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Squared Circle Pit #84 - Rocky Romero Talks Inoki Training, Okada Friendship, NJPW America

NJPW star and rapper Rocky Romero enters the Squared Circle Pit on this edition. Rocky talks about how he got into pro wrestling as a kid with his grandma, and the moment he decided that this was something he would pursue. Rocky shares great stories of training in the New Japan Dojo, working under Antonio Inoki, stories about his friendship with Kazuchika Okada, the insane amount of work that goes into organizing the AEW/NJPW Forbidden Door event, all the other cool NJPW events happening in the next few months and his latest hip hop music video, which was filmed in CMLL's Arena Ciudad. Plus, we sneak in a little talk about our love for The Beatles.


Squared Circle Pit is hosted by Robert Pasbani and explores the intersection between pro wrestling and music.


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