Steve Maclin is confident heading into IMPACT Rebellion.
A new IMPACT World Champion is set to be crowned at the Rebellion pay-per-view on Sunday, April 16 after previous champion Josh Alexander was forced to vacate the belt back in March due to injury. Alexander was originally set to defend the belt at Rebellion against Steve Maclin, who is now set to take on KUSHIDA to determine a new champion at the pay-per-view.
At IMPACT Sacrifice, KUSHIDA was able to quickly tap out Steve Maclin with his signature Hoverboard Lock in a six man tag match, seemingly giving fans an indication of who could win the vacant championship at Rebellion.
In a new interview with WrestleZone, Maclin dove into the upcoming match and talked about his mindset heading into Rebellion.
“It’s one of those things where I’ve been telling everybody that it could have been Kushida all along as well. Him and Josh were [going to] wrestle at Multiverse, you don’t know who’s going to come out of that. Obviously with Kushida holding on to the hoverboard lock on Josh for a long while at Battle Of The Valley, it obviously probably aided in tearing his triceps. We don’t know, but what can you do? Mission stays the same, becoming the IMPACT World Champion for me. Opponent is different, so I’ve been prepping for that and I got to witness it firsthand at Sacrifice with Kushida. I know a lot of people said I tapped out, but I did it willingly and I expressed that the other night. Everybody’s tried to express to me that I tapped out but I’ve tried to express to them that I did it on purpose because why would I be a prideful idiot when nothing is on the line, when I can go into IMPACT Rebellion 100% for the world title.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Maclin talked about how he draws inspiration for his character. Click here to learn more.
Fans can find out more about the IMPACT Rebellion card by clicking here.
Furthermore, fans can check out Steve Maclin and Deonna Purrazzo's recent interview with Fightful by clicking here.
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