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Si Johnny Gargano souhaite un jour revenir à la WWE, sa récente entrevue au podcast The Sessions with Renee Paquette ne l’aidera pas nécessairement.
La nouvelle orientation de NXT, qui opte de plus en plus pour des athlètes au lieu de lutteurs de la scène indépendante ne lui plaît pas comme tel.
Gargano mentionne que la WWE recrutera tout de même parfois des lutteurs indy, mais elle préfère aller de l’avant avec des athlètes doués génétiquement. Il comprend le point de vue de la WWE, soutenant que c’est en quelque sorte une loterie car on ne sait pas si un de ces prospects sera par exemple le prochain Kurt Angle.
“From what I understand they’re still going to sign indie people, but they want to go away from just the sole, full classes of indie people. Which is how it was originally as well, which I completely understand in the sense of where any NCAA person they sign, someone that comes from a different walk of life, that are just genetic freaks.
That’s basically a lottery ticket. You’re buying a lottery ticket. This person could turn out to be the next Kurt Angle, you never know. So I totally understand bringing those people in, giving them opportunities and seeing what they turn out to be.”
Gargano a par la suite réaffirmé sa préférnce pour l’embauche importante de lutteurs indépendants, car ceux-ci aiment vraiment la lutte, ce qui ne peut pas s’enseigner. Il cite comme exemple Indie Hartwell et Cora Jade, deux jeunes lutteuses de NXT qui ont fait leur marque sur le circuit indy. Selon lui, on peut apprendre à quelqu’un à appliquer une clé de bras, mais pas à aimer la lutte.
“I am always going to go more towards the indie wrestling route because that’s where I’m from. That’s my background. That’s what I believe in. I believe in my heart. That’s why I kind of lean towards the more Indie Hartwell, Cora Jades of the world. Again, that’s not taking anything away from those guys, but I firmly believe that you can pay someone to learn a headlock, you can pay someone to learn a wrist lock. You cannot pay someone to love this.
You cannot pay someone to love wrestling. When you’re an indie wrestler, and you had to pay to train, you had to travel all over and take $5, you have to love this. Because if you don’t love this, you ain’t gonna be doing it. So I’m always gonna lean towards more, giving those people opportunities that I feel like they just want it. I relate to them so much. “
Lors de la même entrevue, Gargano affirme avoir quitté NXT car son personnage faisait du surplace. Il en avait marre de se voir en tant que lutteur de la même manière qu’il y a 5 ou 6 ans.
“I kind of made my mind up a year in advance that this was going to be my last. “Like people said ‘Johnny left because NXT changed,’ no, I kind of had it in my mind. I wasn’t leaving to go to any particular place, I kind of just felt like I needed to go because if you watch a TV show or anything in general and you see the same character, obviously I changed character, but if you see the same person on TV for 5 years, 6 years, it gets stale.”
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