Narrator:After the attack on Taiji Ishmori, Ren was not only a marked man, he caused a huge scandal in the world of Japanese Pro Wrestling: he jumped ship to Pro Wrestling NOAH, still signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling.
Kai/Ren(subtitles):I knew that I was going to create headlines, but not to where it would be this far. Of course, many of the networks that were involved with showing Pro Wrestling NOAH. The reason why was because I never told Gedo that I was going to NOAH to join Suzuki-Gun.
Minoru Suzuki (subtitles):I'm telling you the networks were FLOODED with emails and phone calls from New Japan officials, mainly because of Kai's recent appearance in NOAH. You jump ship to another company without telling them? Oh, man.(In English): People were... bleep, bleep, bleep, PISSED.
Kaori/Kairi Sane(subtitles):People lost their minds. They were so pissed at what had happened in NOAH, because Kai was scheduled to wrestle a few more dates before his CONTRACT expired. It was very controversial in the world of Japanese wrestling because it looked like a bigger company being beaten by a smaller promotion like NOAH and looking inferior.
Kai/Ren(subtitles):Soon enough, NOAH actually apologized for not being in the known about me being under contract with New Japan, and they backed it up by saying that I told them first, which is true, but I didn't want anyone to know about it. The two eventually worked it all out by having me sign a new contract with New Japan, but I managed to get my days in NOAH a lot sooner.
Footage of Kai entering to new music and new gear for his debut match at NOAH's Next Voyage.
Narrator:Ren Hosako embraced his dark side much more than everyone thought. He had shown that he was in it for the long run.
Kai/Ren(subtitles):Turning heel was the best thing that's ever happened to me, however, it wasn't how I was acting inside the ring, it was more so the presentation for me.
Sam Roberts:While Ren was becoming a bad guy, he started looking at anime for inspiration, and one of the animes was the Ghost In The Shell franchise.
Kai/Ren(subtitles):One of the characters I grew very fond of from Ghost In The Shell was Batau Jericho...
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...where he dressed in military style pants...
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