Scott Norton: Masa Saito Made Me In Japan

Former IWGP Heavyweight Champion Scott Norton spoke to his former nWo teammate in Sean Waltman on his X-Pac 12360 Podcast. You can see the full podcast above and at this link, and submitted highlights below.

Scott Norton Credits Masa Saito For Success in Japan:

Masa he made my career. He told me when I came to Japan, “You trust me, Scott?” and I said I do. He says, “You listen to me and I’ll take you brother, right to the top.” And as long as Masa is there I was his guy, man. And I mean he never lied to me and you know that doesn’t work in this business. Masa was a friend. He was my sensei man he taught me everything… Years later when Masa retired he picked me for his retirement match. That was an honor, brother. In Japan to me that was unbelievable. And it was a hell of a match, a huge a fair. It was just a big deal what he did for me in my career. And he put me over in his retirement match. He did for me what no one else possibly could have. That’s why I always stayed true to Japan.

Scott Norton Talks About His New Book And His Future in Wrestling:

I finalized the book about a year ago it’s called Scott Norton’s Strong Style it’s about my life story and everything… Beginning of next year it’s finally going to happen and I am super excited about it… Hopefully one day I step back in the ring over in Japan and it’s all come together at the same time and it will be good brother. I mean I am kinda just buying my time right now, trying to time everything out and I am staying busy as I can in the ring. And next year is gonna be a big year for me, it’s gonna be a lot of fun.