Interview: Nick Gage on AEW Appearance, Tony Khan, GCW Crowd’s Reaction to Matt Cardona

A recent episode of the Pro Wrestling 4 Life podcast had Nick Gage as the guest. Some of the topics discussed included his thoughts on his debut appearance for AEW last month, his backstage talk with Tony Khan after AEW’s show, and the rowdy reaction Matt Cardona got from Game Changer Wrestling’s crowd following his GCW Championship victory.

On the topic of his debut appearance for AEW at last month’s Fight for the Fallen 2021 Dynamite special, Gage stated:

“Oh no [I wasn’t nervous]. I was fired up. Nah man, I was born for that moment. First off, that AEW locker room, everything was awesome, the boys are great in there. You know, I never felt like I was unwelcomed or anything like that so that was cool so I was able to focus on what I wanted to do and then they were able to let me be. Listen man, I’m gonna be Nick Gage. You brought me in here to be Nick Gage. If you don’t want me to be Nick Gage then I’m just gonna leave, you know? So, I felt great and I was fired up and that match was great. Shoutout to Chris Jericho for being a tough dude.”

On the topic of his talk with AEW CEO Tony Khan after the show, Gage stated:

“That’s [Domino’s situation] just a coincidence, sh*t happens. Tony [Khan], Tony came up to me all fired up. I came back and he was, you know, in what they call Gorilla Position, he got up out his chair, came right up to me, I looked that man dead in his eyes and I said, ‘Man, you got something awesome going here. Thank you for f*cking making me feel at home here’ and I was just fired up and he said, ‘Thank you’ and he said, ‘What an awesome match bro.’ You know, he got up out of his chair, went around the Gorilla Position, looked me in the eyes and I looked him in the eyes, just told him them words man. But, I just keep it real. I’m a real motherf*cker, I just speak the truth. I just gave him the truth, how I felt at the moment and hopefully he said the same thing to me and was telling the truth. He showed me nothing but love [like] I’d been there the whole time. I talked to that guy plenty of times and came off nothing but sincere to me, you know?”

On the topic of the GCW crowd’s rowdy reaction to Matt Cardona at Night 1 of GCW’s Homecoming 2021 event last month, Gage stated:

“Yeah I’m gonna be honest with you, I was kind of a little out of it after. You know, that sh*t was getting thrown in the ring man, they hit me with a couple [things]. That sh*t kind of put me out man. I ain’t gonna lie to you. So I was kind of like waking up a little bit and sh*t was just flying everywhere. You know, what do you want me to do, you know? Control the gang? They’re fired up. They don’t like this guy. This guy’s just trying to come in here and you know, try to get off doing a deathmatch and trying to get over because he’s on the indies now or whatever he’s doing. I don’t know what this guy’s doing and they don’t like that sh*t. I’ll never tell my gang to do whatever. They can do whatever they want, as long as I’m there.”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com