Eddie Kingston Comments On AEW TV Return, Says It’s For His Fans

Eddie Kingston is back on AEW TV and competing in the Continental Cup, and he says that it’s for the fans who support him.

Eddie Kingston is back on AEW TV and competing in the Continental Cup, and he says that it’s for the fans who support him. Kingston defeated Jake Doyle in the first round of the Continental Cup on last night’s AEW Collision. The match was Kingston’s first on AEW TV since the Parking Lot Fight on the February 4th episode of Collision; he has made several appearances in ROH since then.

Eddie Kingston appeared in a digital exclusive after the match in which he spoke briefly about his absence from AEW TV, and how he’s grateful to the fans who gave him energy when he was off of television.

“Hey Zane,” Kingston began, addressing the camera. You were bothering me when I was at the doctor’s getting stretched out and iced up and all that. So this is what you get, bro. Raw and uncut, here it is. No fake tan, no fake whatever, here it is, right here. This is pro wrestling. This is your athlete.”

He continued, “Now, I’m done joking. I’ve been away too long. Granted, my own doing. That’s for you guys to wonder and for me to know, okay? But I missed every single one of you fans. And I’m not saying that being the corny, ‘hooray!’ Nah, man. I missed every single one of you, because you guys give me energy. You guys give me energy to keep fighting when I don’t want to. All those people that I met when I was doing the independents, when I was off TV, coming up to me [and saying], ‘When are you getting back on, Eddie?’ ‘Eddie, we need to see you back on.’ And I told each and every one of them, ‘you inspire me.’ They didn’t believe me.

Kingston concluded, “Well, this is for all of y’all that didn’t believe me. I’m the one who made the phone call to Tony Khan. And I said, ‘You put me in this tournament, I don’t care what it is, what it’s called. You put me in it, cause I want that. I wanna be that champion. I wanna be the first one.’ Just like I was the first Continental Champ, I wanna be the first Continental Cup Champion. And it’s not for me, folks; it’s not for me. Other things will be. I ain’t gonna lie, I’m not perfect, I’m gonna be selfish later, trust me. But this tournament, this cup is for every single person that I met, and all the promotions that I worked for who came up to me and said, ‘I can’t wait to see you back on TV, Eddie.’ This is all for you. I fight for you in this tournament for you. Because to be honest with you, if y’all didn’t bother me, I wouldn’t have made that phone call.”

You can see the full video below:

“I fight in this tournament for YOU.”

EXCLUSIVE: After his first-round victory in the inaugural Continental Challenge Cup on #AEWCollision, Eddie Kingston sends a heartfelt message to his fans. pic.twitter.com/dPZVtUefN7

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