{"id":132143,"date":"2023-06-14T10:16:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T15:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=132143"},"modified":"2023-06-14T10:16:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T15:16:54","slug":"jr-kratos-on-his-contract-status-with-njpw-in-talks-to-do-a-bare-knuckle-fight-the-video-he-produced-in-hopes-of-getting-a-shot-at-aews-tnt-title-his-nwa-tag-team-title-run-with-aron-stevens-his","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2023\/06\/14\/jr-kratos-on-his-contract-status-with-njpw-in-talks-to-do-a-bare-knuckle-fight-the-video-he-produced-in-hopes-of-getting-a-shot-at-aews-tnt-title-his-nwa-tag-team-title-run-with-aron-stevens-his\/","title":{"rendered":"JR Kratos on his contract status with NJPW, in talks to do a bare knuckle fight, the video he produced in hopes of getting a shot at AEW&#8217;s TNT Title, his NWA Tag Team Title run with Aron Stevens, his excitement regarding NJPW Strong Independence Day, feels Rocky Romero doesn&#8217;t get enough credit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-3382754151\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Andrew Thompson Interviews&#8221; with guest JR Kratos<br \/>\nHost: Andrew Thompson<br \/>\nFull interview available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xpFXmV9q0N4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube.com<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postwrestling.com\/2023\/06\/09\/interview-jr-kratos-in-talks-to-do-bare-knuckle-fight-chats-njpw-strong-nwa-aew-tnt-title-open-challenge-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PostWrestling.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xpFXmV9q0N4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Kratos reflects on NWA World Tag Title reign with Aron Stevens, says Stevens changed his career and called him one of the greatest minds in pro wrestling:<\/b>\u00a0I feel at the time, yes (myself and Aron Stevens got the most out of our NWA Tag Team Title reign). I think we did and then for me personally, just to do it every time I can, to give kudos to Aron. How much that man has literally changed my career. The knowledge he has kicked down to me and being able to have conversations with him and then the chance I had to actually work with him and to see it happen in the ring and to see it happen with the crowd and actually apply it in the ring and watch it work, it\u2019s been career-changing for me so, as a talent and me, I think I got the most of it. Now, I get to hang out with him all the time so it\u2019s like, you know, that\u2019s great but, yeah, it was cool. It was weird how it happened and it fell on my lap and then we just had a great, great run. We did some cool, cool storylines and stuff like that but again, Aron, he\u2019s one of the greatest minds in professional wrestling hands down so I had the great opportunity to be alongside him so it was cool.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Kratos reveals he&#8217;s in talks to do a bare-knuckle fight<\/b>:\u00a0&#8220;What\u2019s funny man, you\u2019re gonna be the first to hear it on your podcast. I\u2019m in talks right now, maybe to do a bare-knuckle fight. So we\u2019ll see but MMA, I mean, yeah, I\u2019ve thought about it. I go to all the fights out here (in California) when I can. I got a bunch of friends that do it and I love it man but I don\u2019t know, it\u2019s just something about bare knuckle\u2026 So I\u2019ve been talking to the guy that runs (a bare knuckle fighting promotion). I don\u2019t know man. We\u2019ll see. If the stars align, I would love to do it so, I think it\u2019s gonna happen in the near future for me. I wanna do it so it\u2019s just a matter of time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>On his contract status with NJPW:<\/b>\u00a0&#8220;It\u2019s been talked about (a deal with NJPW) but, it\u2019s just been so much going on with so many companies right now that I\u2019m just fortunate enough to just work with everyone but I\u2019m in a position to be able to put everybody as a priority. So for me, it\u2019s no contract but, it\u2019s definitely, they have to be a priority. I guess that\u2019s the easiest way to put it and I guess I\u2019ve scheduled my calendar enough to make everyone a priority so it\u2019s been cool for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Kratos expresses how excited he is for NJPW Strong Independence Day, feels Rocky Romero does not get the credit he deserves for what he&#8217;s done with NJPW Strong:<\/b> &#8220;We\u2019re (NJPW Strong) going to Japan here in a couple weeks. So that\u2019s gonna be so dope. I was so excited when we got the news and to be able to go because, just to be honest, I\u2019m just very humble because Japan fans, they\u2019ve been hitting me up since Strong started. \u2018We can\u2019t wait for you to come. We can\u2019t wait for you to come\u2019 so to know that there\u2019s fans out there waiting for myself and Team Filthy to go and just do our thing, that they were able to see and Rocky (Romero) gave us a platform to do that on and now to be able to take it to Japan, bro, that\u2019s a dream come true for me and it\u2019s gonna be cool. I\u2019m ecstatic. I can\u2019t wait. It\u2019s gonna be dope.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s amazing. It\u2019s what we talked about earlier. To be able to take it all in and sit back and be like, you kind of remember little moments in your career like pillars. I debuted in Korakuen Hall for All Japan and then now to go back for the promotion, you know what I mean? The biggest promotion in Japan and to wrestle in Japan at Korakuen Hall with the history there and what\u2019s another big thing for me is just, again, going back to the COVID, to the pandemic, all of us, Rocky (Romero) pretty much honestly taking a chance on us and building this product and we\u2019re able to build it and see it catch momentum and then now, be able to take it to the fans in Japan\u2026 it\u2019s like, we\u2019re all gonna be able to do it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s gonna be cool to be coming in with my boys, (Tom) Lawlor and the West Coast Wrecking Crew and to be able to walk into Korakuen Hall and see \u2014 we were talking about this when we were in L.A. in front of nobody and we\u2019re like, \u2018Dude, imagine if this shit takes off bro. We get to go to New Japan\u2026&#8217; One hundred percent, One hundred percent (it means something extra to know I was part of Strong at the beginning) and I know Rocky, it\u2019s not that he don\u2019t like it, I don\u2019t think that man gets enough credit. For what he does and getting me all emotional on this podcast and for him to take a chance on guys that have really just loved this business and busted their ass and that are great talents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>He looks back on putting out a video in 2020 in hopes of being selected for Cody Rhodes&#8217; AEW TNT Title open challenge<\/b>:\u00a0One hundred percent (the feedback I got on my TNT Title open challenge video meant a lot) \u2026 At the time, he (person who shot the video) was just a little youngster. His name is Nick. You can find him on my Instagram. He\u2019s the one that did all that videography and the media and all that for him and I just liked his vibe, he was a cool dude and I saw his work and I was like, \u2018Hey man, I got this idea.\u2019 I kind of wrote this down. I said, \u2018You\u2019re gonna have to roll with me to different places and just kind of hang with me for a couple of days and I wanna put this all together because I have an idea and I want this opportunity,\u2019 obviously with the TNT Openweight Championship on AEW but, that didn\u2019t happen, unfortunately but, the feedback that I got and the opportunities that I got from that was huge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was definitely worthwhile doing it. Not getting the outcome that I wanted but the outcomes that came out of that were really, really cool and again, to, like you said, just to get the feedback from my peers and say, \u2018Man, if this doesn\u2019t happen bro, then wow. 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