Bobby Fish comments on Roderick Strong's AEW debut.
Fish, Strong, Adam Cole, and Kyle O'Reilly previously had a remarkable run as the Undisputed Era in WWE NXT. Fish, Cole, and O'Reilly formed the group at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III, and Strong later joined the faction at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans. The stable dominated NXT, as Cole held the NXT Championship, and the stable collectively won the NXT Tag Team Championship three times. The Undisputed Era gradually broke up in 2021 before they all parted ways.
In the summer of 2021, Cole left WWE, and the company released Fish. Cole signed with AEW and debuted at AEW All Out 2021, while Fish joined the company in October. O'Reilly departed WWE and signed with AEW, and he reunited with his Undisputed Era stablemates in December 2021. Strong was left as the last member of the group in WWE. He was initially featured in NXT with the Diamond Mine, but he eventually lost his status as a featured member of the roster.
Strong spent several months away from the ring before he arrived in AEW on the April 26 episode of AEW Dynamite. However, his Undisputed Era reunion was incomplete. Though he joined forces with Cole, Fish left AEW at the end of August 2022, and O'Reilly has been sidelined since June 2022, as he underwent neck surgery.
Speaking with Nick Hausman for Inside The Ropes, Fish shared his thoughts on Strong's arrival in AEW, and he made it clear that he was happy to see his friends back at work.
"I will just say this, I'm just happy to see my boys at work. These are and have always been legitimate, close friends of mine. I think that's why the Undisputed Era worked the way that it did in NXT because there was no fabrication to it. We were four guys who, you know, were tight. What you saw play out on screen was four dudes who had each other's back and that was marketable. It was real. I'm just happy to see two of my best friends back at work with jobs and able to support their families. This is real-life stuff. We do it in this fictional world of pro wrestling, but there's real people here with real lives, real kids, real homes, real dogs, real bills," Fish said.
Fish previously commented on his departure from AEW. Click here to see what he had to say.
In addition to his work with AEW, Strong is set to return to the independent scene. More information is available here.
Adam Cole recently discussed his feud with Chris Jericho. Click here to see what he had to say.
