Austin Aries made his return to professional wrestling in February following a prolonged absence since November 2019 to have three fights as an independent in Global Syndicate Wrestling and SOAR Championship Wrestling. He didn’t have much action but he still threw out these words positioning himself as the most important badass in the world. before leaving the strings in August.
«I have fought once in the last 18 months And I’m still the biggest badass in pro wrestling. No one is capable of creating more controversy by doing less than me. Some of you indie kids should be taking notes instead of attacking each other behind your keyboards. “
► The difficult thing about being rude in the present
UnSkripted interviewed him recently to learn details of his return but also to ask him about how rudeness is lived in current wrestling. Austin Aries believes that now it is more complicated because the fans have much more access to the fighters. And he seems to say that his having sought to keep the rudeness off the cameras has taken its toll on how fans perceive him.
“Things change. Cultures have changed and businesses have changed. When I came in, I was trained by Eddie Sharkey, who is old school. So the mindset was that when I walked out the door, I had to take on the role. And even when the show was over, if I was at the bar afterwards, or if fans saw me at a gas station, I had to give them that badass attitude. I wanted them to believe it.
«I think that today it is difficult since we broke the fourth wall and opened the curtain and I don’t know if it does anyone a favor to keep this person to make people really believe, because once they really believe, color your reputation a little«.
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