I Might Join AEW To Work With Nick Wayne More, But I’m Not In A Rush, Says Jordan Oliver
Jordan Oliver expresses an interest in working with Nick Wayne in AEW.
Wayne signed a contract with AEW in 2022, but the conditions of the contract stated that he would not begin working for the company until he completed high school and turned 18. He continued to wrestle on the independent scene, and he and Jordan Oliver won the GCW World Tag Team Championship. Both men have established themselves as two of GCW’s top talents, collectively known as The East-West Express.
When asked about his exit from Major League Wrestling in 2021, Oliver told Straight Talk Wrestling that he enjoys competing on the independent scene. Keeping this in mind, he claimed that he had no desire to wrestle elsewhere.
“I think for me, the MLW experience was good. It was overall good. The issues that were there are, I love the indies. I love wrestling for Game Changer Wrestling, I love wrestling for promotions like Demand Lucha. I don’t have any aspirations to wrestle outside of the independents. This is where I belong, this is what I love to do. That’s why. But the MLW thing was so awesome, I learned so much. I got to be around so many great minds like Low Ki, Savio Vega, even Court Bauer. These guys are geniuses, and they helped me go from here to here,”
Jordan Oliver on his time in MLW
When asked if he would entertain a short-term contract with NXT or AEW, Oliver responded that he would sign with AEW to continue working with Wayne since he believes they have a lot of promise. He also indicated a desire to face The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson). Oliver stated that he loves the indies, but he would sign with AEW if he could continue to tag with Wayne.
“Right now, because I’m tag team partners with Nick Wayne, he’s currently signed to AEW, debuting in AEW [in July]. So I would sign with AEW to team with Nick more because that’s someone that I’m so close with, and I feel like we have so much potential to be a legendary tag team. Us versus the Young Bucks? Holy shit. Me and Wayne always talk about us versus the Golden Lovers. So I guess that seems like the best path right now. But I do love the indies. My main goal in professional wrestling is to be the best ever. So to do these things, to be considered one of the bet ever, you have to go to WWE, you have to AEW, you have to do New Japan, you have to win championships, you have to do these things. So whatever the case may be, if AEW was to offer tag stuff with Wayne, then I would probably sign in a heartbeat. If WWE was to offer me not an NXT contract, then maybe I would take it, no problem. But at this point in my indie career, I’m 23, I’ve been wrestling for eight years. I have so much time to become so much better. Even you said, that [Jacob] Fatu match was two, three years ago, and I was just getting good,”
Jordan Oliver on his potential future
Oliver went on to discuss how he began “figuring it out,” and how working with talents like Mike Bailey and Alex Shelley helped him reach new heights. He claimed that he had no idea where he will be or how excellent he will be in a few years. Oliver stated unequivocally that he is not in a hurry to sign somewhere.
“I started figuring it out around that time, and then I met guys like Mike Bailey and Alex Shelley, and these guys take me from a level six to what I believe is a level eight. Again, I’m 23, I’ve been wrestling for eight years, seven years. By the time I’m 25, who knows where I’ll be at, how good I’ll be, if I’ll be even able to wrestle because I go so hard, I put my body so hard on the line. But I’m not in a rush,”
Jordan Oliver on his progression in wrestling
Nick Wayne is set to make his AEW debut against a familiar opponent in Swerve Strickland on Wednesdays AEW Dynamite.
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