Steve Maclin recalls embracing Mike Santana.
Upon returning to TNA at Rebellion, Mike Santana started a heated feud with Steve Maclin. Eventually, the feud turned to friendship, as Santana and Maclin bonded over a common enemy in The Rascalz.
At the Against All Odds event, Maclin and Santana teamed together and defeated The Rascalz in tag team action. After the bout, Maclin and Santana shook hands and hugged.
While speaking to Fightful for a new interview, Maclin talked about his respect for Santana and how their paths are similar to one another.
"Respect. Respect for Mike for with everything we did even with the Immersed coming out for Hard to Kill and then just everything leading up to that tag match, I think we're very similar, both of us, for how we've gone through this business. We obviously have our different stories, but for where we are and where we want to make a name for ourselves as individuals from being in a tag team for so long and now we're stepping into the light on our own and trying to be a single star. I think it's the respect factor and no matter what, if we go one on one, we're gonna fight and that's what it's gonna come down to. We know what the goal is, and that's to be the World champion. You wanna be the best, you gotta work through and fight the best and I think Mike's one of the best that TNA has to offer, even in wrestling industry in general. He's one of the best competitors out there, and especially for me, that was a lot of fun. So to have that moment and for the crowd in Chicago to just kind of, I don't know, it was cool to just feel the crowd for once too, like that way and just the energy, especially setting the tone that night, we opened up the night. That's true. So it was a good moment, and, more or less, respect towards him and for what he's accomplished and what we even did that night."
Elsewhere in the interview, Maclin talked about his feelings towards Joe Hendry. Learn more about those comments by clicking here.
Fans can check out Fightful’s full interview with Steve Maclin in the video linked above.
