Eddie Kingston is not a fan of people who want wrestling companies to close.
Kingston is currently the modern Triple Crown Champion, holding three different titles in the Continental Championship, the Ring Of Honor World Championship and the NJPW Openweight Championship. Kingston has been a member of the AEW roster since July of 2020, when he made his debut confronting Cody Rhodes.
While Kingston has been a vocal critic of AEW's competition in WWE, on and off television. However, he does not want to see the pro wrestling juggernaut close, as he stated during an appearance on ESPR that anyone who does want AEW or WWE to close are is 'a nasty human being'.
"I understand it because when I was a fan, I was all about ECW and screw everybody else, but I never said I want a place to close. To me, when you sit there and say ‘I hope AEW closes’ or ‘I hope WWE closes’ or whatever, to me, you’re a nasty human being because people are losing their jobs. People with families are losing their jobs. This has nothing to do with tribalism, this is you being nasty and not understanding what life is about. To me, that’s wrong. I’m a Yankee fan, but I don’t hope the Red Sox players get hurt or injured. People are like, ‘You talk crap about WWE.’ Yeah, just like I talk crap about the Boston Red Sox. AEW is my team, the Yankees are my team, the Giants are my team. The Giants, this year, were not good, but I’ll sit there and say, screw the Cowboys, screw the Eagles, even though they are in the playoffs and doing their thing. Still, as a Giants fan, I’m going to say that. Just like I’m a fan of AEW, I’m going to say everybody else sucks, even though it’s not true. Just like people in WWE will say AEW sucks and they are the best. You stick with your team and that’s it. I don’t want [any company] to close because I have a couple people who I consider friends over at WWE and I don’t want them to lose their jobs. They have a wife and kids. I want them to feed their families. Those guys don’t want me to lose a job. These fans don’t get there. We’re all pulling for each other. We want everybody to eat, but we want our people to eat first and eat more, that’s it, but everyone can eat."
Kingston most recently competed on the January 12th edition of AEW Rampage, defending his Continental Championship successfully in a bout with Ring Of Honor Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta. You can read the results from Rampage here.
Elsewhere in the same interview, Kingston would state that what wrestling promotions owners do on social media 'ain't his business.' You can read more here.
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