Jay Lethal Talks ROH Competing With NXT, His TNA Departure

Jay Lethal was on Live Audio Wrestling to promote the upcoming show in Philadelphia and Field of Honor. You can read some highlights below and listen to the full interview here.

ROH competing with NXT:

“The vibe in the locker room is the same as it’s been since day one – just hungry guys trying to prove that Ring of Honor is a great wrestling company. I think we do that every time. Is it a coincidence that we’re going head-to-head with them? I don’t think so. I will say – & I don’t speak for the whole locker room when I say this – I think it’s kind of cool. You said it’s a great night for wrestling – I’m gonna say it’s a great time for professional wrestling. So much wrestling is available right now – it’s amazing. It’s a great honor to even be going head-to-head & be recognized as maybe this is someone we want to be going head-to-head with. It’s a great time to be the Ring of Honor Undisputed Champion – I feel like I won the lottery.”

Parting ways with TNA:

“My departure from TNA… I will say – up until that point – I had been very lucky. God I’ve been very lucky in the wrestling business – especially up until that point. I got to wrestleKurt Angle & Ric Flair. Man – I had done so much in the wrestling business up until then. When I was in RIng of Honor I was the Pure Champion. And then when I won the Pure Championship I went to Japan for the first time. Actually being let go from any company – it just so happened to be TNA at the time – was my first taste of doing something wrong, my first taste of disappointment or first taste of failure in the wrestling business & it was a bit crushing to me. Luckily though that didn’t last long because throughout wrestling you make some really great friends. I was good friends with the Young Bucks who were doing RIng of Honor also at the time & it was an easy transition to get back into RIng of Honor especially since the timing couldn’t have been better. Throughout my career timing has been everything. When I came back to Ring of Honor they were just being bought by Sinclair Broadcasting Group. I have had so much luck. All of my success in the wrestling business I attribute it to being very lucky & being in the right place at the right time. Don’t get me wrong – being a great wrestler or a good wrestler is important but just as important is being in the right place at the right time & being downright lucky for me has helped tremendously.”