MLW World Heavyweight Champion Alexander Hammerstone recently spoke with Fightful.com on a variety of topics such as how rewarding his time in MLW has been and how this is important especially due to the fact that we are at the point where promotions are trying to lock talents into contracts.
Alexander Hammerstone said:
“It’s great. It’s really rewarding. Obviously, that’s one of the most important things in wrestling right now because there are a lot of options on the table right now. Companies are at the point where people are trying to get people locked under contract. You can agree with it, or you can disagree with it, but the fact of the matter is, you put someone in a prominent role, and if they’re not under contract, next thing you know they’re showing up on someone else’s TV show. So everyone’s trying to get someone locked up under contract.”
Alexander Hammerstone also spoke about being featured regularly on MLW TV.
Alexander Hammerstone said:
“When you’re signing those deals, there’s a lot of things to consider. The last thing anyone wants is to be getting paid to do their dream job and then not get to do their dream job—to be sitting at home or be in the back watching the monitors or to be relegated to some three-minute match on the show. So to be in a position where I get to be featured heavily. Like you said, there was an idea in mind, there was a vision.”
Alexander Hammerstone then spoke about the reason he signed with MLW back in 2018 or 2019.
Alexander Hammerstone said:
“That’s what initially got me to sign with MLW way back in 2018 or 2019 was the presentation of, ‘Hey, we’re not offering the world to you right now, but we want you. We have an idea for you. We can see what we’re gonna do with you.’ That was cool because the last thing you want is to show up, be like, ‘Hey, I’m ready to work,’ and they go, ‘Oh, well, sit down, and we’ll get with you next month.’ So that continued faith and that continued creative partnership with everybody in the back, to be able to bounce off and see them come to fruition, it’s been really cool.”
You can check out Alexander Hammerstone's full comments in the video below. H/T to Fightful.com for transcribing the above quotes.
