On a recent edition of the “Wilde On” podcast, former FTW Champion Brian Cage spoke to Taylor Wilde about toning down his high-flying spots in AEW.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On toning down his style in AEW: “Also, a lot of people thought that I was this crazy high flyer. I’ve always been athletic and stuff, but I actually did more flips and tricks so to speak as I got bigger more so than I was smaller. I kinda just started trying it. I remember I did some stuff in FCW when I got signed when I was smaller, but just on the crash pad messing around, but I never really incorporated it in any of it or much of it. It really wasn’t until 2013 or 2014 until I started doing stuff.”
On why he started slowing down in the ring: “There was one six man match where I was like, ‘I’m gonna moonsault to the outside’ and everyone’s like, ‘What?’ It got such a huge reaction that I just kinda kept doing stuff and it would be so over because it’s my size doing it. Then I started doing it like all the time, way too often just to stand out and get more over. Now I do it very rarely. I think I’ve done a total of like three dives in my AEW career. I know everybody knows I can do it but since I don’t ever do it, when I do something, it’s like it’s the first time so it gets more of a reaction.”
