Nigel McGuinness has been training for a potential return to the ring.
The Englishman could wrestle one more match. He joined AEW as a commentator, but with a view of potentially wrestling one more match at AEW All In. A match against Bryan Danielson has been rumoured, with McGuinness even getting gear made for the event.
Nigel McGuinness spoke with Chris Van Vliet, where he revealed that he was training for a return to the ring. He dropped the bombshell that he has been training for at least 18-months, even wrestling in an AEW ring before Collision each week.
He added that he has considered coming back to wrestle. However, he made it clear he doesn’t want to be a full-time wrestler, and “really don’t want to wrestle any more”.
“I’ve been getting in the ring as well and rolling around. So, between all of that, it’s a hectic rush until 8:00 when we shoot. I’ve been doing it for 18 months now—actually 18 months. There’s a ring up close to us here, about half an hour away, that I’ve been using as well.”
“I was open to the suggestion, open to the idea. When I originally signed with AEW, I took a flight cross-country with Tony, and he said, ‘I’ve got to swear you to secrecy and tell you something you can’t tell another soul. We’re doing Wembley Stadium.’ I was like, ‘Oh my God!’ And then just the idea occurred to me—could you, should you? Because Wembley Stadium 1992, that was an epiphany for me. That was a moment I went there with my friend and I sat about 50 rows back. I just remember having this strange sensation, and I talk about it during my magic show, how I had this weird feeling, this belief that somehow I knew I was going to be a professional wrestler.”
“I don’t want to become a full-time wrestle I don’t really want to wrestle any more, to be honest with you.”
