Kip Sabian wanted to pay tribute to Scott Hall.
Sabian has been with AEW since 2019. In recent months, he has been featured as a member of The Patriarchy alongside Christian Cage and Nick Wayne. Sabian has used "Superbad" as his nickname in the past, but he says he thought about putting a twist on it.
During a virtual signing with Highspots Superstore, Sabian was asked to sign an autograph as "The Superbad Guy", and he noted that he thought about using that as his nickname as a nod to Scott Hall.
“There was a period in time where I was gonna go as the Superbad Guy as a Scott Hall nod, if you didn’t guess by the gear or everything else. Let’s be honest here, we got the drip here, which is a Scott Hall nod, which I’ve been doing for so many years. Then there’s the toothpick here, which is another Scott Hall nod. I only started growing my body hair out because it was a joke between me and my friends that I was gonna be Scott Hall in our little group, so I grew it out and then decided I liked it. He mentored me for quite a while. Before I started doing [the drip], I asked him if he minded and he [gave me permission]. It was great," Sabian said.
Hall passed away at the age of 63 in 2022.
Sabian previously said that he was supposed to be paired with The Butcher and The Blade. Check out his comments here.
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