Johnny TV on Him Feeling Currently “Underutilized” in AEW & His Hair Match in CMLL Being One Of The Best Matches He’s Had In Years

A recent episode of the Insight with Chris Van Vliet podcast featured Johnny TV as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Johnny TV’s thoughts about his recent Hair vs. Hair match against Angel del Oro in CMLL and how he feels that he is currently “underutilized” in AEW but does not blame AEW CEO Tony Khan nor anyone else for it.

“That hair match, I feel like was one of the best matches I’ve had in years. It was the first time in a while that I felt like me again.

Kind of just being off or feeling unfulfilled, basically. Not just me, a lot of people in wrestling. But for me right now, in AEW, I feel underutilized. Can’t blame anyone, that’s just how wrestling promotions work. There’s only enough TV time for a certain amount of people. Those people at AEW, we’ve coined the term ‘the island.’ Those people are on the island, so to speak. And I don’t feel like I’m on the island with Tony [Khan] or AEW right now. So because of that, I feel like I’m doing like 10-20 percent of what I’m capable of, storytelling-wise, wrestling-wise, in the ring. With CMLL, I’m on their island. And so I got to do everything that I could, and it was cool. It made me realize, like, ‘Hey, yeah, I do love wrestling.’”

Johnny TV also gave his thoughts about how putting his hair on the line in a match is something that he had been thinking about for a long time and he initially thought about doing it in a hair vs. mask match while Rey Fenix was still with AEW.

Johnny TV also gave his thoughts about him keeping him new shaved head look for his wrestling career going forward.

“You know, I’m liking it. I like all the feedback. It’s a weird question. I’m a grown man — deciding if this is ‘my look’ moving forward.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com