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Pro wrestling prima Austin Aries is looking for gold.
Aries will spell up against Blue Panther for nan Major League Wrestling (MLW) National Openweight Championship connected "MLW Fusion" connected Saturday nighttime successful 1 of his biggest matches since he returned to nan ring.
He told Fox News Digital successful a caller question and reply he planned to time off nan ringing pinch nan title astir his waist and that he had respect for Blue Panther for being capable to compete for truthful long.
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Austin Aries walks to nan ringing successful Major League Wrestling. (MLW)
"I mean that’s nan plan. I mean, listen, talk astir longevity right? I’m 48 years aged and I’m for illustration I’m doing beautiful good. I’m still successful location competing astatine a precocious level and past you spot Blue Panther. And he’s for illustration (65), and he’s diving retired of nan ring," Aries said. "The magnitude of respect I person for him – not conscionable what he’s meant for Lucha Libre complete nan people of his profession but conscionable arsenic a man to watch different man astatine (65) years aged still return nan risks, still compete because he loves it.
"So, it’s gonna beryllium a small bittersweet to person to return nan aged man retired backmost and return his title from him. But that’s nan quality of nan game, right? When you’re nan champ, you sewage a target connected your back, everybody wants what you have. And for me, to triumph nan openweight title and I’m not gonna telephone it nan nationalist openweight championship. I’m gonna commencement referring to it arsenic nan world openweight title because I’m world people and I want to return this title astir nan world erstwhile I conclusion Blue Panther. For me, it conscionable solidifies maine arsenic 1 of nan pillars of MLW and arsenic agelong arsenic I person a title title astir my waist, they gotta support booking me."
Aries returned to nan ringing against Paul London astatine Slaughterhouse past twelvemonth and was precocious successful nan ringing against Trevor Lee to commencement nan caller play of "MLW Fusion."
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Major League Wrestling's Austin Aries gathers himself successful nan ring. (MLW)
He said getting backmost successful nan ringing initially was a trial to spot if his assemblage could clasp up.
"It’s been great. Stepped successful location to beryllium a colour commentator and kinda sewage nan itch a small bit," he recalled. "They asked maine if I was willing successful doing nan Opera Cup past year. And so, yeah, stepped successful to do nan Opera Cup and location was immoderate existent apical talent – guys for illustration Kushida and Paul London and Místico.
"It was a existent trial for maine to spot wherever I was astatine physically astatine this shape of my career. I felt good. I felt for illustration I had plentifulness near successful nan tank. I tin still execute astatine nan precocious level I expect from myself. So I person been capable to parlay that into nan past twelvemonth and I’m backmost arsenic a full-time wrestler pinch MLW and it’s been a batch of fun."
Aries has been banged up successful his profession and being retired of nan ringing for astir 3 years whitethorn show signs of ringing rust aliases unfastened up nan opportunity for a greater injury.
But Aries said he competitory mindset was 1 of nan reasons why he wanted to effort again.
"I’m a competitor. I’m an athlete. And we each person that realization aft that we each person a time wherever that model shuts and it can’t beryllium re-opened," he said. "So, I’m very blessed moreover 26 years in. I don’t person immoderate existent nagging injuries. I’ve been really fortunate successful that way. I surely person my stock of injuries complete nan years but I’ve remained comparatively patient considering nan definite style that I wrestle and you don’t return for granted that you’re ever going to beryllium capable to do this and truthful erstwhile nan opportunity presented itself and, hey, fto first spot if my assemblage responds and tin I still execute astatine a precocious level.
"And erstwhile I knew those things were tin of being accomplished, I figured let’s spell afloat steam, let’s spell 100%. I opportunity arsenic agelong arsenic I’m enjoying it and arsenic agelong arsenic personification is consenting to salary me, let’s support doing it."
Austin Aries enters a Major League Wrestling ring. (MLW)
Why fans should watch MLW
Major League Wrestling is 1 of galore promotions vying for pro wrestling fans’ attention. With apical athletes and absorbing matches, MLW has been capable to seizure an assemblage looking for thing they whitethorn not beryllium getting from apical companies.
Aries said MLW being free for viewers is simply a immense factor.
"I deliberation nan cool point astir MLW is nan accessibility," he told Fox News Digital. "We now person a fewer different platforms you tin watch it and it’s free. Nowadays, it’s difficult to get good, free content. More and more, it’s kinda salary to play truthful to speak. You tin spell to nan MLW YouTube transmission to watch Saturday night, 6:05 ET, a caller section of ‘Fusion.’ We’re connected nan streaming work Veeps. We’re besides still connected beIN Sports and now we conscionable announced that we’re connected New Japan World.
"And then, nan unrecorded events. Fifteen-dollar tickets to get started. It’s getting much and much costly to spell to unrecorded events successful immoderate type of entertainment. So, it’s really important to america that our merchandise is accessible for your mean family of four."
Aries besides pointed to a star-studded roster that includes wrestlers from Mexico and Japan and nan MLW roster that includes Killer Kross, Matt Riddle, Paul Walter Hauser and others arsenic good arsenic nan expertise to support fans interested.
"What I deliberation MLW is doing really bully correct now is really, A, presenting pro wrestling successful a measurement that, for me, I tin admit nan creation of pro wrestling but it’s besides conscionable a bully mix. We sewage relationships pinch CMLL pinch nan Luchadores, pinch Stardom and a batch of nan Japanese talent. We sewage a awesome tag division. We sewage immoderate acquainted faces that you’ll retrieve from WWE aliases different companies," he said. "We sewage a batch of caller up and coming guys who are trying to make a sanction for themselves. We person legends for illustration Blue Panther. We person crossover pinch guys for illustration Paul Walter Hauser. So, we person a small thing for everybody.
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"If you want your awesome master wrestling lucifer doorbell to bell, that’s what Austin Aries does. If you want big, meat-slapping guys, you sewage guys for illustration Hammerstone. We sewage MMA-mixed guys pinch Matt Riddle. We sewage a feline for illustration Killer Kross correct now who’s nan world champion. We really person thing for everybody and I’d for illustration to deliberation we don’t reproach nan intelligence of nan viewer. We effort to support nan suspension of disbelief that I deliberation makes pro wrestling great."
Ryan Gaydos is simply a elder editor for Fox News Digital.
