Jordan Oliver expresses his interest in potentially teaming up with Nick Wayne in AEW.
Wayne signed a deal with AEW in 2022, but the terms of the agreement noted that he would not join the company until he graduated high school and turned 18. He continued to compete on the independent scene, and he captured the GCW World Tag Team Championship with Jordan Oliver. Collectively known as The East West Express, both men have established themselves as two of GCW's top stars.
Speaking with Straight Talk Wrestling, Oliver was asked about his departure from Major League Wrestling in 2021, and he emphasized that he loves competing on the independent scene. With that in mind, he stated that he has no aspirations to wrestle elsewhere.
“I think for me, the MLW experience was good. It was overall good. The issues that were there are, I love the indies. I love wrestling for Game Changer Wrestling, I love wrestling for promotions like Demand Lucha. I don’t have any aspirations to wrestle outside of the independents. This is where I belong, this is what I love to do. That’s why. But the MLW thing was so awesome, I learned so much. I got to be around so many great minds like Low Ki, Savio Vega, even Court Bauer. These guys are geniuses, and they helped me go from here to here," Oliver said.
When asked whether he would consider a short-term deal with NXT or AEW, Oliver stated that he would sign with AEW to keep teaming with Wayne, as he believes they have a lot of potential. He also expressed his interest in potentially facing The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson). Oliver stated that he loves the indies, but he would potentilaly sign with AEW if he could keep tagging with Wayne.
“Right now, because I’m tag team partners with Nick Wayne, he’s currently signed to AEW, debuting in AEW [in July]. So I would sign with AEW to team with Nick more because that’s someone that I’m so close with, and I feel like we have so much potential to be a legendary tag team. Us versus the Young Bucks? Holy shit. Me and Wayne always talk about us versus the Golden Lovers. So I guess that seems like the best path right now. But I do love the indies. My main goal in professional wrestling is to be the best ever. So to do these things, to be considered one of the bet ever, you have to go to WWE, you have to AEW, you have to do New Japan, you have to win championships, you have to do these things. So whatever the case may be, if AEW was to offer tag stuff with Wayne, then I would probably sign in a heartbeat. If WWE was to offer me not an NXT contract, then maybe I would take it, no problem. But at this point in my indie career, I’m 23, I’ve been wrestling for eight years. I have so much time to become so much better. Even you said, that [Jacob] Fatu match was two, three years ago, and I was just getting good," Oliver said.
Oliver went on to explain how he started "figuring it out", and working with stars like Mike Bailey anf Alex Shelley helped take him to a new level. He stated that there's no telling where he'll be, or how good he'll be, in a few years. Oliver made it clear that he is not in a rush to sign anywhere.
"I started figuring it out around that time, and then I met guys like Mike Bailey and Alex Shelley, and these guys take me from a level six to what I believe is a level eight. Again, I’m 23, I’ve been wrestling for eight years, seven years. By the time I’m 25, who knows where I’ll be at, how good I’ll be, if I’ll be even able to wrestle because I go so hard, I put my body so hard on the line. But I’m not in a rush," he said.
Oliver previously reflected on facing Jonathan Gresham. Click here to see what he had to say.
Check out Wayne's comments about his goals for his time in AEW here.
Wayne will make his AEW in-ring debut on the July 12 episode of AEW Dynamite, where he will face Swerve Strickland. Check out the card here.
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