Nic Nemeth On Winning The Global Heavyweight Championship: I Want To Defend Every Possible Chance I Get

Nic Nemeth is here to show the world who he truly is.

In September 2023, the WWE released Dolph Ziggler after more than a decade with the company. The former World Heavyweight Champion would make a shocking appearance at Wrestle Kingdom earlier this year before winning the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship from David Finlay at New Japan’s New Beginning in Sapporo.

In an interview with Jamal Niaz for Monopoly Events, Nemeth was asked the question of who he would possibly want to face if allowed to make his Forbidden Door debut.

“I mean, I would never speculate that, that I could hold onto this [title] that long. But I hope I can. I hope I hold onto for ten years straight and dominate and bring myself up a level every time I defend it, and I plan on it. First thing’s first, I wanna get in the ring with Tanahashi, one of the greatest of all time, and go, ‘I can go with this guy. Can I hang with him? Can I be in the ring with the best and somehow come out on top?’ I’m looking forward to that test very much so. But yeah, if that happens, it works out, Ospreay can do everything you can ever imagine and a bunch of stuff you can’t imagine. I got to watch him up close [at Wrestle Kingdom 18]. I got to be ringside for it. Moxley is crazy, and I love it. Finlay, he’s a young kid that I know, and I go, ‘What can he do?’ He really impressed me. Ospreay, I go, oh, he can do anything in the freaking world. So to have a chance to be able to defend this title and have it mean more, I think the story matters more so. I know Ospreay’s freaking awesome. If there is some story, like I need to test myself, and at that point, I’ve gone around the world and tested myself, I go, ‘I haven’t been in the ring with you,’ maybe this is how it goes down. That would be cool as hell. But first thing’s first, I want to defend this every possible chance I get against some of the best in the world and let everybody know that not only am I the champ, but I’m representing it properly every weekend,” Nemeth said.

Nemeth is currently set to face Steve Maclin at TNA’s Sacrifice. Nemeth’s previously announced bout with Hiroshi Tanahashi was put on hold after the Ace suffered an ankle injury.

h/t from Fightful.

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