Austin Aries Talks His Injury Being A Blessing In Disguise And More

Austin Aries is currently one of the stars of 205 Live, and he had an interesting journey to the WWE main roster. Last year Aries was working for WWE’s NXT brand, but after a kick from Shinsuke Nakamura injured him, Aries was taken out of action.

WWE decided that they didn’t want to waste Austin’s potential by having him sit on the sidelines, so they added him to the commentary team for the cruiserweight division. Eventually one thing led to another, and Aries ended up joining the main roster. During a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Aries noted that the injury was a blessing in disguise.

“We’ll just add it to the list of sacrifices that anyone who has done this for a length of time has made, physically, with our bodies,” said Austin Aries. “We accept that because we love what we do. In some ways, it may be a blessing in disguise. I don’t know where my path would have taken me had that not happened. I do know where it took me after it did – to go into commentary on 205 Live, then transition onto Raw, which led to my opportunity at WrestleMania and a great series of matches with Neville. If that came out of the broken eye hole, it’s a fair trade-off.”

Aries also talked a little bit about the Universal Championship match at Great Balls of Fire, and he noted that Samoa Joe isn’t a man who fears Brock Lesnar.

“Joe is a man who doesn’t fear Brock Lesnar,” said Aries. “He has been doing this a long time, and he’s been in the ring with legends, main eventers, and Hall of Famers. Joe is a cool cat and a cool customer. I’m sure he’s preparing, but I don’t think he’s sweating it. I think he’s looking forward to it as much as I’m looking forward to watching.”

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