
Former WWE star Donovan Dijak recently spoke with Wrestling With Things on a number of topics including taking his character outside of WWE.
Dijak said, โYou know, Iโve been some semblance of this character for most of my career with the exception of T-Bar. So, weโll call it ten yearsโ worth of being something reflective of myself and my everyday lifeโฆ Itโs very refreshing to be in complete control of that for the first time in, you know, seven-going-on-eight years, because it wasnโt like I had a ton of that in Ring of Honor, you know. A lot of Ring of Honor was given to me.โ
On having creative freedom right now:
โI donโt need to go ask for permission, or just do it and hope I donโt get yelled at or, you know, whatever thing happens in WWE that Iโve just dealt with for seven years; I donโt really have to do that right now, so that part is awesome.โ
On being in contract with several companies currently:
โIโm a free agent right now, so I am completely open to working with any company in the world, and Iโm happy to do so.โ
On potentially signing a new contract somewhere:
โThe reality is Iโm 37 years old, and I was under that WWE umbrella for seven years, so from the ages of 30 to 37 I basically just had to be at the whim of other peopleโs decisions, and I think that run, obviously and clearly elevated my status, but Iโm not where I want to be at this point of my career. At this point in my career, I wanted to be a top guy, I wanted to be a champion, I wanted a television product on my back, and clearly that didnโt happen in the WWE but thatโs how I feel about myself.โ
On what heโs looking for in a potential new home:
โI donโt need another place where I can just show off that I have great matches, and just kind of meander in the mid-card. We did that and Iโve reached that sort of ceiling, so I need more reassurance if Iโm going to be in a company for an extended period of time.โ
On not being in a rush to sign:
โThereโs no massive rush here. I want to prove myself as a free agent, I want to win championships on the free agent market, I want to go overseas and show the people overseas what theyโve been missing for seven years.โ
On opponents that heโs interested in:
โThe only people Iโm disinterested in working with are the people who are phoning it in right because Iโve had plenty of those matches before โฆ Iโm not going to break myself and Iโm not gonna commit all of my mental energy and exhaustion into trying to convince someone else to meet me halfway on having a great matchโฆ I think the money match is obviously myself and Keith Lee, we have a very storied history, I think the fans are going to clamor for that. I think thatโs the kind of match that you can build an entire pay-per-view around if you really want to.โ
You can check out Dijak’s comments in the video below.