Nick Aldis is happy to be a free agent and is grateful that so many legends of wrestling have gone out of their way to praise him.
Nick Aldis is now a free agent after being the face of the National Wrestling Alliance for several years. Upon leaving the NWA, Nick expressed that he wasn't happy with the promotion's direction and understood that it was time for him to move on. Now, as a free agent, he is looking to make the most of his 2023 and says he has a lot of independent projects on the books.
"I'm happy to be a free agent. I've got lots of exciting stuff on the books for 2023 independently, you know, several shots in the UK, Australia, and Canada; I'm going back to Calgary next month for the Harts, which is exciting for me, and lots of other stuff on the horizon. What I'm very excited about is just the ability to, instead of thinking, 'Man, if this was me, this is what I would do.' To go, 'No, let's do it.' Ideas you might have or concepts you want to flesh out and do. I have enough contacts now and feel willing to take the risk financially to try a couple of things and see what happens," Aldis said during a recent appearance on the Universal Wrestling Podcast.
Commenting on a recent discussion with Sting, Aldis would say that he is just hoping to be available for an opportunity should one present itself. In that same vein, Aldis says he is very grateful to have the parade of legends such as Mick Foley, Diamond Dallas Page, Sting, and Ric Flair, but he had made peace with the idea that he may never make it to one of the major companies.
"I've been overwhelmed at the number of legends, really big names in our business; names, certainly much, much bigger than mine, who have gone out of their way to say on their respective podcasts or in interviews and stuff to say nice things about me," Aldis says. "Guys like Mick Foley, Ric Flair, DDP. You know, Stinger privately, but I think, you know, anyone who watched TNA knows that Sting was always kind of in my corner. Dutch Mantell, Teddy Long, the list goes on and on, people who I was just blown away at how they were all saying, like, 'Yeah, that guy's gonna be fine.' Even Ric, going as far as to say, 'Well, you know, either one of those two companies needs to get him, and whichever one does is lucky to have him.'
"I don't feel I don't think that way," he added."I want to make that point. I'm not sitting here going, 'Hey, man, you know, it's just a matter of time, brother.' I'm very open to the idea it might not happen, but I'm just that's not what any of that was about. It was about, like I said, it was about me just moving on and starting a new chapter, but I will say it's meant a hell of a lot to me; all these huge-name guys have come out and endorsed me like that. That means a hell of a lot."
In the past, Aldis had stated that he is most proud of being seen as the face of the NWA, even during times when he did not hold the World's Heavyweight Championship. Fans can read more here.
Fans can also read his initial comments after deciding to give his notice to the NWA at this link.
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