Post by c on Feb 17, 2022 18:33:49 GMT
Summed up on reddit, will steal for here:
People were panning AEW for the way Shida was treated but Kairi had the same problems with WWE and the whole being on your own attitude. Sounds like it is a cultural issue which makes sense as they have more a community culture in Japanese wrestling. Also showing that these girls are feeling immense pressure in the US feds.
Odd how many released people are saying the show often changes at the very last minute and people just chill waiting to see if WWE wants to use them or not.
So weird reading stuff from Kairi as she is not at all what you expect from a wrestler. It is like at some point she accidentally just became a wrestler and just rolled with it.
Super excited to see her return to the ring soon.
Six weeks ago, a week before the opening of her gym, Kairi Sane (now just Kairi) gave her first long interview since leaving WWE. The first and second parts of that interview were published today. The timing is very interesting because STARDOM will finally reveal the identity of the mysterious woman tomorrow and Kairi will only talk about her return to the ring in the third part of the interview that will be released very soon (tomorrow?). There's a lot of questions about her gym so I will only focus about her time in WWE.
Kairi says her relationship with WWE is amicable and she feels honored to have been offered a special position by the company.
Kairi says her days in WWE were like treasures but she cried a lot at home.
Kairi says one of the reasons she cried is because she was frustated with her promos in english. She practiced at the PC but couldn't deliver on TV.
Kairi says the period before she became NXT champion was the most difficult and felt very long. She won the Mae Young Classic only a couple of months after her debut so the bar was raised and she felt a lot of pressure.
Kairi says the most memorable moment was when she became NXT Women's Champion in front of 15k people.
Before that match, she felt a lot of tension and she could hear the fans cheering for the other matches and the ground was shaking. It also didn't help that the conversations backstage were in english and there was no interpreter so she was doing everything by herself (she laughs about it).
Kairi says it was very reassuring to see the support from the Japanese fans on Twitter. She was thinking to herself: "There are people on the other side of the world cheering me on, and I'm sure the fans at the venue are cheering me on too. We're all on the same side!".
Kairi says she felt even more pressure when she won the title because she wanted to increase the value of the belt and make the brand more exciting.
Io Shirai coming to NXT was a big deal for her because Asuka, Tozawa and Nakamura were already on the main roster so she wasn't alone anymore and could have in-depth conversations about wrestling with Io.
Kairi didn't know she was being called up until the day before when she got a text saying "Come to SmackDown tomorrow". She went straight to Io, hugged her and they both cried. She was very sad to be separated from her friend once again.
Kairi says NXT and the main roster are completely different. NXT is like a family, you eat, train and spend time together. On the main roster, you do everything by yourself and you're fined if you arrive late at the venue.
There was a time she got a flat tire on the highway so she drove slowly to the gas station, put air in the tire, went back to the rental car company, slept until the opening and changed the tire in the morning.
Another time, there was a blizzard in Canada and she had to drive to the venue. Nakamura told her to leave early before it's too dangerous so she drove alone, almost crying. In the end, some wrestlers got stuck in the blizzard so her match got cancelled.
Kairi says the hardest part on the main roster was when she didn't see her name on the card but suddenly she was asked to get ready 15 minutes before the show. She says you have to stay ready because you never know what might happen.
Kairi says it's the same for the promos. There was a time she was seconding Asuka and then, out of the blue, a producer handed her a mic and told her to talk to the crowd for a minute so she talked to the crowd in Japanese and English. She says she's very good at improvising in Japanese, not so much in English, but she was able to keep the crowd entertained.
Kairi says she was very happy to be paired was Asuka. She was nervous at first because Asuka is her senior but Asuka told her "if you have any question, just ask".
Kairi says the staff was laughing and smiling during their backstage promos.
Kairi thought she would get more boos than cheers because she was a heel so she was surprised when the crowd cheered for her.
Kairi says she had a lot of fun working with Asuka and they laughed a lot backstage. Even after they had to get ready or cut a promo at the last minute, they laughed about it afterwards.
Kairi says her Kabuki Warriors character was Paul Heyman's idea and thinks this new character gave the team a new appeal.
People were panning AEW for the way Shida was treated but Kairi had the same problems with WWE and the whole being on your own attitude. Sounds like it is a cultural issue which makes sense as they have more a community culture in Japanese wrestling. Also showing that these girls are feeling immense pressure in the US feds.
Odd how many released people are saying the show often changes at the very last minute and people just chill waiting to see if WWE wants to use them or not.
So weird reading stuff from Kairi as she is not at all what you expect from a wrestler. It is like at some point she accidentally just became a wrestler and just rolled with it.
Super excited to see her return to the ring soon.
Six weeks ago, a week before the opening of her gym, Kairi Sane (now just Kairi) gave her first long interview since leaving WWE. The first and second parts of that interview were published today. The timing is very interesting because STARDOM will finally reveal the identity of the mysterious woman tomorrow and Kairi will only talk about her return to the ring in the third part of the interview that will be released very soon (tomorrow?). There's a lot of questions about her gym so I will only focus about her time in WWE.
Kairi says her relationship with WWE is amicable and she feels honored to have been offered a special position by the company.
Kairi says her days in WWE were like treasures but she cried a lot at home.
Kairi says one of the reasons she cried is because she was frustated with her promos in english. She practiced at the PC but couldn't deliver on TV.
Kairi says the period before she became NXT champion was the most difficult and felt very long. She won the Mae Young Classic only a couple of months after her debut so the bar was raised and she felt a lot of pressure.
Kairi says the most memorable moment was when she became NXT Women's Champion in front of 15k people.
Before that match, she felt a lot of tension and she could hear the fans cheering for the other matches and the ground was shaking. It also didn't help that the conversations backstage were in english and there was no interpreter so she was doing everything by herself (she laughs about it).
Kairi says it was very reassuring to see the support from the Japanese fans on Twitter. She was thinking to herself: "There are people on the other side of the world cheering me on, and I'm sure the fans at the venue are cheering me on too. We're all on the same side!".
Kairi says she felt even more pressure when she won the title because she wanted to increase the value of the belt and make the brand more exciting.
Io Shirai coming to NXT was a big deal for her because Asuka, Tozawa and Nakamura were already on the main roster so she wasn't alone anymore and could have in-depth conversations about wrestling with Io.
Kairi didn't know she was being called up until the day before when she got a text saying "Come to SmackDown tomorrow". She went straight to Io, hugged her and they both cried. She was very sad to be separated from her friend once again.
Kairi says NXT and the main roster are completely different. NXT is like a family, you eat, train and spend time together. On the main roster, you do everything by yourself and you're fined if you arrive late at the venue.
There was a time she got a flat tire on the highway so she drove slowly to the gas station, put air in the tire, went back to the rental car company, slept until the opening and changed the tire in the morning.
Another time, there was a blizzard in Canada and she had to drive to the venue. Nakamura told her to leave early before it's too dangerous so she drove alone, almost crying. In the end, some wrestlers got stuck in the blizzard so her match got cancelled.
Kairi says the hardest part on the main roster was when she didn't see her name on the card but suddenly she was asked to get ready 15 minutes before the show. She says you have to stay ready because you never know what might happen.
Kairi says it's the same for the promos. There was a time she was seconding Asuka and then, out of the blue, a producer handed her a mic and told her to talk to the crowd for a minute so she talked to the crowd in Japanese and English. She says she's very good at improvising in Japanese, not so much in English, but she was able to keep the crowd entertained.
Kairi says she was very happy to be paired was Asuka. She was nervous at first because Asuka is her senior but Asuka told her "if you have any question, just ask".
Kairi says the staff was laughing and smiling during their backstage promos.
Kairi thought she would get more boos than cheers because she was a heel so she was surprised when the crowd cheered for her.
Kairi says she had a lot of fun working with Asuka and they laughed a lot backstage. Even after they had to get ready or cut a promo at the last minute, they laughed about it afterwards.
Kairi says her Kabuki Warriors character was Paul Heyman's idea and thinks this new character gave the team a new appeal.
