After first becoming known as a member Aussie Open in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Since then, Kyle Fletcher has become one of AEW’s rising stars, holding both the TNT Championship and the International Championship. Fletcher will challenge Will Ospreay for the AEW World Championship this weekend. Before that, he appeared at Tony Schiavone “What happened when” and Fletcher admitted that even he was taken aback by his rapid rise as a solo artist.
“I describe it, a lot of the time, as a snowball,” Fletcher said of his career. “It just starts rolling down the hill and it gets faster and bigger and faster and bigger and before you know it, you’re just going at the absolute speed of light and you have no idea what’s going on, and most of the time it feels like it.”
The AEW star believes he’s made the most of every opportunity he’s been given, which has led to more and more opportunities coming his way. Despite how fast it’s all moved for Fletcher, he insisted he’s not complaining because this is the position he’s wanted to be in his whole life.
Fletcher’s singles start came as Aussie Open partner Mark Davis spent an extended period on the shelf after suffering an injury at the end of 2023. The two have since reunited as they are. Two members of Don Callis’s family, but Fletcher remains mostly a singles competitor, which is what he always envisioned for himself, despite prioritizing the Aussie Open for years.
“I thought it was probably going to happen at some point eventually,” he continued. “I just had faith in myself that everything would work out, and it happened much faster than I expected.”
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