One of the AEW stars who always puts his body on the line is two-time TNT Champion Darby Allin. One of the matches that put him on the map was his one-on-one match against The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes at Fyter Fest.
While speaking to Kenny McIntosh of Inside the Ropes, Darby Allin reflected on the match and mentioned that he had to perform well and give his absolute best to ensure he is seen as a major star in the business.
“Going into that match, I literally knew I had to do everything. I had to knock it out of the park. You only get one chance at a first impression. So on the independents, I was never really the guy, I was never really given the main event spot. I was always kind of either starting the show or the mid-card, I was never in anybody’s cliques. There’s a lot of cliquey stuff on the independents and I don’t know, I just never really vibed with a lot of people to be one of the boys.”
Darby Allin reveals that it was Cody Rhodes’ idea to work with him
“So I was given this opportunity and it was Cody’s idea to work me. I was like whoa, this is crazy, my debut in AEW. Considering I was never the top guy on the independents, to get that opportunity I was like this is gonna be crazy. I gotta knock it out of the park. I was obviously super nervous for that. Then afterwards, I really felt like people like that didn’t know who I was and saw me out there were like, whoa, who is this Darby guy? He’s so wild! Why did we sleep on him for so long? It’s not my fault. It was just this cliquey, independent crap,” Darby Allin said.
Allin managed to win the match and capture his first championship in AEW by defeating Cody Rhodes at AEW Full Gear 2020.
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