Nick Aldis Explains His Actions From Last Week: “These Guys Are Busy Trying To Make Me An Afterthought”
Nick Aldis was not happy after he felt slighted during the match last week, so he decided to do something about it.
Here’s what happened…
During an appearance on the Generation of Wrestling Podcast, Aldis revealed the motive behind his actions and why he is appalled by The Motor City Machine Guns’ notion that this is “The Machine Gun Era” of Impact.
“I show up at Impact Wrestling, make a huge difference right out of the gate,” Aldis said. “The episode of ‘Impact’ following my debut at Rebellion gets the highest viewership in over a year for the company. And things happen the way they happen. Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin have a good night at Against All Odds and they both win their respective singles titles. The next thing you know, they’re dubbing this whole thing ‘The Machine Gun Era.’ What a disrespect to me.”
On last Thursday’s episode of IMPACTonAXSTV, Aldis teamed with Trinity, Deonna Purrazzo, and The Motor City Machine Guns in a five-on-five mixed tag team match. As Sabin was getting beaten down by their opponents, Aldis stretched his hand out for his partner to tag, but as Aldis points out, Sabin opted to tag in Shelley instead. Aldis emphasized that after he grounded Kenny King in the early portion of the match, he was never tagged back in again. As such, Aldis believes Shelley and Sabin were intentionally trying to make him an afterthought.
“[Sabin] has to tag in Alex Shelley, and he’s got to be a glory hound,” Aldis claimed. “He’s already the world champion. We’ve already given him this big to-do. Everybody’s hugging him backstage and, ‘Oh my God, you deserve it.’ Then he’s got to come and be a glory hound and take all the spoils in the tag team match too … I’m the number one contender for the [Impact] World Championship at Slammiversary. I’m here to make a huge difference for this company, and these guys are busy trying to make me an afterthought. I don’t take that very well. So I decided, enough’s enough.”
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Nick Aldis returned to the company at their Rebellion Pay Per View back in April. He made it clear from that night that his objective was to help elevate the company and win the World Title.
Nick won a #1 contenders match for the IMPACT World Title, and is set to get his shot at Slammiversary. Prior to that, Maclin will be getting a rematch for the title in Australia, so Nick’s opponent is not 100% clear as of this moment.
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