{"id":253810,"date":"2026-07-20T12:07:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T12:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/20\/more-nervous-about-korakuen-hall-than-wrestlemania-wwe-legend-reveals-njpw-dream\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T12:07:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T12:07:43","slug":"more-nervous-about-korakuen-hall-than-wrestlemania-wwe-legend-reveals-njpw-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/20\/more-nervous-about-korakuen-hall-than-wrestlemania-wwe-legend-reveals-njpw-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"More Nervous About Korakuen Hall Than WrestleMania: WWE Legend Reveals NJPW Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"5194046\" data-slug-id=\"2810807\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>AEW&#8217;s roster consists of several veterans. Names like Adam Copeland, Christian Cage, Chris Jericho, Jeff Jarrett, Dustin Rhodes, Paul Wight, and more have decades of in-ring experience. Tony Khan has immense faith in them and has been utilizing them well.  <\/p>\n<p>AEW signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/aew\/news-the-best-batman-aew-stars-will-ospreay-mvp-discuss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">MVP<\/a>, Shelton Benjamin, and Bobby Lashley in 2024. This trio is collectively known as the Hurt Syndicate. Montel Vontavious Porter spent years in WWE. He has held the United States Championship twice and has wrestled in WrestleMania. However, in a recent appearance on <em>Marking Out with MVP &amp; Dwayne Swayze,<\/em> he revealed that his time in NJPW was the funnest time of his career. <\/p>\n<p>The AEW star said that wrestling in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/aew\/news-major-name-seemingly-bids-farewell-to-njpw-likely-signing-with-aew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">NJPW<\/a> was a dream come true for him. <\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMy time in New Japan was the funnest time of my career. Because I tell people like it was a dream, a literal dream come true for me. And people were like, &#8220;Yeah, but you you&#8217;ve been a Wrestlemania.&#8221; Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I did all that. It was a goal. It was something I wanted to accomplish. But the most nervous that I had ever been before a match in my entire career was my first match at Korakuen Hall. I was backstage pacing,\u201d he said. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"yt-wrapper\">                    <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2011.7.6 MVP&amp;TANAHASHI Joint Training\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6prQCHo-pDA?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><\/noscript>                    <\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" data-embed=\"6prQCHo-pDA\">\n<div class=\"play-button\"><img height=\"370\" width=\"660\" data-img=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/6prQCHo-pDA\/sddefault.jpg\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/6prQCHo-pDA\/sddefault.jpg\" class=\"lazy-img\" alt=\"youtube-cover\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>MVP is a former IWGP Intercontinental Champion. It will be interesting to see him wrestle in the Japanese promotion again someday. <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>AEW star MVP calls Triple H a liar and a coward <\/h2>\n<p>Montel Vontavious Porter dislikes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/wwe\/news-triple-h-confirms-he-is-changing-his-look-after-almost-a-decade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Triple H<\/a>. In a May 2026 episode of Marking Out, he said that he left WWE because the Game was in charge. He called the WWE Hall of Famer a liar and a coward. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I made up my mind, I don\u2019t want to be here anymore, and if Triple H is in charge, then I definitely don\u2019t want to be here because I don\u2019t like Triple H. I don\u2019t respect Triple H. I think he\u2019s a coward and a liar,&#8221; he said. 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