Kip Sabian Reflects On ‘Enjoyably Nostalgic’ Early AEW Matches
Kip Sabian reflects on the opportunities he was afforded during the early days of AEW. He now says he’s able to look back in an enjoyably nostalgic fashion as he prepares for one of the biggest matches of his career.
Kip Sabian is one of the earliest signings to AEW. In fact, he competed in the first AEW singles match, losing to Sammy Guevara at AEW Double or Nothing 2019. With the growth the company has undergone over the last 7 years, Sabian is now able to look back with nostalgic fondness on the experiences he had in those early days, including Arcade Anarchy Matches, Casino Ladder Matches, and more.
During a recent interview with Sean Ross Sapp ahead of AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2025, Kip Sabian reflected on these early matches and how proud to see the growth of AEW.
“I do like the fact that now that we’re in our seventh year and it’s amazing how much the company has grown over the last seven years. I’ve been very lucky to have, you know, been along for the ride and for the foreseeable. It’s that scenario of now we’re at the point that you can go back and look at these old matches and it is like a different lifetime.
It’s enjoyable to be nostalgic now looking back at like some of those old times. A match that usually doesn’t get recognized as often as I would think it would be the Arcade Anarchy match, which there’s some wild stuff in that. Like one of my favorite spots doesn’t even involve me. It’s where Statlander pops up through the claw machine and just completely shoves the glass and it hits us straight in the face and the glass afterwards had like a little like mouth print from her lipstick on it. That was wild. Stuff like that. It’s just fun to look back on now, great times.”
Kip Sabian is set to make history in London at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2025. He and Killswitch, aka Luchasaurus, will face Adam Copeland and Christian Cage in their first pay-per-view match as a tag team in 24 years. Check out the full card for that event here.
Check out the full interview with Kip Sabian embedded above.
