Lucha Underground star Brian Cage star recently spoke with the Wrestling Epicenter about his career and more.
His experience thus far with Lucha Underground:
“It has been awesome, man. It is the most fun and best place I’ve been blessed to work at. My whole life, I always wanted to work at WWE. I told everyone I was going to get signed by WWE by the time I was 24 which I accomplished. So, job well done there. But, the thrill I get working at Lucha Underground and the talent, the matches, and just the way they do it is just cooler. Now I finally feel how I thought I’d feel to be a professional wrestler.”
His time in WWE developmental:
“I was stoked. I didn’t have a bad time there at all. I guess, for lack of a better term, I was wrongfully let go. But, I’m in a better place now. But, I enjoyed it. I got to live my life long goal of being signed with WWE. I wish it would have worked out. But, their loss is Lucha’s gain. “
If he harbors any bad feelings about his WWE departure:
“Yes and no. No, I’m not losing any sleep over it or anything. If you ask if I’d ever go back, I’d not be opposed to it. But, I don’t need to. Basically, I got released due to having a torn groin and having one blown spot in a match I wasn’t cleared to have. After all the good matches I had with PJ Black, Tyson Kidd, and all those guys, this one two-minute match I had they saw fit to release me over which was bad for me and was BS, yada, yada, yada. I was going to get signed back but then I didn’t. I was going to be in Tough Enough and then I didn’t. Then Laurinaitis called me down to RAW when theyw ere in my town, said they wanted me for NXT after Mania, always after Mania. I stayed in touch with him too and then it started to fizzle out. So, I called and said “Hey, what is going on?” He said, “We’re no longer interested.” I was like, “What? What do you mean?” He goes, “Lets face it, you’re average at best and we’re just not interested.” I was like, “Well, OK. I think we both know I’m better than average.” I was like whatever.”
If Lucha Underground is hitting the road:
“I think that is what we were shooting for from the get go. It was certainly talked about. I think it is a real possibility to have a house show tour in the years to come between seasons.”
