Dan Lambert Reveals Why He Stepped Away From AEW, Would Return For The Right Story

It appears the owner of American Top Team even realized that his act was becoming stale with regards to AEW programming.

Paired with Ethan Page and Scorpio Sky, Dan Lambert served as a classic heel manager for the pair, bringing in MMA fighters from his gym, American Top Team, as backup for the former TNT champion and his partner.

Now, in a new interview with Chris Van Vliet, Lambert explains that he felt his current act had run its course and expressed as much to Tony Khan following Scorpio’s defeat.

“Not now,” Dan responded when asked if he was still with AEW. “Maybe 2 months ago, we finished up our feud with The Men of the Year and Scorpio Sky against Wardlow and Sky dropped the belt to Wardlow. Sky was going to take a couple of months off because he had a knee injury that needed to heal and [Ethan] Page was getting repackaged to do what he’s doing now with The Firm and working with MJF. So I just thought that was a good time that — it seemed like it was winding down. I felt like I was getting stale, even though the reactions were still good, it was still fun, but I grabbed Tony Khan after that show and said, ‘Yeah, I think it’s run its course. I don’t want to go backward or overstay my welcome. So that’s going to do it for me.’ He was like, ‘Oh, man. Sure. Whatever you want. Maybe we’ve got to come up with a good idea and you can come back in the future.'”

Dan continued, “I was like, ‘Yeah, sure, whatever. Call me.’ I mean if Tony called me up tomorrow and said, ‘Hey I’ve got a good idea. Do you wanna do it?,’ and it was a good idea, I’d say, ‘Sure, why not?'”

Dan Lambert to Insight

In the past, Tony Khan has spoken about his close relationship with Dan Lambert. Time will tell if we see Lambert back on AEW TV anytime soon.

H/T to Fightful for transcription

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