In a recent conversation on the Bootleg Kev podcast, the former AEW World Heavyweight Champion not only emphasized the importance of competition within wrestling, but also confirmed the length of his new AEW deal, stating it’s a five-year contract.
“Yup (I’m signed to AEW until 2029). There’s nowhere else I would rather be. A lot of people say, ‘Oh, that’s just a PR. He’s supposed to say that sh*t.’ Nah, I mean that sh*t from the bottom of my heart. There’s no other place I’d rather be and do I have bad days as opposed to good days? Of course. This is a job. I have frustrations here and there. But, I work through those frustrations better here than I did in other places and anywhere else in the world. Whether it’d be Lucha Underground, MLW, WWE, NXT. Tony Khan and me have always worked through frustrations… Yeah (he lets me cook). But there’s certain times I’m like, ‘Ah, we didn’t cook as best as we could have been able to cook’ and I’m someone, I’m not going to half-ass that.”