QT Marshall defined how the match with Large Increase AJ got here to be in AEW.
The AEW wrestler battled in opposition to the TikTok star on the AEW Full Gear pre present. Whereas there was only a few expectations of the social media star, he stunned the world along with his wrestling skill as soon as within the ring.
QT Marshall revealed in a dialog with My Mother’s Basement with Robbie Fox that Sonjay Dutt had the thought to deliver Large Increase AJ in for the match. He defined how he didn’t need to take the highlight from any of the full-time wrestlers. QT Marshall constructed the match up totally on social media to keep away from taking TV time away from the AEW stars.
“You understand, Sonjay Dutt really introduced him up. We have been speaking about attempting to do one thing for AEW that would deliver new eyes to the corporate. One of many concepts was, okay, WWE has achieved very well with Logan Paul and stuff like that. So we have been like, ‘Who may we discover that additionally has a relationship with wrestling already?’” QT Marshall mentioned.
“We checked out AJ and noticed what he was doing. I’ve at all times stayed in contact with him—not talking daily, however we stayed linked. We even share the identical meal prep supplier, Eat Clear Bro. Shout out to Jamie! Anyway, it was a kind of issues the place we thought, ‘Hey, let’s simply get him to a present, let him do some TikTok stuff, and see the way it goes.’”
QT Marshall: Getting The Match Wasn’t Straightforward
“At the moment, he was hanging out with among the expertise who weren’t featured on the pay-per-view, simply backstage, and it did very well. I wasn’t there. However as a wrestler myself who doesn’t wrestle a lot anymore, I perceive how that itch to get again within the ring by no means actually goes away. I figured I’d have the ability to persuade him to do one thing.” QT Marshall mentioned.
“I gave him a name—it wasn’t straightforward—however we finally made the deal. A few days earlier than we went to Barstool to signal the contract, I had this concept: I didn’t need to share the highlight with anybody. I needed all of it for myself. That’s the place the entire storyline got here from.”
“AJ was gracious sufficient to powerbomb me at CCW down in Florida after which problem me to a one-on-one match. Ultimately, every thing labored out for the perfect—properly, apart from me getting the win. It’s unlucky that he bought damage.”
