Nick Wayne talks what he has learned from Christian Cage.
At AEW WrestleDream in October of 2023, Nick Wayne would turn on Darby Allin, aligning with Christian Cage in what would later become the faction known as The Patriarchy. While Wayne and Christian have recently had tension on screen due to their partnership, off screen Wayne has high praise for the pro wrestling legend.
While speaking on the latest episode of AEW Unrestricted, Wayne would discuss Christian and called him 'one of the smartest people in wrestling'.
"I feel like he's one of the smartest people in wrestling period. But for sure in AEW, he's so smart in every aspect of wrestling. But specifically what he's helped me the most with is promos and just talking and a lot of presentation as well. How to present yourself as something more and feel like you're bigger. Really a lot in talking, and I've gotten really comfortable with it recently. Then just like verbiage and stuff as well. Again, presentation and even in talking. But it goes all the way down to in-ring stuff. After all my matches, I always tell him, like, please pick me apart. Like, tell me everything. So, yeah, I couldn't have asked for a better mentor in this time that I've been under his learning tree."
He signed with #AEW at 16.
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Wayne also recently commented on working with his mother in the world of professional wrestling. You can read more about that here.
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