After almost a decade away from wrestling, Ezekiel Jackson is getting ready to step back into the ring, and he says he plans on finishing things the right way.
The former WWE ECW Champion and WWE Intercontinental Champion has not wrestled since 2015. However, he recently announced that he would be making his in-ring return at the FWE event on March 15th.
In a recent interview with MuscleManMalcolm, Jackson discussed his decision to return to the ring. He noted always wondered whether or not he had finished his career the right way, and recalled the miscommunication that led to early reports of his retirement.
“It always sits on my shoulder that, man, did I finish this correctly?” he said. “You know what I mean? How my “retirement” went last time, I was at wXw in Germany and somewhere it got lost in translation where it’s like, I told the guys, ‘Man, if this was my last match, that’d be a great thing.’ All they heard was, last match, great thing,” said Jackson. “By the time I got in the car to drive from Germany to Frankfurt, my Twitter had blown up, Ezekiel Jackson announced his retirement.
I called a dude and I was like, ‘Dude, I did not announce my retirement.’ [He was like], ‘One of my guys heard something and my social media guy just ran with it.’ I’m like, that’s not cool. Literally though, I got home, my wife and I decided we were going to move from LA to the Bay Area.
Ezekiel Jackson: I’m Trying To See What Happens
Jackson continued by looking back on leaving Lucha Underground and starting the next chapter of his career. He circled back to his return and noted that he was trying to see what happens as he attempts his comeback.
“That’s when I ended my contract with Lucha Underground and moved to the bay and started my personal training business and you know, settled in our family, raising our kids and being a husband,” he said. “It’s been amazing. Everything has been great. So, right now, I’m probably trying to get it done before I’m 50. I’m 46 yeah, I’ll be 47 in a couple of months.
“I got in the ring a couple months ago and I felt really good. I didn’t die the next day after. I was sore, but I didn’t die, so I thought maybe it’ll be time to give it a shot and see what happens and that’s where we are right now, just trying to see what happens.” (H/t Fightful)
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