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The Blade Names Highlights From AEW Run, Talks What’s Next For Him
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The Butcher and The Blade ended their AEW run this month, and Blade recently weighed on his favorite moments from the run and more. The tag team departed the company in early June after their contracts expired, ending a nearly seven year run with the company.
The two appeared on Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows’ Talk’n Shop and spoke about their time with the company. The Blade recalled some of his highlights and spoke about their plan for what’s next. You can see highlights below (courtesy of Fightful):
On the Highlights From His AEW Run:
“It’s hard for me to pick one but just to rattle some off the top of my head. During the pandemic, we had a really good Falls Count Anywhere match with The Young Bucks. Daily’s Place in Jacksonville. That was really big. We were FTR’s first match when they showed up, and we were the opener of the show. That was a really good one. Just getting to work with Sting, period. I got to wrestle Sting a couple times.
“There was a month-long period where basically my job was I would show up to work and have to catch Sting jumping off a balcony, for like four weeks straight. [laughs] A lot of times, I wasn’t even in the match… I was always there. Getting to work with Sting was great. We had a really good one with (Jon) Moxley and Claudio (Castagnoli) on Rampage. We got a standing ovation in the middle of the match. Tables match, live on Dynamite with The Hardys. So yeah, it’s hard for me to pick just one but, in our six-year run, we had a lot of good moments there for sure.”
On His Plans Going Forward:
“Right now, you know, what’s next-next? I’m not sure. But I just know that right now, that it’s really exciting doing indies again. I was an independent wrestler for 20 years. It feels good to be doing old shows that I did for a long time. It feels good to be doing new shows again. Feels good to be working with guys I worked with 10 years ago. It feels good to be working and wrestling with new guys. Right now, it’s all very exciting. It feels good.”
