![]() There are a lot of things I got to improve on, and that's just an everyday thing. What does it mean to you to know that in some ways you are a black sheep, but everybody still understands just how good you are? Eddie Kingston may not do 3000 sit ups a day, but the world realizes that Eddie Kingston is a fantastic world champion. ![]() What does it mean to you to know, again, Eddie Kingston comes from a different background. I was like, guys, that's not what I'm saying. And somehow that turned into, how dare you say Eddie Kingston isn't good enough to be world champion. And I was no, like, kind of everybody kind of works along those lines. Basically what they were saying was Vince McMahon ruined everybody's brains saying that there could only be one body type for a world champion. Eddie Kingston is damn near a perfect pro wrestler, but it's not like. And what I was trying to say was, Eddie Kingston is so good at every single thing outside of maybe that thing that so many companies cling on to. What I was saying was there was a conversation about Eddie Kingston's not world champion because Eddie Kingston has a different physique than X, Y and Z. I tried to have a nuanced conversation on the Internet, Eddie, and you know how that goes. Me and them just have a different relationship of not liking each other. That's just me, you know what I mean? I know other people love him to death, and that's cool. But the line with it, too, is I don't like him as a person. And he's agile, too, which is just not fair. Claudio is an amazing professional wrestler. And when I say I don't like Claudio, it's not the pro wrestler. Of course it feels better being somebody that you don't like. It would mean a lot being a world champion, especially Ring of Honor World Champion that I wanted to be a part of when I first broke in, when I first broke in, Ring of Honor just started like they had two shows and I wanted to go there from the get go, you know what mean? And so being the Ring of Honor World Champion would mean a lot against anybody, you know, I'm going to keep it a buck with you. It always feels good when you beat somebody you don't like, you know what I mean? I'm just going to be real with you. Yeah, without a doubt, that's an icing on the cake. Does it mean more winning the and again, not to ever disrespect what you're doing with New Japan, but does it mean more to become Ring of Honor World Champion against Claudio? More so than, I don't know, a (CM) Punk, a (Samoa) Joe throw any name out there, Claudio, does that make it the icing on the cake? We've seen over the years, especially with the WWEs and WCWs and more American stuff, you've seen kind of that passing of the torch, or this was the hump I couldn't get over, or this is my greatest rival, and we get there. So not only do you become Ring of Honor world champion, you do it against Claudio, man. I'd be like, yeah, I need the Knicks to win the championship. Would you trade Wednesday night for a Knicks championship? And I always want for some reason, man, I just want home to always be proud of me. We love New York, even though we bitch and moan about it constantly. ![]() You know what I mean? Like every other New Yorker. Yeah, it's my hometown, my home state, whatever you want to call it. It was definitely my dad's stupid face that he was making. I didn't go to my phone right away, but when I did go to my phone, first thing I saw was my mom and dad texting me, taking pictures, saying they were in the audience and my dad making a stupid face. Who was the first person not affiliated with wrestling to congratulate you? And more times I'm going to get stopped at the airport because the belts are in my bag. But I'm telling you right now, right after, as soon as I got done talking the Ring of Honor people and taking pictures and all that stuff, I sat down and I just went, okay. No, I think it'll hit me maybe when I retire, because right now I try to enjoy the moment, which I did in the ring, when, if people watch the match and you see me close my eyes and lift the belts up, that's me living in the moment, soaking in the energy from New York. Has it hit you yet that you're World Champion after 20-21 years? Has it hit you yet? Has the World Championship. New Japan and everybody's helping me out, so I got to be a company guy for a little bit, at least. You know, gotta be a company guy, gotta be a company guy. Let's not forget the New Japan Openweight Champion. Eddie Kingston, how are you doing today, sir? I'm here with the Ring of Honor World Champion Eddie Kingston. MLW Slaughterhouse 2023 (10/14) Results: Chamber Of Horrors, Minoru Suzuki vs.
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