AEW star Eddie Kingston recently spoke with the NJPW Press on a number of topics covering all things pro wrestling. During the discussion, Kingston revealed he was nervous when he saw he was paired up against Shingo Takagi at a recent NJPW G1 Climax 33 Event because Shingo is so good.
Kingston said, โI canโt believe it. Oh my God. The dream lives on folks, the dream lives on. Iโm not gonna lie, when I saw I was paired up against Shingo (Takagi), former IWGP World Champion, I was so nervous. I tried to play it off like I was cool. I was so nervous, heโs so good. Iโm not gonna lie and sit here, yeah, I beat his ass, because I didnโt. Iโm a little disappointed in my performance. The hernia surgery that I had before the tour in Japan started acting up after he gave me a knee to the gut. Holy โ ouuu wow, itโs a lot of pain. No excuses though. I won, but I got lucky. Iโm gonna have to do better against EVIL, thatโs all I can say.โ
Kingston also spoke about how he hopes to face Shingo Takagi once against at AEW All Out or All In.
โShingo, Iโm not gonna talk a lot of trash and try to sell tickets. This is a sport so Iโm gonna treat it like a sport. Thank you for the fight and I hope we do it again. Iโm praying, Tony Khan, Iโll put you on the spot. Me and Shingo, All In or All Outโฆ give us time. Me and Shingo will show the world strong style, Kingโs Road combined. Thank you Shingo. EVIL, ah, I gotta do better.โ
You can check out Eddie Kingston’s comments in the video below.
(H/T to PostWrestling for transcribing the above quotes)
