Kyle Fletcher Recalls His Mom’s Reaction To His Moving to UK To Wrestle At 18

Kyle Fletcher decided to move to the UK to follow his wrestling dream, something that he recalls his mother wasn’t quite sure about at first. Fletcher may be one of AEW’s top stars now, but as he recalled in an appearance on the Hammer + Nigel Show, he was still a kid when he started to train to wrestle.

Fletcher spoke with the hosts ahead of tonight’s Dynamite about what it was like to start wrestling at a young age and his decision to move from Australia to the UK at age 18. You can see the highlights below:

On When He Decided He Wanted to Wrestle:

“I think I was eight or nine years old, and I decided, ‘Yep, this is absolutely what I’m going to do.’ I started putting mattresses in my backyard, jumping off ladders onto them, and then I found friends to do it with. [And] here I am…

“I don’t know when it kind of clicked. I started training professionally at 14. And then I think it was it was always like, ‘Oh, you’re so good for your age’ and all that kind of stuff. It wasn’t until maybe a couple years after that where people realized like, ‘Oh man, he’s pretty serious about this.’ And at 18, I picked up and I moved to the UK by myself. And I think that was kind of the point where it was like, ‘Oh, it’s kind of make or break now.'”

On His Mom’s Reaction To His Deciding to Move to the UK To Train:

“Dude, my mom laughed and laughed at me when I said it. She was like “Ha ha ha ha!’ And then I wasn’t laughing and she went, ‘Wait, you’re serious?’ And then it was kind of like she went, ‘Okay…’ I guess probably not really expecting much to come of it. But then a couple months later, I went, ‘Okay, I’ve applied for my visa now. I’m going to go.’ I think she was — not the happiest at first, maybe a little bit scared.”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit Hammer + Nigel Show with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.