Jack Gallagher, the British wrestler who is a participant in the freshly minted WWE Cruiserweight Classic recently spoke to the British publication The Independent and during the interview he spoke at length about the different aspects of WW CWC. In addition to that, he also revealed how he was spotted and given a go in the tournemnt.
On how he was spotted, he said, "There are always rumours running around wrestling locker rooms that you can't pay full attention to, but honestly the first confirmation I had was through William Regal. As far as I know he scouts a lot of European talent and he contacted us ahead of time telling us that such a thing may happen in the future and would I be interested." However, he had some great insights to share on WWE CWC as a whole and how the tournament is more like a sport as compared to traditional wrestling tournaments which are more geared towards entertainment. "Aside from professional wrestling I have often competed in jiu-jitsu tournaments and I have an amateur MMA record of 2-0 so I'm used to being in a sporting environment. I very much approve of it, and it's interesting to see that WWE are more willing to lean into sports again. As for the weigh-in, I was in a three piece suit about five minutes before they told us we were doing weigh-ins and I didn't have time to change. So I just stripped off and stepped on there in my Oxford's."
He also spoke on the wrestlers he wants to wrestle at some point in his career, "When it comes to who I want to wrestle, three names come to mind. Firstly, Brian Kendrick. He is experienced and he is a lunatic so I would have no idea what he would do which is interesting. Kota Ibushi focuses on kickboxing, he's tall and he's got range which is hard for me as a grappler so I like that challenge. For vanity reasons I would like to wrestle Zack Sabre Jr, because a lot of people consider him the best of the British style, and I would quite like to submit him and prove otherwise."
(Quotes sourced from wrestlinginc.com )
