EJ Nduka comments on his free agency.
Nduka, a former college football player, signed with WWE in 2019, and he trained at the WWE Performance Center. WWE released Nduka in May 2021, and he subsequently signed with MLW. During his time there, Nduka was a featured member of the roster, and he won the MLW World Tag Team Championship with Calvin Tankman. His contract expired at the end of 2022, but he agreed to work through the MLW Blood and Thunder taping on January 7. Nduka then made his AEW debut at the AEW Dark tapings on January 28.
Speaking on Public Enemies Podcast's Behind Enemy Lines, Nduka was asked about his free agency and WWE's reported interest in bringing him back.
“Honestly, I’m not even on social media like that right now. Y’all sent me a DM earlier today, and I don’t get on social media til the evening because I try to block all that stuff out. But I will just say that I think god has blessed me and put me in a position where I planted my seeds and now I’m seeing the results of my hard work. So I will say, as of December 31 at 12 a.m., I was single like a dollar bill. I was a free agent. So yeah, I had the match [at MLW Blood & Thunder]. I respectfully honored my contractual obligations, and I love MLW, they’ve been good to me, but yeah, I am a free agent," Ndula said.
Nduka continued by stating that his goal has always been to create something big for his legacy, and he wants it to be something that his family could be proud of.
“When I got into this business, I told myself that I wanted to create something big and create something for my legacy and my family, something that they could look back and be proud of. So I’ve never stopped, and that’s the goal," Nduka said.
After Nduka and Tankman lost the MLW World Tag Team Championship on the March 14 episode of MLW Underground, Nduka thanked the company and stated that he's just getting started. Check out his comments here.
Fightful Select previously reported that several companies are interested in Nduka. More information is available here.
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