Ring Of Honor (ROH) star Jeff Cobb was recently interviewed by Wrestling Inc. to discuss several professional wrestling topics. Cobb talked about wrestlers being less interested in WWE and ROH & New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) working together.
Here are the highlights:
Wrestlers being less interested in WWE: “I want to say, maybe as little as 5 – 10 years ago, WWE was the end-all, be-all. I know personally for me, when I moved to the Mainland from Hawaii, WWE was definitely the end-all, be-all goal for myself,” Cobb admitted.
“And then flash forward a few years, just the boom in the independent scene, and the boom overseas, and the boom in Japan, and all these other big companies popping up: Ring of Honor is doing great work, Impact is doing great work, MLW is doing great work, and now All Elite Wrestling pops up and they’re doing great work as well, so, you have options now, and it’s definitely a great time to be a professional wrestler.
“Especially if you’re putting in the work and you’re grinding it out there. The cream rises to the top, so, eventually, I feel like there are going to be places for everyone to work and make a good living.”
NJPW and ROH working together: “I don’t think [ROH’s relationship with NJPW has been] affected at all, really. I don’t necessarily think a lot of crossover is good because then you kinda lose who you are as a company. Like, when every so-often someone will come here [to perform]; that, I can deal with. In small amounts, I think that’s a good thing. We haven’t really crossed over with anybody. The only companies we cross over with are CMLL and New Japan. For us, we’re connected to those two companies, so, I think we have a good identity in that.”
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