Daniel Garcia feels surrounded by people he wants ‘to go to battle with’ in AEW

Daniel Garcia says one of the reasons he re-signed with AEW is the people he works with.

The 26-year-old announced he was staying with the company on the October 8 Title Tuesday edition of Dynamite. He recently told Yahoo Sports that he still has a lot to accomplish in the promotion.

“I feel like I’m a conqueror,” Garcia said. “But if you look at the facts, I’ve never been in the main event of a pay-per-view. I’ve never won a title. I haven’t solidified myself as a top guy in the company.”

One of the reasons Garcia chose to stay in AEW is the ability to work with other promotions. He specifically mentioned NJPW as a company he’d like to wrestle for.

“A big part of the reason why I love AEW is that we can go do other things. I can go do indies if I want. We have those relationships with New Japan Pro Wrestling, CMLL, to where I can still get experience other places. I feel like New Japan Pro Wrestling was always my dream when I first started being a wrestler. That’s something I always wanted to accomplish.”

“I wouldn’t feel full in my wrestling career until I get to have a little stint there. I feel like keeping those doors open [was] very important to me.”

Garcia also recalled a moment backstage in AEW recently when he realized that the wrestlers he works with are the people he wants to “go to battle with.”

 “I remember [weeks ago] I was sitting at the monitor, and it was me, [Will] Ospreay, Swerve, Mercedes Moné. I was just looking around and I’m like, ‘Man, everybody’s watching the monitor. Everybody’s hyping up whatever is on TV right now. These are the people that I want to be [at] war with.’

“It’s just the trust that I have with people at AEW. I look around to the left and to the right of me, and I feel like I’m surrounded by people that I want to go to battle with.”