FUCK-SWAG

Yuki Ueno: "Thank you." I don't know if I was worthy of those words, but it filled me with a sense of kindness, and I decided I want to try expressing my gratitude more too.

Kaisei Takechi: I owe a lot to my family telling me "We're always on your side, and you can come home anytime." I think it's because I know I have somewhere to go home to that I can stay on the offensive. My family is really precious to me.

Chris Brookes: After the match we had at Tokyo Dome for Wrestle Kingdom 20, El Phantasmo came up to me after having had too much to drink and told me "If it wasn't for you, I'd be dead." Actually, a little bit ago, I hadn't been feeling well so I went to the doctor and got some exams, and that was the key that got him to also get checked out and to his surprise they found cancer. He said if I hadn't gone to get checked out, he probably never would have gone to the doctor. He's not the sentimental type, so to hear he felt like that made me happy.

Konosuke Takeshita: "That was a wonderful match." Hearing that from wrestlers I trust is so rewarding.

Takeshi Masada: I can't remember any; maybe that means that I rarely trust what people say. Even when people praise me, it just makes me more suspicious, and I start to get anxious like "are they really praising me?" But when I people are mad at me I take it at face value... Huh...?

Kanon: More than being happy that my friend from university told me "I expect you to become a champion", it's more like, those words are stored in my heart and keep me standing tall. I think that friend was the only one who declared I would be a pro wrestler even before my parents.

Mao: I've met like five or six people in bars who swear they have the second sight and every one of them has sung the praises of my guardian spirit or aura or whatever, and for some reason it makes me happy lol

Kazuma Sumi: "Wow, you're so good!" Simple praise really does make me happy.

Yuya Koroku: The other day, one of my friends from my home town said "You've been talking about wanting to be a pro wrestler since we were in elementary school and you managed to make that dream come true, that's so cool." At that moment I felt like it had all paid off.

Shunma Katsumata: After my debut, my mother called me "her pride and joy". When I was a teenager I only ever caused her trouble and picked fights, so her calling me her pride and joy made me cry so hard.

To-y: "You're so kind." I try hard to live kindly, so when people say that to me it's reassuring and makes me happy.

Hinata Kasai: "Hinata-kun, you're the second son I've found at DDT!" That's what Chris-san who I've been a fan of since before I became a wrestler said to me!

Yuni: "You've gotten a bit beefier, huh." I've been training hard, so having someone say they've noticed my build changing made me happy, and gave me more motivation!