Wrestling personality Konnan recently conducted an interview with Wrestling Inc. on their WINCLY podcast, and spoke about recent Impact signee Michael Elgin. The manager of LAX revealed that he actually persuaded the former ROH World Champion to not go to Lucha Libre AAA, a place that Konnan has a rich history with.
However, Konnan didn’t dissuade Elgin from going to the company due to any bad experiences in the promotion, it stems from a serious situation regarding Mexico, in which the country is currently plagued with violence (transcript courtesy of Wrestling Inc.):
"[Elgin's] got the look and got the wrestling pedigree. He was originally trying to get into AAA when he was in ROH and I was explaining to him that he doesn't want to come here now. We were having the biggest drug cartel violence that had been seen in Mexico since the Mexico Revolution at the turn of the century," revealed Konnan.
"That was an actual war and this cartel violence had as many deaths as a civil war. That's how bad it was."
Konnan then mentioned that there are parts of the country WWE won't run because they are too dangerous, and in Mexico, people had to pay the cartel to use streets.
"He ended up going to CMLL and he really did a great job there," Konnan said of Elgin.
"Lucha libre – if you've never done it, it's not easy to learn but he adapted quickly. I was very impressed and now that he's in Impact, I'm gonna start giving him shows in AAA."
Check out the
full interview where Konnan talks about AAA going to Madison Square Garden, Ring of Honor’s trip at the historic venue this past April, and much more.