Secret Heat May Have Prevented Ex-WWE Star From Winning Title
A controversial former WWE star thinks they might have been the victim of secret heat that stopped them from winning gold in the company.
2017 won’t make many highlight reels in WWE history, with the year typified by its WrestleMania main event, where a hated Roman Reigns defeated the beloved Undertaker in a match with zero stakes, as Undertaker had already lost his undefeated Streak three years previously.
Raw was invaded by an influx of cruiserweights as the stars of 205 Live were showcased on WWE’s flagship show. Among them were the likes of Austin Aries, Neville, Jack Gallagher, and TJP. Despite being a six-time TNA X-Division Champion, Austin Aries never won even the Cruiserweight Championship in WWE, and he thinks he might know why.
Austin Aries Says WWE “Very Fickle”
Speaking to Got Mitch Enterprises, the polarising Austin Aries explained his experience in WWE and why he was frustrated by it:
I mean… I don’t know. I can speculate what I think. And, you know, everything’s very fickle there. For as fast as someone like Vince likes you, the tides can shift pretty quick. And I don’t know if it was— I have no— it was never brought to me if there was a reason. Um, you know, there were some contract things that we were discussing behind the scenes that might have played into it.
You know, I think one of the most frustrating things in my career is that we don’t just shoot people straight, and we don’t just level with people, and we don’t just pull them in a room, man to man, and say, ‘Hey, man, here’s what’s going on.’ You know, it’s a lot of this secret heat and kayfabe s*** which I just never understood.
Aries noted that as a babyface losing title challenges repeatedly, he knew the writing was on the wall for his time in the company:
But yeah, it wasn’t lost on me that as a babyface, when you have a babyface challenge for a title three times and lose three times in a row… that does not bode well for your future, you know? Unless that’s a mechanism to turn him into a bad guy — which is where I always felt I had the most value, right? My value is in being an antagonist, because I enjoy the part where I get to then give it to the hero.