Daniel Garcia reflects on his role in AEW over the last year.
The rising star and former ROH Pure Champion spoke about his time with the company during a recent interview on the Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast with Hardy and co-host Jon Alba. Garcia would be asked about his pairing with Chris Jericho and how it seemed AEW was setting him up to be a member of the Blackpool Combat Club under Bryan Danielson, something Garcia confirms in conversation.
Yeah, but I’m not big on regrets. I don’t like to look backwards or think about what could have been or what was. In the moment, I was very sad about the situation. Jericho has told the story many times. I was originally supposed to be put with Bryan in the original Blackpool Combat Club, when it first initiated. Jericho needed me for his group, I got taken out of that, put with Jericho, and Jericho told me, when he told me he needed me and I was going to be in JAS, I was just like [sad]. In my mind, I knew I was supposed to be with Bryan in a couple of weeks. This is sad. Once I started…Okay, this Bryan thing could be happening in a bigger way where I already got over a little bit, and now it could be a big payoff or storyline that I’ll be put with Bryan.
Despite not being able to work side-by-side with Danielson Garcia says that he has enjoyed playing this longer storyline next to Jericho, later stating that he feels there will be a big payoff for him eventually.
‘This is really cool.’ I don’t know if I was ready at that point to be put with Bryan, to be a babyface, sometimes I think God, it’s like a slingshot, he pulls you back so he can release you to a further position, so you can go far. I feel like that’s what the situation was. Not that I was in a bad spot, being with Chris, but wanting to be with Bryan, I felt like it was God saying, ‘Not yet, I have something bigger planned for you.’ Then, got released, and started flying. Hopefully, I keep flying, at least for a little bit.
Renee Paquette recently named Garcia as one of the AEW stars who makes her laugh constantly while working backstage. You can read her thoughts on that here.
(H/T and transcribed by Fightful)
