Nigel McGuinness was a surprise entrant in the Casino Gauntlet Match at Sunday’s AEW All In 2024 pay-per-view event, which marked his first match since 2011.
In a “Digital Exclusive” following the show, McGuinness spoke with Alicia Atout about his return. When asked whether he ever thought he’d wrestle at Wembley Stadium, he said,
“I did then [being in attendance at SummerSlam 1992]. Not now. What you saw tonight was a long time coming. It had been 13 years since I was in the ring and 32 years since I was in this stadium and I first had that dream and epiphany that I was going to somehow become a professional wrestler. There was a good portion of life, after I retired 13 years ago, where I had to put that to bed. You get some things and you have to look at the positives.”
He continued, “When I first found out that we were coming to Wembley and that was a possibility….what you saw tonight was only a short part of it. It’s been a year and a half that I’ve been thinking about that moment of walking out in front of my home crowd. It was surreal. I can’t believe it really happened. Show is over now. I shot my shot, it didn’t pay off, but I will take that memory for the rest of my life. You never know how life is going to work out. If anything it proves that there is always hope.”
EXCLUSIVE: @McGuinnessNigel made a SPECIAL return during the #casinogauntletmatch ! What does Nigel say after being out of the ring for 13 years?
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