Nick Aldis brutalized Impact World Champion Alex Shelley on last week’s episode of Impact Wrestling ahead of their World Title match at Slammiversary, and the former British Invasion member explained the reason behind the attack.
Aldis rocked Shelley with the title belt after a 10-man tag team match in which the British wrestler was on the team of Shelley and Chris Sabin.
Speaking with the “Generation of Wrestling” podcast, Aldis justified his attack on grounds of the disrespect he felt from The Motor City Machine Guns.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On the ‘Machine Gun era’: “I show up at Impact Wrestling, make a huge difference right out of the gate. The episode of Impact following my debut at Rebellion gets the highest viewership in over a year for the company. And things happen the way they happen. Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin have a good night at Against All Odds and they both win their respective singles titles. The next thing you know, they’re dubbing this whole thing ‘The Machine Gun Era.’ What a disrespect to me.”
On Sabin tagging in Shelley instead of him on last week’s show: “[Sabin] has to tag in Alex Shelley, and he’s got to be a glory hound. He’s already the world champion. We’ve already given him this big to-do. Everybody’s hugging him backstage and, ‘Oh my God, you deserve it.’ Then he’s got to come and be a glory hound and take all the spoils in the tag team match too … I’m the number one contender for the [Impact] World Championship at Slammiversary. I’m here to make a huge difference for this company, and these guys are busy trying to make me an afterthought. I don’t take that very well. So I decided, enough’s enough.”
AEW Dynamite takes place in Chicago, IL this week, and the latest “Road To” video previews a couple of matches, namely, The Hardys vs. The Gunns, and the Concession Stand Brawl between Jeff Jarrett and Mark Briscoe. You can watch the video below:
