Claudio Castagnoli: I Was Excited For The Continental Classic, I’m At My Best When I Get Into A Routine

Claudio Castagnoli loved competing in the AEW Continental Classic.

Despite not even making it to the finals of his league in the tournament, Castagnoli was still able to score wins over the likes of Daniel Garcia and Andrade El Idolo in the Continental Classic. The former ROH World Champion also went to a time limit draw with his fellow Blackpool Combat Club pal, Bryan Danielson.

While speaking to Denise Salcedo for a recent interview, Castagnoli said that he feels like he’s at his best when he gets into a routine as a wrestler.

“To do the Continental Classic, I was super excited. I feel like I’m at my best when I get into a routine, so to speak. With the Continental Classic, it’s like you know you wrestle every week. Then again. looking back, I was like, I pretty much wrestled every week multiple times. [Laughs] So to me, it’s cool. Then I looked at all the talent announced, which is awesome. I was like, there’s not one person that I wouldn’t want to be in the ring with.”

Castangoli also said that he felt like the lineup of the Blue League was more well rounded than the lineup of the Gold League.

“I saw the brackets or whatever, and the blue group. Every single competitor is top-level, every single competitor, it’s gonna be fun and a big challenge. Every match is gonna be different. Gold Group was fun to watch as well, but I feel like the Blue Group just had so many different styles and competitors in it. It was so much fun, not just for me. I feel like my fellow competitors as well, and for the viewers because you kind of knew what matches you were getting. You knew what the matches were, but you didn’t really one quite when. So it’s cool, and then it gets announced, and you can look forward to it. Then, of course, it all came down to the last day, which was a lot of fun I feel like for everyone watching. It’s not quite over yet. It’s been a very good thing for AEW and the fans. It just brought it down to me, what wrestling is. It’s fun, it’s sports, it’s storytelling, and you’ve seen all the guys do the interviews and the promos and the matches. Everybody put their heart and soul into it, and you can tell.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Castagnoli detailed how he was very close to being in NJPW’s G1 Climax before joining AEW. Fans can learn more here.

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