Ali Haidar from CatchClub in France recently sat down with AEW star Sammy Guevara. The interview was recorded on May 2nd, a few days before Chris Jericho and Sammy faced Matt Hardy and AEW World Tag Team Champion Kenny Omega in the Street Fight on AEW Dynamite.
Guevara has been the standout star member of The Inner Circle. With leader Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Santana, and Ortiz.
Guevara On Chris Jericho
“It’s been amazing,” Sammy said of working with Jericho. “Chris is super awesome. The Bubbly Bunch was all his idea. Jericho taught me a lot just by observing him. I remember we were on commentary together a few weeks ago, and he’s putting Jon Moxley over, telling how great he is.”
“And he told me about this before but now I’m seeing it live in action. He’s putting over his opponent, not doing the typical, ‘That guy sucks, I’m going to beat him’ thing. No, he’s actually saying his opponent is very good but he’s so great he’ll beat him anyway.”
Sammy On WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle To AEW
“I’d want to pick up Kurt Angle, if he can still wrestle every now and then,” Sammy said. “We don’t need him to wrestle every week. Just select dates to keep his prestige. He could have some awesome matches not only with myself but with a lot of other guys. I feel like he’s a guy that can teach us a lot.”
Sammy On Zack Ryder To AEW
“Zack Ryder, it would be dope to have him. He’s super creative. He was one of the first people on YouTube with the True Long Island Story. He blew up and made something of that before anybody that I know of. What a genius to capitalize on this tool that we all have.”
Guevara On Worst Moments Of His Career.
“I’ve been dropped on my head many times by other people on the indies,” Sammy recalled. “I’ve taken some nasty falls for little money. And I remember one time I was dropped really bad on my neck. It was so stiff for several days. And I remember laying in bed at my mom’s house. I barely had any money, I probably had 5 dollars in my bank account, if that. And I remember thinking, ‘Am I going to be able to do this? What if I keep getting dropped on my head?’
Guevara On Wrestling Being Dangerous
“This is so dangerous. Wrestling is a show but you can get legitimately injured, you can die. And I feel like I got very close to having a very significant injury there. So I didn’t know if I could do this, but I told myself that I got to do this. And I remember I was crying because I didn’t know what to do. But I told myself whatever it’s going to take, I’m going to do this! And I’m glad I didn’t quit!”
