Pro wrestling star Austin Aries talks getting back in the ring, upcoming MLW title match vs Blue Panther

Pro wrestling prima Austin Aries is looking for gold.

Aries volition spell up against Blue Panther for the Major League Wrestling (MLW) National Openweight Championship connected "MLW Fusion" connected Saturday nighttime successful 1 of his biggest matches since helium returned to the ring.

He told Fox News Digital successful a caller interrogation helium planned to permission the ringing with the rubric astir his waist and that helium had respect for Blue Panther for being capable to vie for truthful long.

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Austin Aries walks to the ringing successful Major League Wrestling. (MLW)

"I mean that’s the plan. I mean, listen, speech astir longevity right? I’m 48 years aged and I’m similar I’m doing beauteous good. I’m inactive successful determination competing astatine a precocious level and past you spot Blue Panther. And he’s similar (65), and he’s diving retired of the ring," Aries said. "The magnitude of respect I person for him – not conscionable what he’s meant for Lucha Libre implicit the people of his vocation but conscionable arsenic a antheral to ticker different antheral astatine (65) years aged inactive instrumentality the risks, inactive vie due to the fact that helium loves it.

"So, it’s gonna beryllium a small bittersweet to person to instrumentality the aged antheral retired backmost and instrumentality his title from him. But that’s the quality of the game, right? When you’re the champ, you got a people connected your back, everybody wants what you have. And for me, to triumph the openweight title and I’m not gonna telephone it the nationalist openweight championship. I’m gonna commencement referring to it arsenic the satellite openweight title due to the fact that I’m satellite people and I privation to instrumentality this title astir the satellite erstwhile I decision Blue Panther. For me, it conscionable solidifies maine arsenic 1 of the pillars of MLW and arsenic agelong arsenic I person a title rubric astir my waist, they gotta support booking me."

Aries returned to the ringing against Paul London astatine Slaughterhouse past twelvemonth and was precocious successful the ringing against Trevor Lee to commencement the caller play of "MLW Fusion."

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Major League Wrestling's Austin Aries gathers himself successful the ring. (MLW)

He said getting backmost successful the ringing initially was a trial to spot if his assemblage could clasp up.

"It’s been great. Stepped successful determination to beryllium a colour commentator and kinda got the itch a small bit," helium recalled. "They asked maine if I was funny successful doing the Opera Cup past year. And so, yeah, stepped successful to bash the Opera Cup and determination was immoderate existent apical endowment – guys similar Kushida and Paul London and Místico.

"It was a existent trial for maine to spot wherever I was astatine physically astatine this signifier of my career. I felt good. I felt similar I had plentifulness near successful the tank. I tin inactive execute astatine the precocious level I expect from myself. So I person been capable to parlay that into the past twelvemonth and I’m backmost arsenic a full-time wrestler with MLW and it’s been a batch of fun."

Aries has been banged up successful his vocation and being retired of the ringing for astir 3 years whitethorn amusement signs of ringing rust oregon unfastened up the accidental for a greater injury.

But Aries said helium competitory mindset was 1 of the reasons wherefore helium wanted to effort again.

"I’m a competitor. I’m an athlete. And we each person that realization aft that we each person a time wherever that model shuts and it can’t beryllium re-opened," helium said. "So, I’m precise blessed adjacent 26 years in. I don’t person immoderate existent nagging injuries. I’ve been truly fortunate successful that way. I surely person my stock of injuries implicit the years but I’ve remained comparatively steadfast considering the definite benignant that I wrestle and you don’t instrumentality for granted that you’re ever going to beryllium capable to bash this and truthful erstwhile the accidental presented itself and, hey, fto archetypal spot if my assemblage responds and tin I inactive execute astatine a precocious level.

"And erstwhile I knew those things were susceptible of being accomplished, I figured let’s spell afloat steam, let’s spell 100%. I accidental arsenic agelong arsenic I’m enjoying it and arsenic agelong arsenic idiosyncratic is consenting to wage me, let’s support doing it."

Austin Aries enters a Major League Wrestling ring. (MLW)

Why fans should ticker MLW

Major League Wrestling is 1 of galore promotions vying for pro wrestling fans’ attention. With apical athletes and absorbing matches, MLW has been capable to seizure an assemblage looking for thing they whitethorn not beryllium getting from apical companies.

Aries said MLW being escaped for viewers is simply a immense factor.

"I deliberation the chill happening astir MLW is the accessibility," helium told Fox News Digital. "We present person a fewer antithetic platforms you tin ticker it and it’s free. Nowadays, it’s hard to get good, escaped content. More and more, it’s kinda wage to play truthful to speak. You tin spell to the MLW YouTube transmission to ticker Saturday night, 6:05 ET, a caller occurrence of ‘Fusion.’ We’re connected the streaming work Veeps. We’re besides inactive connected beIN Sports and present we conscionable announced that we’re connected New Japan World.

"And then, the unrecorded events. Fifteen-dollar tickets to get started. It’s getting much and much costly to spell to unrecorded events successful immoderate benignant of entertainment. So, it’s truly important to america that our merchandise is accessible for your mean household of four."

Aries besides pointed to a star-studded roster that includes wrestlers from Mexico and Japan and the MLW roster that includes Killer Kross, Matt Riddle, Paul Walter Hauser and others arsenic good arsenic the quality to support fans interested.

"What I deliberation MLW is doing truly bully close present is really, A, presenting pro wrestling successful a mode that, for me, I tin admit the creation of pro wrestling but it’s besides conscionable a bully mix. We got relationships with CMLL with the Luchadores, with Stardom and a batch of the Japanese talent. We got a large tag division. We got immoderate acquainted faces that you’ll retrieve from WWE oregon different companies," helium said. "We got a batch of caller up and coming guys who are trying to marque a sanction for themselves. We person legends similar Blue Panther. We person crossover with guys similar Paul Walter Hauser. So, we person a small thing for everybody.

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"If you privation your large nonrecreational wrestling lucifer doorbell to bell, that’s what Austin Aries does. If you privation big, meat-slapping guys, you got guys similar Hammerstone. We got MMA-mixed guys with Matt Riddle. We got a feline similar Killer Kross close present who’s the satellite champion. We truly person thing for everybody and I’d similar to deliberation we don’t insult the quality of the viewer. We effort to support the suspension of disbelief that I deliberation makes pro wrestling great."