Independent Star Discusses Nick Wayne’s Arrival In AEW

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An independent star discusses Nick Wayne’s arrival in AEW.

After receiving a contract at the age of 16, 18-year old Nick Wayne will make his AEW in-ring debut against Swerve Strickland on the July 12 edition of AEW Dynamite.

All Elite Wrestling has already started the hype for the wrestling prodigy, but his debut will mean more limited opportunities to work the independent scene where he is part of a prominent tag team, The East-West Express.

In a new interview with Straight Talk Wrestling, Wayne’s tag team partner Jordan Oliver said he would probably sign with AEW in a heartbeat if he gets to continue tagging with Nick Wayne. He stated:

“Because I’m tag team partners with Nick Wayne, he’s currently signed with AEW, debuting on AEW which July (12th) is his first match. July 10th is his 18th birthday, July (12th) is his debut on TV.”

“So I would sign with AEW to team with Nick more because that’s, again, someone I’m so close with and I feel like we have so much potential to be a legendary tag team… Us versus The Young Bucks? Holy sh*t… Me and Wayne always talk about us versus The Golden Lovers (he laughed).”

“So yeah, I guess that seems like the best path right now, but, I do love the indies. My main goal in professional wrestling is to be the best ever.”

Oliver continued on to discuss what he has to do to become the best ever in the business, saying:

“So, to do these things, to be considered one of the best ever, you have to go to WWE, you have to go to AEW, you have to do New Japan, you have to do these things so, whatever the case may be, if AEW was to offer tag stuff with Wayne, then I would probably sign in a heartbeat.”

“If WWE was to offer me not an NXT contract then maybe I would take it, no problem. But at this point in my indie career, I’m 23, been wrestling for eight years, I have so much time to become so much better. Even you said, maybe that (Jacob) Fatu match was two, three years ago and I was just getting good, you know?”

“I started figuring it out around that time and then I met guys like Mike Bailey and Alex Shelley and these guys take me from like a level six to what I believe is a level eight, you know? And again, I’m 23, been wrestling for eight years, seven years.”

“By the time I’m 25, who knows where I’ll be at, how good I’ll be, if I’ll even be able to wrestle because I go so hard. I put my body so hard on the line but, yeah, I’m not in a rush. I think that’s the main part. I’m not in a rush.” 

Jordan Oliver and Nick Wayne will team to defend the GCW World Tag Team Championships at this weekend’s Game Changer Wrestling shows.

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