AEW: Sting on Career Endgame, Lance Archer on Rebuild Plans for AEW Career, Paige VanZant Update

Sting Comments on Working on Endgame Plans for His Career

The Ringer held a recent interview with Sting. One of the topics discussed included Sting revealing that he has been working on plans for how he would like his career to end.

“Well, I know Darby is going to be a part of it for sure. I won’t have a singles match at this point. Darby will be along with me and I’ll be along with him and we can add more to it as far as I’m concerned. But I have a few people [in mind] and I really don’t want to say now.”

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Lane Archer Comments on Being Open to a Slow Rebuild & Reinvention of His AEW Career

A recent episode of the Busted Open Radio podcast featured Lance Archer as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Archer clarifying comments he made at a recent NJPW’s event about being frustrated over the direction of his AEW career.

“Everybody lets something out here and there, once in a while. There was a little angst coming out. Like I said in the promo, I come in and kick ass, I don’t kiss ass. I do my part. Now it’s up to other people. I don’t take anything away from my time with every company I’ve been a part of. The fact that you’re congratulating me on the successful stuff I’ve done in Japan recently is all because the company allows me to do it. There are not a lot of places and opportunities that can and do allow the talent to go and be part of other bookings, companies, and places. I’m very grateful for my job. I don’t want my frustration to come across as I’m being ungrateful or not happy with the job that I do have. I just know what I could and should be doing. It kind of boils over once in a while. It’s not a knock on anyone in particular, it’s just the situation at hand. I know what I could and should be doing.

That’s why I continue to say I’m very grateful for being part of AEW and what they allow me to do. Otherwise, those opportunities wouldn’t exist. I’m going to continue to push forward, that’s what I’ve always done. The little bit of frustration, if you watch that promo, wasn’t just in one place, it’s kind of been my whole career. I know what I could and should be doing and I’m ready for it to happen now.”

Archer also stated that he is open to the idea of a slow rebuild and reinvention of his career in the company.

“For me, personally, I’ve be a part of the company and big situations, fighting for the main title and the TNT title two different times, fighting and successfully winning the IWGP US Title against Jon Moxley. I think I’ve created a base to who I am in the company, but things have kind of gone awry. I’m okay with the idea of a slow rebuild and reinventing myself and finding my place within the company to get back to fighting for those championships. I understand, right now, just jumping into that picture, may or may not be something that the fanbase can accept because you have guys like MJF that just absolutely encapsulated the wrestling world, Ricky Starks, and all these names that have been built to that point. I have a good base, I think I need to be rebuilt, and I think I can. That’s what can start with the ‘Murderhawk Monster’ and get back to the point of fighting for those championships and being a champion.”

Archer also gave his thoughts on being interested in continuing working with Jake “The Snake” Roberts in AEW.

“I would love to still be with Jake. He’s worked on his health. He’s gotten his health under control, he was recently in San Antonio talking with the company and they are happy with where he’s at and what he’s doing. It could be a great part. I don’t think there was ever a point where Jake and I grew apart, there was just situations with his health and the direction I was going that separated us, but it didn’t take us apart. I didn’t turn on him, he didn’t turn on me. It’s possible he and I could be back together. Part of that rebuilding is with Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts and the ‘Murderhawk Monster’ Lance Archer.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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Paige VanZant Suffers Broken Foot Injury & Wrestling Career Status Update

MMA fighter and AEW wrestler Paige VanZant has been absent from AEW programming since AEW’s Double or Nothing 2022 event this past March.

VanZant announced on Instagram that she recently suffered a broken foot injury following an accident from a stunt gone wrong that she had performed in the snow.

In regards to VanZant’s wrestling career, it is currently rumored to have been in hiatus since this past March. In a recent virtual fan signing event for K&S WrestleFest, former WWE wrestler and VanZant’s wrestling coach Gangrel revealed that her training for a career in wrestling had essentially stopped following her match in AEW.

“Yes, I did [train VanZant] for a little while there. She did well; she didn’t train as much as I would have liked for her to train, but I haven’t seen her since that match. She did that match, she wrote me, and said, ‘Hey, I’d like to go over the match with you and some critique.’ And I said, ‘Sure,’ and that’s the last I heard from her. She’s an athlete. She could have been really, really good at it actually.”

Transcript h/t: WrestlingInc.com