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Christian Has Advice for Talent Considering Jumping to AEW

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Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Christian was recently interviewed by Talk Sport to promote his new show, “Knight Fight”. Christian discussed his decision to leave WWE in favor of TNA in 2005, and also advice he has for any WWE stars considering a jump to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Here are the highlights:

Leaving WWE for TNA in 2005:
“I did go to TNA when I left WWE briefly in 2005 for three years. When I went there, it was solely to prove to myself, even if it was on a smaller platform that I could carry main event matches, programmes and promos and be the face of a show. I needed to do that. I needed to gain that confidence and go back and be able to do it. It happens for different people at different times, you just have to be confident in your ability.

“I always said to myself when I walked into the arena ‘today they’re going to know how good I am’ and that was the attitude I carried with me every single time and just felt like at the end, you can’t hold talent down. If you have it, eventually it’s going to shine through and you just have to keep pushing.”

Advice for WWE stars considering a jump to AEW:
“I would say… I would never want to steer anyone in a certain direction. If they asked me for certain advice I would tell them. I would put it on myself. What I needed to do was I needed to take a chance on myself. I needed to bet on myself. And if you’re willing to bet on yourself then sometimes it works out and if you believe in yourself and your abilities that will be the case.”

The future WWE Hall of Famer previously revealed having met with one of AEW's owners, claiming that the 36-year-old, who also co-owns the Jacksonville Jaguars, is probably a bigger wrestling fan than he is of football.

“Well, I’ve met [Tony Khan] a few times,” he said last month. “I met him, strangely enough, through Chris Nowinski, actually. And, yeah, I had a little meal with Chris Nowinski and Chris brought him and he was telling me about stuff in matches that I had that I don’t even remember happening.

“I mean, that’s how big of a fan he is and he just wanted to talk to me about wrestling. And I was kind of more interested in the football side of it, so I was talking to him about football and he kept trying to switch the subject back to wrestling, and I kept trying to switch it back to football.

“Anyways, at one point in the conversation, I tried to talk him into firing his GM and hiring me as the General Manager of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Yeah.”
 
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wwe is great if you dont mind renting yourself out to wwe's ideas basically, if you want creative input then you are probably best going elsewhere.

many wrestlers seem to put up with wwe because they are essentially living their dream of being in wwe.
 
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WWE is crowded. Very easy for talent to get lost in the shuffle. A lot of hard work goes unnoticed. And if you go unnoticed with something to prove, staying put might not be the best choice. Prove elsewhere and show WWE that they’ve made a serious mistake and your stock in the business goes up. Talent shouldn’t be complacent. They should be hungry to prove themselves.
 
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Christian was a very entertaining wrestler who never got the push he deserved. He seems like the typical kind of guy Vince won't believe in because of size. I've always thought of him and Edge as being on a similar talent level, but Edge got pushed to the moon because he was taller. Christian really only got his due when Edge got injured, and that was short lived.

Anyone see him on "Knight Fight" on the History Channel? He's one of the hosts.
 
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‘today they’re going to know how good I am’
'What I needed to do was I needed to take a chance on myself. I needed to bet on myself. And if you’re willing to bet on yourself then sometimes it works out and if you believe in yourself and your abilities that will be the case'
Love these. Dolph Ziggler take note because staying with WWE is not taking a bet on yourself. He might not want to take a bet on himself too so that's fine.

“I mean, that’s how big of a fan he is and he just wanted to talk to me about wrestling. And I was kind of more interested in the football side of it, so I was talking to him about football and he kept trying to switch the subject back to wrestling, and I kept trying to switch it back to football"
AEW is in good hands :)
 
#32 ·
Christian as Christian Cage back in his TNA heydays made him a legit main eventer and that really cannot be argued. He certainly does have credibility when it comes to this topic.

He's right, too. I'm skeptical of AEW and its hype but if you're a wrestler who feels his/her worth isn't being met then a change of scenery would be ideal to determine if that decision was worth it.
 
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