Backstage Details On AEW Parking Lot Fight Revealed

Some new backstage details have been revealed regarding the recent AEW parking lot fight between Best Friends and Santana & Ortiz.

The match received a five-star rating from Dave Meltzer, and Santana & Ortiz have now spoken more about it on Talk is Jericho.

Here are some quotes:

Ortiz: “It was what it needed to be. We went into the match saying, ‘we need this to be a really good blow off.’ The build-up was decent to good, but we needed the exclamation point at the end and I’m happy we delivered. Thanks to Jerry Lynn and funneling all of our ideas and setting it up for it to be the best possible match. I got to watch it with my girlfriend and her parents and they just looked at me like I was a maniac.”

Santana: “I remember telling the production guys, ‘please, no one yell cut for this match.’ We were so hyped up and to the point where, if we had to cut anything, it would kill the match.”

Ortiz: “[We put it together] that day. We talked about things over the week and figured out things we wanted to do, but it was pretty much that day. We got with each other and went over it all day. That was the end result.”

Santana: “We had a group chat with all of us and my main thing was making sure all four of our visions were out there and everyone had their say in it. We got into a group text and were just throwing ideas here and there like what weapons we want to use, what props we want to get together, and sharing other parking lot matches. We were watching Eddie [Guerrero] vs. [John] Cena. We watched Kurt [Angle] and Jeff Jarrett in TNA.”

Best Friends were victorious thanks to the help of Orange Cassidy in the fight, which took place on September 16.

Trent & Taylor look set for a match against Kip Sabian & Miro at the upcoming AEW Full Gear pay-per-view, while Santana & Ortiz look to just be involved in the ongoing Inner Circle/MJF saga.

Quotes via Fightful

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