Paul Wight: There’s A Lot Of Authenticity That Comes Out Of AEW. At This Stage, I Love That Excitement

Paul Wight is excited to be in AEW.

Since signing with the company in February 2021, Paul Wight has been a huge help to AEW in general, often representing the promotion on the media circuit and participating in charity events. Wight has also stepped in the ring on a few occasions, wrestling stars like Konosuke Takeshita, Brian Cage, QT Marshall, Ryan Nemeth, and Peter Avalon.

While speaking to Fightful and Downunder The Ring for a new interview, Wight talked about the appealing aspect of AEW, saying that authenticity of the company is exciting.

“It’s exciting. It’s exciting because there’s a lot going on. Where I left was an incredible machine to work for. It’s an incredible company, incredible talented people that knew all the little ins and outs, idiosyncrasies. It was a big, well oiled machine that understood what it did. Then to come to AEW and get this incredible opportunity, for me it’s nostalgic in the way that it’s building something new. It’s not a formulated gargantuan entity. There’s a lot of authenticity that comes out of this company that I really appreciate. At this stage of the game for me, I love that excitement. I love that hustle. I love the drive in the younger talent’s eyes. I love the mistakes that are made because it’s all part of the learning process. These guys and gals are cutting promos and some of them are good and some of them are bad, but they’re learning and they’re defining their own authenticity and their own brand. For me that’s exciting. When you love the business, you want to see the business do well. Not only your company, but the entire business to do well because that’s opportunity for the talent. You could work for one company and things don’t go well, you try again in another company and you might find yourself or refine, re-evaluate yourself and then do what you’ve already dreamed of and the mistakes you’ve made and the dues you paid and you became able to relate to the audience and become a world star. So the fact that AEW is growing and we’re going to Australia now, coming here in February, I think this is a great opportunity for the company. I think it’s a great opportunity for the younger talent and I’m
super proud to be a part of it.”

Elsewhere in a seperate recent interview, Wight said that both of his knees are good because they’re fake. Learn more about those comments here.

Fans can check out Paul Wight’s full interview with Fightful Downunder The Ring by checking out the video linked above.

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