Nigel McGuinness left WWE last year, and returned to the commentary booth with Ring Of Honor at Supercard Of Honor last month. Many fans were happy to see Nigel, and it came as a legitimate surprise to fans and reporters alike.
While speaking during a recent conversation with Stephanie Chase, Nigel McGuiness discussed his return to Ring Of Honor and how he kept it a secret.
“It was very exciting (being at ROH Supercard of Honor) in the sense of, I thought about it for a while. Obviously, as soon as Tony (Khan) came on with AEW and got them going, everybody in the business thinks, oh, maybe at some point I could work there, you know? And so, it was exciting in that respect but at the same time, I didn’t get to be backstage before the show.
They kept me in one of the production trucks and no one knew I was gonna be there so I was kind of just sat back there with my girlfriend, going over notes, getting ready for the show, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
So it was very nerve-wracking in that regard but once I walked out on stage — people have said to me, ‘You look the most like you that we’ve seen you in like a decade,’ you know? And there’s certainly something to that.
It’s a different environment and I think Ring of Honor is viewed very differently in AEW obviously than in WWE for various reasons and so, yeah, I felt like I had that more cachet from being a world champion there than I had in the past.”
Nigel McGuinness
McGuinness has gone on to tease a possible return to the ring in Ring Of Honor and All Elite Wrestling, possibly at All In later this year.
We will have to wait and see if the announcer returns to the ring at some point in the future.
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