Daniel Garcia picked up his first AEW victory on the August 10, 2021 episode of AEW Dark when he defeated Feugo Del Sol. Garcia had wrestled a handful of matches on AEW Dark and Dark: Elevation prior to his match against Fuego, but that marked the first time his hand was raised.
Nearly one year later, Garcia has become a staple on AEW TV, aligning himself with Chris Jericho and coming off a victory against Bryan Danielson.
Speaking on the Battleground podcast, Garcia explained why he feels he's been the MVP of AEW over the past year.
"Definitely," he replied when asked if he has a MVP mentality. "When it comes to AEW, I've been the MVP over the past year, since I've got here. It's about to be my year anniversary in AEW. I've had the most televised main events over the past year. Every opportunity that they've given me, I've knocked it out of the park. Right when I got to AEW, everyone goes, 'Who is Daniel Garcia? Why is he getting so many main events?' Once a main event happened, the next one happened, the next one happened, you saw how high of a level I was performing at. Everyone knew why I was getting put in those situations. Tony (Khan) can see talent and pick out talent. He was able to see my talent very early on. Other people are just starting to catch up to what Tony was seeing."
Garcia has shared the ring with the likes of CM Punk, Jon Moxley, Darby Allin, Danielson, and Eddie Kingston during his time in AEW.
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