While Christian Cage is perhaps best known for his work in WWE, long-time fans of his remember his work in TNA Wrestling fondly.
Now recently debuted in AEW, Cage compared his first moments in both AEW and TNA. Here is the quote from Cage’s interview with ET Canada, courtesy of Fightful:
“When I left in 2005, it was more to bet on myself and to prove a point. I felt like I was stuck in a rut. I felt like I needed to get away in order to come back and be better than I was. I needed to step away and prove that I can work at and wrestle at the top of the card and carry a show. I felt like if I just stayed in WWE, I wasn’t necessarily going to get that opportunity no matter what reactions or the quality of matches that I was putting on.
So I needed to kind of bet on myself, get out of their face for a little while, go and prove that even if it was on a smaller scale that I could do that. I feel like I did. then I came back. This time is a little bit different. I didn’t leave WWE because I wasn’t under contract with WWE. I hadn’t been under contract for WWE in probably six, seven years at this point in time. So it was a choice that I made. I needed the best platform for me at this stage of my career where I felt like I could go out and do my best work and also elevate the next generation that is coming up behind me.”
Christian Cage recently wrestled his first singles match for AEW, defeating Frankie Kazarian on Dynamite. This served as a throwback to their days in TNA as well.
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