Claudio on Blackpool Combat Club’s future after Regal’s AEW exit - Cageside Seats

When it comes to the William Regal story, astir of the wrestling world’s attraction has been connected why and how he’s leaving AEW for WWE 9 months into what was believed to beryllium a 3 twelvemonth contract.

But there’s besides the substance of the kayfabe spread Regal leaves connected Dynamite & Rampage. The conception helium had with Jon Moxley & Bryan Danielson connected Nov. 23 explains wherefore Mox isn’t pursuing vengeance connected Regal for helping Maxwell Jacob Friedman instrumentality the World title. And his write-off past Wednesday sets the signifier for Danielson to situation MJF for the belt.

What astir Blackpool Combat Club, though? You know, the radical Bryan & Mox formed erstwhile Regal debuted successful AEW? The 1 that bears the sanction of his hometown successful England?

The group’s latest enlistee was asked astir the BCC during an interrogation with The Dallas Morning News to beforehand adjacent week’s “Winter is Coming” shows. Claudio Castagnoli said:

“I mean, I conjecture we person to … we person to hold and see. You know, we’re inactive talking, I deliberation we person to person a small radical gathering to fig retired what’s next, oregon if there’s a next. So yeah, I’ll permission it astatine that.”

It’s not adjacent wide if Danielson and Moxley are terribly funny successful being Club members close now, truthful Castagnoli whitethorn conscionable person to hash this 1 retired with Wheeler Yuta.

More importantly, Claudio reflected connected his narration with Regal. Working unneurotic again meant a batch to fka Cesaro, adjacent if it was lone for a fewer months:

“I ne'er halt learning from him. He’s the crushed I got into WWE successful the archetypal spot backmost successful 2011, and helium was 1 of the reasons wherefore I really, you know, felt astatine location erstwhile I got to AEW due to the fact that helium was there. I was besides the antheral who ended his career. So, I consciousness similar there’s that transportation there. There’s that respect. If you stock the ringing with somebody, determination has to beryllium a connection, particularly erstwhile it’s idiosyncratic similar William Regal. And I ever larn from him, conscionable the information to beryllium astir him arsenic overmuch arsenic I person been successful the past mates of months successful AEW, and to beryllium astir him not conscionable successful the backmost but besides successful beforehand of the camera, it’s been emotional.”

No notation of how galore others connected the AEW/ROH roster embraced the accidental to larn from Regal.

Anyway... what bash you deliberation the aboriginal holds for the BCC without the aged villain from Blackpool?