’m going to be pretty busy in the summer.”