As noted before, Trey Miguel was released from AEW this past January shortly after signing a contract with the company due to issues believed to be related to past controversial tweets he made in 2020 and Warner Bros Discovery being the one who made the decision for his release. Miguel made his surprise return to TNA Wrestling at this past January’s live TNA Impact! show in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
A recent episode of the Johnny I Pro Show podcast featured Miguel as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Miguel revealing that he was originally suppossed to join WWE in 2020 with Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz only for his offer to be pulled for similar issues. Miguel also praised Alex Shelley for keeping him motivated to stay in the wrestling business after he had wanted to quit over losing the chance to work in WWE.
“Man, I wouldn’t be having this conversation with you right now if it weren’t for Alex Shelley. When Dez and Zach originally went to NXT, and I stayed at TNA, it was so hard. I remember when I got the news that I would not be going; contrary to popular belief, people think that that was a decision that I made. I did not make that decision. I wanted to go with my brothers. We did not wanna break this band up. But, I had the offer, and it was gone, and I wanted to quit. I didn’t know what to do. I was afraid to stand on my own two feet and I was afraid to go back to the company that just gave us this big goodbye backstage with my tail tucked. It was borderline embarrassing to me, and Shelley had taken me under his wing that year because Don Callis, for whatever reason said, ‘Hey, Shelley, I want you to look after The Rascalz,’ and Shelley and I, we really clicked and we became really close, and I remember January of 2021, we had a lot of deep conversations and he said this, ‘I’m not letting you quit. It’s time that we get to work and make you undeniable.’”
Transcript h/t: Figthful.com
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