In a recent interview with the Universal Wrestling Podcast, former NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis discussed several topics, including the expiration of his NWA contract, being a free agent, potentially joining WWE or All Elite Wrestling and much more.

“I’m happy to be a free agent, I’ve got lots of exciting stuff on the books for 2023 independently, you know, several shots in the UK, Australia and Canada. I’m going back to Calgary next month for the Hart’s, which is exciting for me and I have lots of other stuff on the horizon. What I’m very excited about is just the ability to, instead of thinking man, if this was me, this is what I would do to go, no let’s do it, ideas you might have, or concepts you want to flesh out and do. I have enough contacts now, and feel willing to take the risk financially to try a couple of things and see what happens.

I’ve been overwhelmed at the number of legends, really big names in our business, names certainly much bigger than mine who have gone out of their way to say on their respective podcasts, or in interviews and stuff to say nice things about me, guys like Mick Foley, Ric Flair, DDP, you know, Stinger privately, but I think you know, anyone who watched TNA knows that Sting was always kind of in my corner. Dutch Mantel, Teddy Long, the list goes on and on, people who I was just blown away at how they were all saying like yeah, that guy’s going to be fine. Even Ric going as far as to say well, you know, either one of those two companies [WWE or AEW] needs to get him, and whichever one does is lucky to have him. I don’t feel I don’t think that way, I want to make that point, I’m not sitting here going hey man, you know, it’s just a matter of time brother, I’m very open to the idea that it might not happen, but I’m just, that’s not what any of that was about, it was about like I said, it was about me just moving on and starting a new chapter, but I will say it’s meant a hell of a lot to me, all these huge name guys have come out and endorsed me like that, that means a hell of a lot.”

The full interview is available at this link.