When Claudio Castagnoli joined AEW, many fans rejoiced as they feel like Claudio is finally set to be used how fans believe he should be. He has even captured his first world title in his lengthy wrestling career when he defeated Jonathan Gresham at ROH Death Before Dishonor last week.
Castagnoli spoke with Chris Van Vliet about never getting the chance to win a World Championship in the WWE. Van Vliet asked Claudio if he ever thought he was close to a World Title. Claudio said he did and would explain why,
“Yes, It’s all about building momentum. I feel I created that momentum a lot of times with the fans.”
“That natural thing, you’ve seen that with them. The last time that really happened was with Becky. Becky got red-hot and the fans made her undeniable. I feel I was on that verge a couple of times where the crowd was with me, my stuff was going awesome, and it was, ‘We’re going in this direction now.’ Okay, back to square one. That happened a bunch of times. In the end, it all led to this. A lot of stuff in life is about the journey.”
Claudio Castagnoli to Chris Van Vliet
Claudio held the US title and Tag Titles during his run in WWE but failed to capture the WWE or Universal Championship during his time with the promotion.
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