Kyle Fletcher: ‘I want people to expect greatness from me’
Kyle Fletcher says he feels pressure to be great.
The current TNT Champion spoke with SoundSphere Magazine while promoting this summer’s AEW All In pay-per-view from Wembley Stadium. Reflecting on his career growth since wrestling on the pre-show of AEW’s first Wembley event, Fletcher said he is not at his peak yet but feels expectations from the fan base.
Fletcher said:
“I wouldn’t say I’m at my peak yet. I think everything I do now, whether or not it’s external or internal, I definitely feel a lot of pressure – I feel like I’ve kind of set that expectation at this point.”
“People start to expect things from me now, which is what I want. I want people to expect greatness from me because it forces me to push myself even harder.”
Fletcher also spoke about the attitude in the AEW locker room regarding wrestling on pay-per-view.
“Everyone on the roster right now is so passionate, not just about pro wrestling, but AEW,” he continued. “So when we get these opportunities to wrestle on pay-per-view, it’s like, alright, let’s show the world. Everyone has that same mindset, and I think that’s why our pay-per-views are so widely loved.”
Fletcher is coming off two recent title matches, having retained the TNT Championship over his former trainer Robbie Eagles on AEW Slam Dunk Saturday Collision, and losing the AEW World Trios titles alongside Mark Davis and Kazuchika Okada to Místico and JetSpeed at AEW Revolution.
Fletcher’s full interview with Soundsphere is available here.
Ian Carey is a writer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, whose work has been featured in NOW Magazine, The Huffington Post, and more. A lifelong wrestling aficionado born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he has covered the industry for a decade and a half. He joined the f4wonline.com team in 2019.