Pro wrestling veteran and former NWA World's Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis spoke with Comicbook.com on a number of topics such as how WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart reached out to him to wrestle Davey Boy Smith Jr. in a Dungeon Wrestling Event.
Nick Aldis said:
“Some of the other old timers who were aware of me and had been around me and stuff, they kind of talked to Bret and said, ‘Hey, this kid’s good. You ought to watch him. He’s a great wrestler.’ It was very kind of them to do that. Then Bret was the one who actually said to me, ‘Hey, we’ve got this Dungeon Wrestling that my son books and promotes. I think it would be a hell of a match to have you and Harry. Would you be interested in coming to Calgary and doing that?”
Nick Aldis also spoke about how he's a diehard Bret Hart fan and how Bret was someone he studied when he was still the NWA World's Heavyweight Champion.
Nick Aldis said:
“I said, ‘Yeah, of course. It would be a great opportunity.’ This is right up there with the coolest things I’ve been involved with. I am a diehard Bret Hart fan. Along with The Rock and Triple H, these are probably the guys who made me want to get into the business more than anybody else. Once I got into the business, Bret was someone who I particularly studied, particularly when I was NWA champion. Bret, I thought, was always really good at being a champion wrestler. There’s a difference between being an attraction, or being a babyface or a heel, or being a top wrestler. There’s a certain skill set involved with being a champion wrestler.”
Nick Aldis then spoke about how it was like competing in an iconic stampede wrestling venue against a pro wrestling veteran like Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Nick Aldis said:
“To wrestle in Calgary at the Victoria Pavilion, the iconic stampede wrestling venue, against the son of Davey Boy Smith, who himself is a world class wrestler and has absolutely reinvented himself, and has made himself into the best version of himself he’s ever been in Harry Smith… The guy’s an absolute unit. He’s got all kinds of skills. He’s been doing all kinds of grappling and catch wrestling and jujitsu and God knows what else. He eats, sleeps and breathes it. He has a tremendous passion for the business like I do.”
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