Gringo Loco recently took part in a fan-favorite match against El Hijo de Vikingo in Ring of Honor, a match that the superstar says was almost like a movie.
Speaking to Haus of Wrestling in an interview, Gringo Loco recalled the match and said it was a like “a movie,” and that he didn’t even know the match would be happening at first.
“You want to talk about a complete dream? It was, it was like a movie,” Loco said. “I got the email on Monday for a Wednesday taping talking about, ‘Are you going to be at Milwaukee?’ I was like, ‘I don’t know, man. You guys are asking for all this stuff that I definitely can’t get done in two days, I’m probably not going to go.’ I got a phone call personally from Skye Blue saying, ‘You should probably be there.’ And I’m like, ‘Okay.’
“I went into that building thinking I was going to be a security guard separating Wardlow or whoever, right? I didn’t have a clue. But you know the golden rule in professional wrestling is never to show up to an arena without your gear. Of course, I will, obviously, bring my gear, you know? Not thinking it was ever going to be used, and, lo and behold, man, I mean, I debuted in the main event of Ring of Honor in Milwaukee. Against Vikingo! You can’t write that any better. It’s a movie, it’s a movie.”
Loco went on to note that the ovation was so loud from the match that Tony Khan eventually came out, and after pumping up Loco to the crowd, asked the superstar to come back the next week.
“The ovation was so much that Tony Kahn actually came out for Vikingo first, and I was going up the ramp but the cameras are in front of them,” he described. “And I said, ‘Oh God, I gotta sell. I can’t get go in front of the camera and interrupt that.’ I remember looking up at both of those guys and saying, ‘Man, that would be so cool if one day I can have that moment,’ because he also raised Vikingo’s hand, which he does a lot, apparently.
“So, I was going up the ramp, I looked at the crowd for one last time, I was like, to me, I mean, that was one of the coolest moments, you know? Them going crazy with them seeing so much wrestling before me. I raised my hand, the ovation was huge. Tony Kahn then proceeds to come back out, and he looks to the crowd and says, ‘Gringo Loco, huh?’ As like, you know, for approval? We start walking up the ramp together, and he goes, ‘Gringo, that was great, man. Can you come next week?’ I was like, ‘Oh my God. Are you serious?’ He’s like, ‘Yeah, can you come next week?’ And then for whatever reason, I just turned around with Tony, and I said, ‘Yeah, I’ll be here next week, man. Of course, no problem.’ And I told Tony Khan to raise money to raise my hand, and he did. And then the ovation was so cool, and when I tell you it was a movie, while he’s raising my hand, my exact words were, ‘Tony, this is so fucking cool, man. Thank you.’
