As noted, Wardlow recently appeared as a guest on the Insight with Chris Van Vliet podcast for an in-depth interview covering all things pro wrestling.
In addition to the highlights we previously published from the interview, the AEW star and member of The Pinnacle also touched on how he felt like he won the lottery when he got to wrestle CM Punk.
Featured below are some additional highlights from the interview where he touches on this topic with his in-depth thoughts.
On how he feels like he hit the lottery by getting to wrestle CM Punk: "Dude, honestly, I’m still waking up every morning just feeling like I hit the lottery. Like I assume this is like if you hit the lottery, you wake up every day just like, ‘Oh yeah, this is my life now.’ It’s kind of feeling — it brought such a sense of peace and fulfillment over me. It’s weird like those big matches, usually leading up to it I’m very tense, very focused, and very tense. It’s honestly kind of hard to be around me those few days leading up to a big match, I’m so zoned in and this time, I wasn’t at all and I think it was simply because I didn’t believe it."
On how he was very nervous prior to the match: "Like, ‘I’m not wrestling CM Punk in three days. So it’s just another normal day.’ Then the day of the show it all hit me I was like, Okay, this is happening. That was possibly the most nervous I’ve ever been before a match. But that was also the most comfortable I’ve ever been in a match, it was a very unique experience. But yeah, the fact that I got to wrestle CM Punk that something I never thought I’d be able to do."
On why he feels like he won: "I didn’t win, but I won."
Check out the complete interview at YouTube.com. H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes.
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