Jay Lethal: The Only Thing That’d Make AEW All In Sweeter Is If I Was Performing As ‘Black Machismo’
Jay Lethal talks AEW All In and the original All In from 2018.
At AEW All In, over 80,000 people will see the stars of AEW in a historic event. Jay Lethal is not currently booked on the card, but if he were, he would like to portray the Black Machismo character just as he did in the original All In back in 2018.
Speaking with MuscleManMalcolm, Lethal commented on the historic event.
“Even without Wembley, it’s an honor and a privilege, and I’m so happy to be at AEW,” he said. “We have already sold it out. This is not just the biggest event in AEW history. This is a big, monumental wrestling history event. We’re the highest ticket-selling [event] in that as far as wrestling, which is freaking awesome. It’s unreal. What a life. The only thing that actually would make it sweeter is if I was doing Black Machismo there.”
Reflecting on portraying Black Machismo in 2018, Lethal spoke about wearing Randy Savage’s actual jacket to the ring and being managed by Lanny Poffo.
“The jacket that I wore on that particular event was Macho Man’s legit jacket. Not too many people realize that, and when I found that I was going to be using it, which was like three days in advance, I started panicking, sweating. I was nervous. I got there the night before. Lanny came to my room and gave me the jacket. I remember laying the jacket on the bed and thinking ‘Holy crap, this is Macho Man’s real jacket. It was so old that you couldn’t rub it too rough because it started deteriorating. That’s how old the jacket was. It meant the world to me that Lanny set that up. So yeah, that event meant a lot to me,” Lethal said.
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