Kyle Fletcher says AEW All In Texas was ‘one of the worst days’ of his life
TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher said that last year’s AEW All In: Texas was “one of the worst days” of his life.
Speaking to Soundsphere Magazine in a new interview, Fletcher reflected on the event and why he looks back at that day so poorly.
“It was one of the worst days of my whole life. When you have so much built-up anxiety and you have put that pressure on yourself…You know, I’d been dieting for two, three months leading up to that show. Every single day, I’d been thinking about this moment, this match, all of it,” Fletcher said.
AEW had originally planned to pit Fletcher against then TNT Champion Adam Cole. But Cole suffered a concussion days before at the hands of Fletcher on Collision, causing him to vacate the title. This led to a multi-man match where Dustin Rhodes emerged victorious and won the TNT title.
“And then, the rug gets pulled five hours before. You can’t really put into words what that kind of feels like. I was just in this weird limbo. I had no idea what was gonna happen, and I had flown my mum out for that show. It was obviously a huge day for me, and then it just all went to shit. Obviously, this is my perspective.
“It’s very hard for me to complain about it, because I don’t feel like I have the right to complain about it. But yeah, it was very emotional in a lot of different ways, and not how you want a big day like that to go. So I think, especially this year, I just want to make sure it’s a day to remember and a much more positive one,” Fletcher finished.
Despite not winning the title that day, Fletcher later won it from Rhodes in a Chicago Street Fight match on the July 31, 2025, episode of AEW Collision.
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