This is why I love American sports fans. We immediately love the great human beings in sport without regard for nationality. Ono is awesome. Great gutsy interview CP.
Tell that to the great wrestlers and great humans from Iran, Russia, and other countries who are politically opposed or have some kind of conflict with the US. American sports fans are much more likely to accuse them of cheating, using PEDs, etc. Ono is popular with Americans because he is making an effort to communicate; he does interviews like this in English, making himself accessible. How much love from Americans did you see for Japanese wrestlers like Rei Higuchi (57kg Olympic Champ) or Kotaro Kiyooka (65kg Olympic Champ), who, by the way, teched Ono to take the 65kg spot for Japan. Jumping sports, how much US love do you see for the Japanese boxer Nayoa Inoue, perhaps the best p4p boxer in the world?
@ I think we do. For example Americans LOVE Karelyn. Loved Vasily Alexiev. Loved the entire Soviet Olympic hockey team. Loved Olga Korbut. None spoke much English. Americans love champions. And you know this.
Great job getting this interview and asking all the questions we have, Christian! It's awesome that he could understand and speak English. That's pretty cool.
Ono ran through his opponents with a broken bone... lol. What an animal! Should have asked him if he was going to come to USA and train! Watching him was crazy fun! Good interview CP!
Seems like exactly the type of guy a fan would want at The Top of The World representing the sport. Easy to root for, but still want Bo Bassett to overthrow him in two years.
