Nick Gage: Deathmatch Wrestling Is Not My Favorite, To Be Honest; I Like Really Good Wrestling
Nick Gage found his niche but says ultraviolent wrestling isn’t his favorite style.
Nick Gage, to many, is the King of Deathmatch Wrestling. Gage certainly has made a name for himself through the years, competing in some of the most violent match types imaginable.
However, while he is certainly the face of Deathmatch Wrestling in 2023, Gage says that, if he’s honest, it’s not his favorite wrestling style.
Speaking on the Defyant Ones podcast, Gage tells Kevin Diers that he was all in on the hardcore style in CZW because that’s the way it was in the late 90s and early 2000s. Still, he prefers “really good wrestling.”
“Yeah, we started that shit,” he said. “I was all in. I mean, it’s not my favorite wrestling, to be honest with you. I like fuckin’ really good wrestling, but I got a niche. I’m good at Deathmatch Wrestling, so I just do it, but we were the ones to introduce it. We kept telling John [Zandig], ‘We gotta get crazy,’ you know? That’s the way it was in the late 90s, 2000.”
Nick Gage even had the opportunity to compete in a Deathmatch against Chris Jericho on AEW programming back in 2021. Fans can read more about that at this link.
Nick Gage competed in Deathmatches for years but never tried eating at Sonic until 2022. Learn more about his first experience with a Reese’s Blast at this link.
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