In a recent interview with the Sunday Night’s Main Event podcast, former NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis discussed several topics, including why he wants to explore opportunities following his departure from the National Wrestling Alliance, as well as the misconceptions regarding his departure and the assumptions that he left as there was something lined up for him.

“I think there was this sort of misconception that when I decided to move on from the NWA that it was because I had something else lined up. One of my reasons for moving on was just because I just wanted to do something else, explore other opportunities. I know that that just sounds like one those open-ended things that people say, but it really was, I’m like let’s see what happens, let’s see what’s out there, because if I’ve learned anything I guess from the last few years, I didn’t leave TNA and then go, you know what I’m going to do, I’m going to call Billy Corgan up and I’m going to convince him to buy the NWA, all that stuff just sort of happened, things just happen in the business.

I always remind people, Hulk Hogan didn’t grow up dreaming of being in the WWF, because it didn’t exist, once he decided to get in the business, he was like I just want to be a big-time wrestler. I remember Scott Hall saying to me once, I just wanted to be a big-time pro wrestler and it’s like, there are many different ways to skin a cat, and in my mind it was sort of like, okay well the Australia thing and stuff like that, it’s like okay, put your money where your mouth is, if you think you can do a better job, what’s stopping you, try it.”

The interview is available in full at this link.