Yesterday Forbes & Bleacher Report wrestling columnist Alfred Konuwa was on WrestleZone Daily. Alfred was back with the latest installment of his weekly segment for the Daily called What’s Best For Business? which airs every Tuesday on WrestleZone Daily. This week Alfred chats with Nick all about who should face Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 32 as well as his thoughts on why the rumored NJPW talent should NOT be coming to WWE.
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You can listen to Alfred’s appearance starting at the 1:14:15 minute mark in the embedded audio player below. Some of his quotes have been transcribed below it:
On some of the negative feedback he receives from fans:
AK: I see occasionally and I am very amused by it. I don’t go for it. I don’t say, “Oh, this will get me the heat!” It’s just good to know that people care. Really. I try not to take anything personally. It’s good to know that people care.
On why he thinks Kevin Owens facing Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 32 is “Best for Business”:
AK: There have been so many different injuries and how they’ve shuffled the card. My pick to win the Royal Rumble is Triple H. If that happens you can’t just eliminate Brock Lesnar in vain. Whoever eliminates Lesnar it has to be a big deal. It has to be the guy who he is going to face at WrestleMania. It’s just such a “trolling Owens” thing to do that Brock Lesnar gets hot. He’s eliminating guy after guy and Owens, who has been hiding under the ring, comes in and throws out Brock. Then Brock goes crazy and ballistic and from then on out he wants to kill Kevin Owens. I think that is going to be the WrestleMania storyline for Brock Lesnar.
On why he doesn’t think WWE should sign the rumored NJPW Superstars:
AK: I see things objectively. As much as I do appreciate their work it boggles my mind how WWE is doubling down on the same type of wrestler who keeps getting hurt. Time and time again. People try to align me as this, “Oh, you hate indy wrestling.” No, I’m saying guys well in to their 30’s who have had so much time in wrestling are now getting hurt. I’m throwing John Cena and Randy Orton in to this discussion along with guys like Seth Rollins. Who is late-20’s but has been in wrestling a long time. We have seen injuries to all these guys in NXT. The Sami Zayns, Hideo Itamis… now you’re bringing in four guys who fit that description? What are you doing? You are bringing in four guys who are well in to their 30’s. Who are pretty much at the end of their careers. Coming off of injuries. Shinsuke Nakamura and AJ Styles. You are bringing these guys in at the beginning? Like they are going to start after for having wrestled for over a decade and have their bodies banged up? I just don’t understand it in any way shape or form whatsoever. I don’t know how much they are going to get out of them. I like the fact that they are doing this in conjunction with Japan. Having the WWE Network. Now you can do your features and whatnot. I don’t think they are going to get much more out of these guys than the general victory lap.
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