Kevin Knight reflects on competing in his first Best Of Super Juniors tournament.
Knight recently competed in his first ever singles tournament for New Japan Pro Wrestling, as he took part in the Best Of The Super Juniors tournament back in May.
Although Knight wasn't able to emerge as the victor of the tournament, he was able to notch big singles wins over the likes of BUSHI and Dan Moloney.
While appearing on a recent episode of Busted Open Radio, Knight spoke at length about competing in the tournament and went in detail about how he had to change up his style.
“As soon as I got announced for it, it felt so surreal. Like you said, it was my third overall tour in Japan, but my first singles so they get to see a whole different side of me. They’re used to seeing me in tags with Kushida, so now they get to see how I work when it’s just me in there. It was nerve wrecking at first, but I’m like, I’ve got nobody by my side to walk out there with me. It’s a whole different world, wrestling in Korakuen Hall, wrestling in Osaka-Jo Hall, it was a great experience to learn from everybody in my block. Everyone was so easy to work with, so it was a great learning experience. Putting together matches in a singles way, so different than doing it in a tag team way, I had to go deeper into my bag and pull things out. Slowing down is a big one too, i definitely had to learn how to slow and pace myself down a little bit more cause in tags I know I can go a little bit more full throttle cause I know I got a break, but singles, I gotta pace myself because I don’t want to burn out too fast. It was a learning curve definitely.”
Knight recently reached the finals of New Japan Pro Wrestling's All Star Junior USA Tournament. Fans can see results from that event by clicking here.
Fans can see Grapsody's full interview with Kevin Knight from February 2023 by clicking here.
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