Zay wants to keep the titles the way they are.
Private Party (Zay and Quen) have been with AEW since 2019. They have challenged for the tag team titles, but they did not win the gold until AEW Fright Night Dynamite on October 30, 2024. There, they beat the Young Bucks (Matthew and Nicholas Jackson) to win the titles.
Speaking with Denise Salcedo of Instinct Culture, Zay commented on winning the titles and stated that he would not customize them.
"It’s amazing. I can’t even put into words how incredibly grateful I feel to be holding this AEW World Tag Team Championship. You think about the teams that held this belt, you got teams like FTR, Young Bucks, Darby Allin, and then you got Sting. Sting held this very belt. That’s why, people say, ‘Yo, are you gonna customize this championship?’ I’m like nah, I was here since the beginning. This is the belt that was meant for us. I’m not gonna customize it, I’m gonna leave it the same because this belt holds a lot of prestige," Zay said.
Quen also thanked the fans for their support, and he looked back on the duo's first match against the Young Bucks in 2019. He noted that he could die happy then, and the same was true when they won the tag team titles.
"I want to thank the fans because as far as tag team championships, I don’t think we were in the conversation, so they created that for us. That’s one thing that was a blessing. The first time we faced the Bucks in 2019, I felt like right then and there, if I was to die, I would say I would die happy. So the Young Bucks said, ‘Yeah? Well, watch this one when you win the titles.’ So now, I felt like I was brought back to life to die happy again. That’s the feeling basically that I got from it. I was reincarnated," Quen said.
During the interview, Zay said that the Young Bucks don't get the credit they deserve. Check out his comments here.
At AEW Full Gear, Private Party will defend the AEW World Tag Team Championship against The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd), The Acclaimed (Max Caster and Anthony Bowens), and Kings of the Black Throne (Malakai Black and Brody King).
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