Former TNT Champion Christian Cage has shared the joy main as much as his signing with AEW at Revolution 2021. Earlier than Cage made his shock look, AEW President Tony Khan had set the bar excessive for his debut forward of time with out particularly revealing his identify, saying that the signing was “Corridor of Fame” worthy. Talking with Chris Van Vliet on “Perception,” Cage went into element about understanding how some followers might have felt underwhelmed by his debut, but additionally realized there could be a powerful opinion both method about his signing due to the hype constructed in the direction of it.
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“You understand how wrestling followers are, proper? Nothing’s ever ok. So when my identify was introduced, there have been some people who had been considering it was going to be any individual else, perhaps hoping it was going to be any individual else,” Cage mentioned. “I imply, there have been lots of people who had been completely happy it was me too. However once you do one thing like that, that is not a shock, once you hype one thing, you are giving folks the chance to have an opinion. Both good or unhealthy they usually’re gonna voice that after.” Cage additionally talked about each of his TNT title runs, explaining that earlier than he received the championship, it was thrown within the “scrap heap” and he wished to show everybody improper who thought his shock signing was underwhelming.
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“I revived that title to make it at one level, I will die on this hill, that it was as prestigious, if no more prestigious than the world title after I had that run,” Cage boasted. “We had been main-eventing a pay-per-view, WrestleDream with it … there’s … most likely lots of people within the room that thought that the signing was overhyped, and I simply wished to make them eat their phrases.”
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