Wrestling
Callum Newman: I Honestly Think That Shota Umino Is One Of The Best Wrestlers In The World
Callum Newman reflects on facing off with Shota Umino in his run to win the New Japan Cup.
Callum Newman reflects on facing off with Shota Umino in his run to win the New Japan Cup.
Earlier this month, Newman would win the NJPW Cup in a tournament that saw him defeat Hirooki Goto, Shota Umino and Yuya Uemura on his way to winning the trophy. Now, he has heavy praise for one of his opponents.
While speaking in a new interview with NJPW, Callum Newman discussed facing off with Shota in the semi final of the tournament.
“I honestly think that Shota is one of the best wrestlers in the world. Very talented. But every time a big opportunity comes along, he fails. For all of his talents, there’s something about him that means when he’s in a big spot he fails every single time.”
Newman continued, noting that Shota falls into the trap of trying to make people happy despite his ‘extreme’ talent.
“I just think that it’s the fans that aren’t willing to give him an opportunity. He’s an extremely talented pro-wrestler, he loves this, and you can see he just wants to make people happy. He does that to the point it makes some people sick, but take that away and you can see he’s one of the most talented wrestlers in the world.”
Newman also recently fired shots at Will Ospreay, noting that the win was off his own back, not Ospreay’s. You can read more about that here.
