In an exclusive for WrestlingNews.co, Steve Fall interviewed AEW broadcaster/former ROH World Champion Nigel McGuiness. We have some highlights transcribed below. Scroll down for the entire interview.
Nigel McGuinness talking about the magic shows he has been presenting:
“Another massive weekend of wrestling as I’m sure you are aware. This weekend is AEW All Out weekend and then on Tuesday, I have another of my highly acclaimed magic shows I’m going to put up on stage, so I’m very excited.”
“So Sunday morning at Starrcast, Steve over there was good enough to give me a spot at the last minute to do a little bit of a spot show before All In last weekend as part of the festivities at BOXPARK, Wembley. I did about 15, 20 minutes, just a few little magic tricks up there on stage. I got to hypnotize Jay Lethal and Satnam Singh as well, which was an incredible experience. I’m begging, praying, that the girl who videoed it from the crowd will send it to me because it was an amazing experience. But I’m doing something very similar to that as part of Starrcast on Sunday morning, I believe about 9: 15. You can go to Google Starrcast to find out all the information. There’s loads of other stuff going on all weekend, so super excited to be part of that. But we did about 15 or 20 minutes there as much to promote my show on Tuesday as well, which will be running about, I think about seven, eight o’clock in the evening at the West Chicago Social Club. It’s gonna be the sixth or seventh time I’ve put up on stage and it’s really coming together. I’d say I’m more proud of this show than anything else I’ve ever really created, even my documentary. It’s a tour de force. It’s an homage not just to professional wrestling, but Jay Briscoe as well, whose unfortunate passing inspired me to actually do the show. Every time I put it up on stage, I learn a little something more. I add a bit, take a bit away, it’s just getting better and better. My goal is to have it sort of ready to go potentially to put out there or Netflix or something else like that. But right now it’s really in the building stages, but at the same time, this is the fun time where everybody can get on stage and be part of this. Very, very excited.”
First Mid West performance of my Celebration stage show – Chicago Tues Sept 5th – details https://t.co/Km4PaRp7sN pic.twitter.com/ayxVDBxGMk
— Nigel Mcguinness (@McGuinnessNigel) August 15, 2023
What it was like calling All In and if he will be calling All Out:
“You know, they haven’t smartened me up yet. I’m obviously going to be in the city. I will be there obviously at the pay-per-view. I’d love to be a part of it, but as I’m aware, they’ve got plenty of other very capable commentators. Maybe if there is a Collision heavy match on the show, maybe I could pop out and do something for that. I still feel so blessed for All In. I got to call the whole show which was just incredible and to announce, as I’m sure you’re aware, 81,035 fans, for a kid that 31 years prior sat in the crowd as a fan, to be able to do that, you couldn’t write that. If somebody told you that would happen, it would be like a Hollywood movie. Just, you’d never expect it. But as I said, another blessing in my life and certainly hoping for a few more moments this weekend.”
If there was any truth to the rumor that Bryan Danielson was planting seeds to wrestle him at All In:
“I don’t think he was planting seeds. I think he was just, that was the last thing he wanted was to have to wrestle me again for sure. But that being the case, (he said jokingly), you know, how ironic after he said that if he ever got in the ring with me he would break my neck. That Karma is a bitch. He broke his arm. The next time he wrestled from an elbow drop no less.
“There was obviously some thought of me getting back in the ring one time. I would have loved to have done it at Wembley Stadium. Obviously, I would have loved to have done it with Bryan as well.”
On people talking about the problems AEW has backstage instead of talking about the success of All In:
“Yeah, it’s a complex situation, isn’t it? That’s arguably the problem with social media is that a few voices can make a lot of noise. For someone who saw how much work went into that show, you know, the prestige and what it meant for not just me, but all the other people on the show, to be talking about anything other than the show, then it’s a bit of a slight, certainly. But listen, that’s the nature of human beings. Would I prefer that, you know, if something happens backstage, it doesn’t immediately go on the internet? Absolutely. You know what I mean, and there was an era and a time where if that happened, they’d have found out who did it and they wouldn’t be in the company anymore. Let’s put it that way. But, you know, this is a different world today. The Internet is a huge part of everything, certainly. So, at the end of the day, it is what it is.”
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