During a recent appearance on the “Tru Heel Heat Wrestling” podcast, Leon Slater discussed his history in the UK wrestling community and his role representing the United Kingdom in TNA Wrestling.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On his UK background: “It’s an immense pride to – that I have in, in being from the UK because, not to sound like I’m whining or complaining because we all love the way it is over here, but, it’s not easy being from the UK and wanting to break through into America, right? Like even outside of just getting inspired, there’s visa issues, there’s flight costs that, are way higher for us. So the fact that I’m one of the lucky few and one of the few that’s managed to kind of cross that line, to excuse the pun, into TNA and into the States is something that I take great pride in.”
On representing the UK: “It’s something that keeps me working, like whether it’s a day where, I’m not really feeling like going to the gym or I’m not really feeling like designing some new gear or whatever the case may be. I have to remember that it’s not just me I’m representing. It’s not just my family i’m representing. It’s my whole country, right? As well as Joe (Hendry). Joe’s leading the charge for us right now over in TNA, for TNA and the UK, right? So I’m just trying to follow suit and what he’s doing. One day I’ll be in the same position he is with that belt around my shoulder.”
During a recent appearance on the “Q101” podcast, Rocky Romero hinted that exciting news is on the horizon regarding the collaboration between AEW, NJPW, and CMLL.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On Tony Khan wanting to run an AEW show in Mexico: “I think that there’s going to be a lot of cool stuff coming down the pipeline very, very, very soon. So I’ll say that. I think Tony’s right. I think it would be amazing to bring more AEW internationally. Obviously, they did a Grand Slam in Australia, that was a huge success. The last two shows in London, All In, have been incredible.”
On where AEW is at right now: “I think that’s where AEW is at now: trying to take it internationally. I’d also like to see AEW go over to Japan and do a proper Dynamite or Collision there or a pay-per-view there. It would be amazing… So, yeah, I think there’s some very cool news that is going to be coming very soon.”
