ROH World Champion Jay Lethal spoke to Sporting News recently. Among other things, talked about paying tribute to the late and great Randy Savage at All In. This is what he said:
”The one thing on the show I didn’t want to do was in any way belittle or demean the Ring of Honor World Championship because I am the ROH World Champion, which is an extremely high honor. Being a World Champion in any promotion is that corner you always seen but never gotten too. The last thing I wanted to do is make the title seem any less important by not going out there and delivering one of the hardest-fought battles that I’ve ever had. But then I started to think every match on the show is going to be one of the hardest-fought battles they have ever had. You got guys like The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega and Cody. To go out there and try to outdo some of the best wrestlers in the world would be a daunting task. I thought about what I could bring to the table that none of those people could. It was decided that we would go with the ‘Macho Man’ tribute. I loved every second of it and I’ll never forget it.”
It was a treat to see him paying homage by using that gimmick that he made famous in TNA.
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h/t to Wrestling Inc for the transcript.
