T.J. ‘Manik’ Perkins Reacts To The Death Of Perro Aguayo Jr.

v2wrestling.com recently spoke to T.J. Perkins, aka Manik in TNA, who commented on the recent passing of Perro Aguayo Jr. Perkins was one of the wrestlers in the match on the night Aguayo passed away due to injuries he sustained during the bout on March 21. Here is an excerpt of Perkins discussing the issue. You can also listen to the complete audio for the interview in the player below.

“I probably replayed about a minute of time, over and over and over, all day and all night for days. I haven’t really thought about it much since then. There was a definite period of feeling like I was still in the ring, for several days. With a family member I always dealt with hardship and tragedy through my work. I just try to drown myself in my work. It’s weird, because in this case that’s what it was. I just reached a point – I’m usually pretty active [on social media] talking to everybody, but there was a period where I was just gone for a while, and Rey [Mysterio] was too.”

“I just got to a point where it was a good time to move on with the community. I felt like the impact of Perro and everything that had happened was being absorbed the right way. People were starting to heal, and rather than letting it linger and do more damage, everyone started to come together.”