Austin Aries Says Alberto El Patron/Impact Situation Was Unfortunate, Talks Reaction to Patron’s No-Show

Austin Aries spoke with Wrestling Inc during the Impact Wrestling media call discussing Alberto El Patron’s release from the company after he no-showed the Impact vs. Lucha Underground show. Highlights are below:

On Alberto El Patron’s departure from Impact: “It’s unfortunate but we’re moving on. All things being equal, I thought the matchup I ended up having at the joint show ended up being more challenging and more exciting. So we’re moving forward, we’re looking forward to the 22nd and really trying to capitalize on some things that maybe a year or two ago we wouldn’t have been talking about in the wrestling landscape. We’re gonna have a couple of the top stars from Lucha Underground competing for the Impact World Championship, and that’s pretty exciting.”

On the reaction backstage when Patron no-showed the event: “With him being a professional such as he is and everybody else involved, I wasn’t overly concerned, but as the event was going I did inquire if anybody had seen him or where his location was, and that’s when we realized that he hadn’t arrived yet. As far as it affected the match, I don’t really think so. Both those guys are very talented and for me, it was just trying to change gears and it was the first time working with either of those guys and getting in the ring with them. But I don’t really think it affected the match so much, I was really happy with what we were doing out there, other than obviously the outcome because I would’ve liked to have won, because then maybe I wouldn’t find myself in this situation now.”