Austin Aries Talks Alberto El Patron Being Released From Impact Wrestling

Austin Aries was involved in a media conference call involving WrestlingInc president Raj Giri where he explained the situation following Alberto El Patron’s release from Impact Wrestling.

Aries first explains how he and Impact Wrestling are moving on from Patron, despite the planned Redemption main event to be Aries defending against the now-released Superstar:

“It’s unfortunate but we’re moving on. All things being equal, I thought the matchup I ended up having at the joint show ended up being more challenging and more exciting. So we’re moving forward, we’re looking forward to the 22nd and really trying to capitalize on some things that maybe a year or two ago we wouldn’t have been talking about in the wrestling landscape. We’re gonna have a couple of the top stars from Lucha Underground competing for the Impact World Championship, and that’s pretty exciting.”

Aries was forced to have a triple threat match against Rey Fenix and Pentagon Jr. after Patron no-showed the Lucha Underground vs. Impact Wrestling event:

“With him being a professional such as he is and everybody else involved, I wasn’t overly concerned, but as the event was going I did inquire if anybody had seen him or where his location was, and that’s when we realized that he hadn’t arrived yet. As far as it affected the match, I don’t really think so. Both those guys are very talented and for me, it was just trying to change gears and it was the first time working with either of those guys and getting in the ring with them. But I don’t really think it affected the match so much, I was really happy with what we were doing out there, other than obviously the outcome because I would’ve liked to have won, because then maybe I wouldn’t find myself in this situation now.”

You can see a face-off between Aries and Patron below:

Austin Aries & Alberto El Patron Face Off In The Ring | IMPACT! Highlights Mar. 22 2018

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