Kyle Fletcher: I Don’t Think Stevie Richards Knows Anything About The Culture In AEW. He Said There Is Nobody There For Me To Learn From, I Think That’s Absolutely F*cking Horseshit

Kyle Fletcher responds to Stevie Richards.

Earlier this week, Stevie Richards went viral on social media after posting a YouTube video that explained his thoughts on Kyle Fletcher and his current run with AEW.

Many fans criticized Richards for his take, pushing back against many of the points that he made in his video.

Appearing on a recent episode of The Ringer Wrestling Show, Kyle Fletcher responded to Richards’ comments.

“I went and I watched the full thing, everything that he said. Look, I’m not gonna — I’m open to any and all critiques, that is fine. He has an opinion on who I am as a wrestler and that’s fine. It just doesn’t feel like it’s in good faith, if that makes sense. I think a lot of those guys, they kind of look for the buzz words and the things that are going to get clicks or whatever. He spoke a lot about the culture is it AEW, I don’t think he knows anything about the culture at AEW. He said there is nobody there for me to learn from, I think that’s absolutely fucking horseshit, you know what I mean? I’m learning from people every single day that I’m there, there’s so many great minds. There’s Bryan Danielson there almost every week. I’m open to criticism, I just don’t think it was in the best faith. No ill will. I’m open to critique at any and all times. I’m 26 years old, I’m still trying to learn this business, man. I have a lot more room to grow, for sure.”

Fletcher was then asked about fans sticking up for him online.

“I don’t know if I would say in the company. I feel like fans feel like that. It almost turns — I hate stuff like this because it almost turns into like a us vs. them type thing and everyone will steal that — it’s almost like they use that as evidence to fuel whatever their opinion already was, right? If you’re a WWE fan and you hate AEW, obviously you’re going to be like, ‘Yeah, Stevie Richards was right, Kyle Fletcher is ass.’ AEW fans are going to be like, ‘Get out, Kyle Fletcher is the best wrestler in the world, what are you talking about, you don’t know anything.’ That’s what it turns into at the end of the day. So, I just hate that aspect of it. Do I think I need to be protected? No man, I’m in pro wrestling. I’m going out there and you can have whatever opinion you want of me, that’s part of the job. I want you to react however you react. To the people that did protect me, thank you, but I’m okay. I’ve got thick skin, brother.”

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