Nigel McGuinness Addresses AEW In-Ring Return At All In

The Casino Gauntlet match was one of the highlights of AEW All In 2024, with the Wembley Stadium crowd becoming unglued when Nigel McGuinness made his surprise return to in-ring competition for the first time in 13 years.

McGuinness had teased wrestling at All In 2023 but it didn’t come to pass, and after his performance in the gauntlet match, the former ROH World Champion addressed his return during a digital exclusive for AEW’s social media channels:

“What you saw tonight was a long time coming. It had been 13 years since I was in the ring and 32 years since I was in this stadium and I first had that dream and epiphany that I was going to somehow become a professional wrestler. There was a good portion of my life, after I retired 13 years ago, where I had to put that to bed. You get some things and you have to look at the positives. When I first found out that we were coming to Wembley and that was a possibility…. what you saw tonight was only a short part of it. It's been a year and a half that I've been thinking about that moment of walking out in front of my home crowd. It was surreal. I can't believe it really happened. Show is over now. I shot my shot, it didn't pay off, but I will take that memory for the rest of my life. You never know how life is going to work out. If anything it proves that there is always hope," McGuinness said.

H/T: Fightful