Alex Shelley has competed extensively for Impact Wrestling, Ring of Honor, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, and has even made cameos in WWE in his illustrious 21-year career in professional wrestling.
And in a recent interview with Wrestlezone, Shelley, set to challenge Steve Maclin for the Impact World Championship at Impact Wrestling’s ‘Against All Odds’ pay-per-view event later tonight, made a fascinating comparison between himself and Kevin Bacon. Calling himself “somebody who does connect all corners” of professional wrestling, Shelley said,
“What I would want is for somebody to dig a little deeper, go down a google rabbit hole. Just type my name in and see what happens and once you start digging into archives, you start to realize that [I am] the Kevin Bacon of pro wrestling. This guy is a conduit, this guy is somebody who does connect all corners of the universe, and I really do. It’s because I’ve been very fortunate and lucky to be surrounded by these people who are just so immensely talented. I dare you to find somebody else that was trained by Sabu, but also helped train Trey Miguel. I dare you to find somebody else who was Kevin Nash’s mentor, but also helped mentor Okada. It’s just these weird situations that only seem to happen to me, and I’m very grateful for that. The reason I achieved success is because I was around greatness all the time, that makes it easier. So, I was very fortunate to be in the right place at the right time and because of that, I may have had some influence on quite a few aspects of wrestling.”
The Impact Wrestling World Championship has forever eluded Alex Shelley, and he will look to finally win the ‘big one’ tonight at Against All Odds.
We will have live coverage and a special viewing party for Against All Odds later tonight.
