“Speedball” Mike Bailey Confirms He Was Getting Visa Renewed Prior to AEW Debut & Was Working on New Finisher Move

As noted before, this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show in Fresno, California featured former TNA talent “Speedball” Mike Bailey making his official in-ring debut for AEW. Prior to his official in-ring debut, Bailey was believed to had been dealing with work visa related issues for the reason for the delay for his debut after signing an official contract this past January.

Sports Illustrated’s The Takedown on SI held a recent interview with Bailey. One of the topics discussed included Bailey confirming that he was working on getting his visa renewed the past few months and used the time to work on a new finisher move.

“I’ve thought about it a lot, I’ve been practicing that move. I felt I needed something quicker, something more direct, something that requires a less specific setup than ‘The Ultimate Weapon’. And during the whole time I was off, I was in Canada getting my visa renewed between December and March and I spent a lot of time there several hours every week in the IWS dojo, which is a wrestling school in Montreal training and teaching there, and I’ve been working on that kick extremely hard every chance I get for the last three months.”

Bailey also gave his thoughts about the name for his new finisher move.

“And I call it, name reveal right here, ‘Time Adventure.’ Which is a reference to the final episode of what is one of the greatest TV shows of all time, ‘Adventure Time.'”