Evil has issued a warning to Olympian and gold medalist, Aaron Wolf.
In an interview with NJPW 1972, Evil mocked his Wrestle Kingdom opponent.
“You saw what happened at Ryogoku, right? That no good punk put his hands on my HOUSE OF TORTURE! Now he’ll pay the price. I don’t care if he’s an Olympic gold medalist. He can’t wrestle! Green as goose s–t! I’ll crush him!” he said in the interview.
Evil went on to say that Wolf needed to be “purged” from society.
“He’s a threat to society! Look at that face, a born criminal, a born sinner to be purged,” he continued.
As for Wolf’s challenge to Evil’s NEVER Openweight Championship, he isn’t worried.
“He’s going to be so nervous and terrified that golden rookie will have a brown streak on his gear. I’ll show him no mercy. He’ll regret ever choosing to get into pro-wrestling,” said Evil.
While The House of Torture leader is a four-time NEVER Openweight Champion, Aaron Wolf, as a judoka, won a gold medal at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest and a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
None of that matters to Evil though.
“You want me to say that beating an Olympic gold medalist would be a huge honor? No no no! Whatever name he has, in this business he’s nothing but a beginner. This is simply a case to show the whole world in a full house who the best in the world is,” he said.
The Wrestle Kingdom card for January 4, 2026 at the Tokyo Dome, in Tokyo, Japan is:
- Ranbo for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
- El Phantasmo (c) vs. Chris Brookes – NJPW World Television Championship Match
- Saya Kamitani (Strong) vs. Syuri (IWGP) – Winner Takes All match for the IWGP Women’s Championship and Strong Women’s Championship.
- Bullet Club War Dogs (David Finlay, Gabe Kidd and Drilla Moloney) and Unaffiliated (Shingo Takagi and Hiromu Takahashi) vs. United Empire (Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, and Henare), Andrade El Ídolo and TBA
- El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita vs. Taiji Ishimori vs. Sho – Four-way match to determine the #1 contender for IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
- Evil (c) (with Dick Togo and Don Fale) vs. Aaron Wolf – NEVER Openweight Championship Match
- Konosuke Takeshita (World) vs. Yota Tsuji (Global) – Winner Takes All match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada – Tanahashi’s Retirement Match
Wrestle Kingdom is available on NJPW World, streaming service.
