Jack Gallagher Talks About Who Got Him A Spot In WWE CWC

In an interview with The Independent, Jack Gallagher revealed who got him his spot with the Cruiserweight Classic. Here are highlights:

On how he got in the tournament: “There are always rumours running around wrestling locker rooms that you can’t pay full attention to, but honestly the first confirmation I had was through William Regal. As far as I know he scouts a lot of European talent and he contacted us ahead of time telling us that such a thing may happen in the future and would I be interested.”

On who he wants to face: “When it comes to who I want to wrestle, three names come to mind. Firstly, Brian Kendrick. He is experienced and he is a lunatic so I would have no idea what he would do which is interesting. Kota Ibushi focuses on kickboxing, he’s tall and he’s got range which is hard for me as a grappler so I like that challenge. For vanity reasons I would like to wrestle Zack Sabre Jr, because a lot of people consider him the best of the British style, and I would quite like to submit him and prove otherwise.”

On the CWC having a sports feel: “Aside from professional wrestling I have often competed in jiu-jitsu tournaments and I have an amateur MMA record of 2-0 so I’m used to being in a sporting environment. I very much approve of it, and it’s interesting to see that WWE are more willing to lean into sports again. As for the weigh-in, I was in a three piece suit about five minutes before they told us we were doing weigh-ins and I didn’t have time to change. So I just stripped off and stepped on there in my Oxford’s.”