Rey Fenix provides an update on his status.
Former AEW World Tag Team Champion and World Trios Champion Rey Fenix has not wrestled since the CMLL event on July 26th. He has not wrestled for AEW since the AEW Collision taping on July 20th. In since-deleted tweets, Fenix wrote that no one stays in a place where they received inhumane treatment, and he implied that he needed a doctor and he was ignored. There have been few official updates on his status in recent months.
Speaking with Lalo Elizarrarás, Rey Fenix was asked about his contract status, and he said that he was still under contract, and he had an additional extension.
“Yes, basically I’m still under contract with an additional extension,” he said. “I am waiting to be used, to be called to work, or to have my situation clarified a little more”.
Rey Fenix Opens Up
Fenix then discussed his mindset and he reiterated that no one stayed in a place where the love they had was not reciprocated.
“From time to time, it’s good to accept that as people we sometimes fail and there were times when I failed. I failed as a man, I failed as a partner, and as a husband, I made my mistakes, and today I try to make every day another opportunity, a different opportunity, and to be able to improve as a father, as a son, as a husband, as a man in society. As I was saying, nobody stays in a place where they are not loved in the same way or when the love you have is not reciprocated”.
Rey Fenix: I Know What I Can Do
Fenis went on to note that he knew what he was made of, and he knew what he could do. He highlighted the success that he and his brother, Penta, had achieved.
“But knowing that things like this could happen, I did it without fear because, mainly, it’s the quality of a fighter that I am,” he said. “I’m not saying I’m the f**king best but I know my quality, I know what I am made of, I know what I can do, and before being the Rey Fenix that you know, I was the Rey Fenix who opened doors, who broke windows, who started to earn an international audience through pure hard work. Through sheer hard work, I earned a position at an international level together with my brother who, I don’t want to sound self-centered, but very few have achieved. After the generation of Juventud Guerrera, Rey Mysterio, and Nicho (Psicosis I), I don’t think anyone else has achieved things like that. It took us a while, like 10-15 years.
“We tried as independent wrestlers post-Lucha Underground, to come and earn a place here in the American independent wrestling scene and we were the trendy ones. Little by little, through hard work, we showed that we could make a difference and that we could be better, and today the proof is there. I’m not the one to say “thank you to me”, but I am aware that my brother and I made a very strong path so that today wrestling in the United States is seen differently, that luchadors have more opportunities, that we are no longer the ugly duckling or the funny duckling of the business. (H/t Fightful for the transcription)
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