Lee Moriarty signed a full-time AEW deal in 2021, and he has lastly received himself a championship. “Taigastyle” defeated Wheeler Yuta at ROH Dying Earlier than Dishonor 2024 in July to turn into the brand new Pure Champion, a title he has already efficiently defended as soon as, and exhibits no indicators of slowing down. Talking on the “Monteasy Musicology” podcast, Moriarty admitted that, whereas it has sunk in that he has gold round his waist, there may be a whole lot of work to be completed as champion.
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“To an extent, it has settled in, however I really feel like there’s lots I want to perform with this championship,” Moriarty mentioned. “Attending to the match was one factor, successful the championship is one other factor, now I’ve to defend it. Now I’ve to raise this championship, as a result of that is what I mentioned I used to be going to do. I mentioned I used to be going to usher in a brand new period of the Pure division.”
Moriarty defined that the Pure division was at a sure degree and going at a gentle tempo, however now that he’s on prime, he needs to convey the title again to the times when a number of the biggest wrestlers of the trendy period had been combating tooth and nail to get their palms on it.
“From Bryan Danielson, Samoa Joe, Nigel McGuinness, AJ Types, all these guys which are going to be legends, or already are legends {of professional} wrestling, they’ve influenced what wrestling is right now And I wish to dwell as much as that, and I wish to uphold this championship to a particularly excessive customary.” So far as who’s subsequent, anybody can problem him, however he will be the one which leads by instance.
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