
AEW star Darby Allin spoke with Fightful about several topics, including if he needs therapy and how performing crazy stunts has been beneficial to his mental health.
Allin said, โNo, I donโt need it. The thing is that crazy stuff is my therapy. Itโs literally given me the confidence to do so much in my life. Iโve growing, growing up, I never had a lot of confidence. The more crazier stuff Iโve done, the more confidence Iโve built. So that is my therapy. I became such a stronger mentally person by doing crazy stuff. So Iโd like to think if I could take a Jeep and jump 96 feet over my house, I can do a lot in life.โ
On Tony Khan saying he can wrestle forever:
โIt just depends on how long I want to do it for, like as long as I love what Iโm doing, I feel like I can do it as long as I want to. But if I donโt love what Iโm doing, then I will bail out because I never wanted to be doing something I didnโt love doing. But as of right now, like I got the craziest physical recovery regimen. So I feel great. Iโm on top of everything all the time. So my body feels really great and everybodyโs like, well wait till you feel 30 and then Iโm like, โIโm 30 years old now,โ โWait till youโre 30 and see how you feel.โ Like, โWell, I feel great,โ and theyโre like, โWell, wait till youโre 40.โ Then theyโre gonna say, โWell, wait till youโre 100 and see how you feel.โ Well dude, the big thing that Tony Hawk taught me was you just gotta keep doing your thing. Yeah. For example, heโs like 56 and heโs still skating at a high level. The thing is you just have your body built such tolerance. So when Iโm not wrestling, Iโm skateboarding. If Iโm not skateboarding, Iโm jumping off the roof at my house, doing something. It keeps my body and my mind in check. He moves a lot better like off the board, like just walking [than] a lot of 56 year olds. Thatโs for sure.โ
On how his conditioning helps him:
โI think itโs a little bit of both. Iโve built such a high pain tolerance over the years with just my skateboarding. But a lot of it is just mental, too. So I do a lot of meditating. If your mindโs not right then your bodyโs not going to follow. So you gotta be strong in both aspects of that and Iโm dialed in. I feel great. I think itโs a little bit of both. What I thought originally was my biggest fault, being a smaller guy in wrestling, I found out it was my biggest asset. Because I feel great and I can move around, Iโm super mobile and I use this as my biggest asset in wrestling. I wouldnโt change a single thing. I love the position Iโm in.โ
You can check out Allinโs comments in the video below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)