In a recent interview with The Hot Tag Hooligans Wrestling Podcast Show, Alex Zayne (fka Ari Sterling during his time in WWE) discussed several topics, including his return to Ring Of Honor Wrestling at their ROH Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view.

“Ring Of Honor reached out to me shortly after my release, very thankful because I worked with them a little bit, I only actually completed two shows with them before I was signed by WWE and then, the third show I was doing with them, we were in Vegas and it was the day the pandemic was announced and that show got pretty much wiped, so I didn’t get to do that show, and then a few months later, through the pandemic is when I started talking with WWE and working on the paperwork. Yeah, we pretty much just picked up right where we left off, it kind of felt like my debut. Like I said, I completed two shows for Ring Of Honor before I signed with WWE and before the pandemic, in my debut, I defeated their now World Champion Bandido, so yeah, it felt like good timing, it felt cool.

It’s such an awesome place, walking in and knowing that the position that I’m put in and the opportunity that I’m being given and just kind of, especially to a lot of the guys, just walking in fresh and they’re like who’s this guy coming in and getting such an opportunity, that’s kind of like what I expected, but there was none of that, everyone was awesome and ready to work and ready to just do their best and they helped me out so much, like everyone there helped me out a lot. It really makes me look forward to just going back there and everyone’s just so, they just want what’s best for the show.

Wrestling now is booming and I love to see it, I mean I’m all over the place like these next couple of months, it’s like every date is booked pretty much, it’s crazy. I’m flying one city to the next constantly, doing about four flights per week and I couldn’t be doing that without the craze of wrestling in general right now. Indie companies are just selling out left and right, all the GCW shows for however long have been selling out, I don’t even know the last one that didn’t sell out. It’s just crazy right now, you love to see it, it’s awesome.”

The full interview is available at this link.