Zak Zodiac looks back on some mistakes he’s made in his pro-wrestling career.
The 32-year-old star, who is the brother of AEW’s Saraya, appeared on Talk Is Jericho to discuss this topic. Zodiac recalled wrestling a matchup against War Machine (Viking Raiders) and getting an opportunity from Delirious to work ROH in the United States. However, it didn’t end up working out.
The Hooligan phase taught me so much. I got to work some of the very best in the industry. One of the highlights for us was when we worked War Machine [Viking Raiders in WWE]. We had an absolute belter of a match. So much so that Delirious was actually there, and he was like, ‘We need to get the Hooligans over to America.’ My brother, the end of the night, he went to the bar and ordered a drink. Delirious went to the bar without his mask on and said to my brother, ‘What do you think of Ring of Honor nowadays?’ He said, ‘It’s a load of shit. I miss Nigel McGuinness.’ [Delirious] went back to the promoter and was like, ‘We don’t want the Hooligans now.’ We sit and laugh about it now. We shot ourselves in the foot. We did the same thing with New Japan. We wrestled Jushin Thunder Liger in a show at Super Clash. He loved us. He loved how unique we were.
Zodiac later says that he got offered to work the NJPW Dojo, but didn’t think it was a good option at the time, a decision he now regrets.
We have our own style in Norwich, just hard-hitting and technical brawlers. We’re hybrid athletes. Liger loved us. He went back to New Japan and said, ‘Why don’t you boys come live in the Dojo for three months?’ We grew up old school, you’re not going to pay for yourself to stay with their boys and live in a Dojo. What a moron. This was ten years ago. I should have jumped at the opportunity. Sometimes, I was led a little too old school. I’d never pay for myself to go anywhere. If they want you, they’ll come for you. Now, I realize, you have to market yourself and get out there. It was that old-school way.
Elsewhere in the interview, Zodiac discusses potentially wrestling a dark match for AEW, something that Tony Khan apparently promised to him. You can read about that here.
(H/T and transcribed by Fightful)
