Kyle Fletcher has addressed the nasty bump he took in his match with Jon Moxley, promising to learn from it.
At AEW’s Worlds End, Fletcher faced former AEW World Champion Moxley within the Continental Classic tournament semi-final. Throughout the match, Moxley landed a dragon suplex from the highest rope on Fletcher, with the Aussie awkwardly landing on his neck, which drew criticism from many in the professional wrestling business, including William Regal. In an interview with “Nine,” Fletcher acknowledged that the move didn’t go as planned, but said he wasn’t hurt.
“After all, I actually have to take it [criticism] on board. Obviously, it didn’t go to plan, I understand all of the points that everyone seems to be making — it was very dangerous. Within the moment, it’s hard for me because I’m not watching it occur, I’m the one actually experiencing it. I didn’t see how nasty the landing was, I used to be just going off how I felt, and to me, it was just certainly one of those ones where I didn’t feel anything out of the extraordinary. It was a bit higher on the neck than I used to be intending, but it surely didn’t hurt and I felt superb,” said Fletcher.
He recalled the referee talking to him twice throughout the match after the move to be sure that he was superb. In hindsight, Fletcher feels that the move could have been a bit “silly,” but said that the break day allowed him to reflect on the move.
“Coming out of it [the match], possibly I’m a bit battered and bruised, but it surely’s nothing greater than I’m used to coping with as a professional wrestler. I’ve had a few weeks, somewhat little bit of break day and time to reflect and set some resolutions … but rest assured, I will likely be back very soon,” he said.
Fletcher hasn’t wrestled since losing to Moxley, the eventual winner of the Continental Classic.