During an interview with Fightful, Johnny Swinger gave his thoughts on why IMPACT was the better fit for him compared to WWE and AEW. Here’s what he had to say:
I think, maybe, I had a premonition. Just from doing something for so long you can kind of sense things. I didn’t sense WWE calling me in the sense that I’m not kinda in that loop any more, I don’t know who’s in charge of that, who’s running it. There’s all new people there. I know Cody [Rhodes] from when he was 15 years old. That’s the last time I saw him. Maybe one other time since then. So, he’s not somebody that I would expect to get a call from. But, knowing Scott [D’Amore] and Don Callis—he was the booker in Winnipeg when I had my first match ever. So, he’s another person that I have a super long history with who is familiar with my talent and how to use it. So, I guess I thought, if someone asked me, “Hey, where would you go, IMPACT!, AEW or WWE?” Just IMPACT! would make the most sense and then words become flesh, so to speak.
You can read the full interview HERE.