Originally Posted by
Liger
Thank you for joining me here. I will retire next year in January at the Tokyo Dome. Yesterdayâ??s match [against Ishimori] made me see I have nowhere else to grow. I can still do it, still get in there, but have no room for growth. I think if I do manage to get the belt and still retire in January that adds some value in itself. I still train, still have that attitude of taking out who is in front of me. Here and there hurts but I can still go. But whoever you are, Inoki, Fujiwara, whoever, you have to keep getting stronger I think, and that prompted this decision.
I did debut in the Tokyo Dome but that had nothing to do with my decision. I said I wanted to retire and the company said â??ok, the Tokyo domeâ??. I was like â??WHAT?â?? Only Inoki has done that! [Reporter: and Choshu] Ah, ok, Iâ??m third.
What shall I do with the next ten months? I was Liger for thirty years, all over the world. So while I donâ??t want to call this a retirement tour, I want to go all over Japan and the world and show myself to everyone one more time. There really isnâ??t anything I havenâ??t done. This company has let me do whatever I wanted. I might not be completely â??full upâ?? on wrestling. But thatâ??s the best time to stop. I have done everything I want to do but Iâ??m not sick of it. Iâ??m still mobile, Iâ??m not a complete wreck.