Kyle Fletcher thinks a match between him and Ilja Dragunov in AEW is inevitable, and he hopes it will happen soon.
Fletcher recently spoke with TMZ Sports, where he addressed the possibility of wrestling Dragunov and reflected on the matches the two had years ago on the UK independent scene.
“I think I would be incredibly disappointed if it never happened,” Fletcher said. “I would like to think it will happen sooner rather than later. I have always thought the world of Ilja. We had a few matches when we were both on the UK independent scene in, I believe, 2019 and 2020. Obviously, we’ve been on incredibly different paths since then, and it’s pretty cool that now our paths have aligned again. I’m so excited to see what he can accomplish, the matches that he can put on, the people that he could get in the ring with. I think there’s a lot of magic to be made there, and I think whenever we get in the ring, I think it’s inevitable. I think it’ll be magic, too.”
Dragunov listed Fletcher among the wrestlers he wants to face in AEW, along with Jon Moxley and Samoa Joe, during the press conference after WrestleDream on October 17. That was the night he debuted for the company.
Fletcher said he wanted to see Dragunov in AEW back in August, after Dragunov’s WWE contract expired and he left the company.
Fletcher and Dragunov wrestled at PROGRESS Chapter 100 on December 30, 2019, in London, in a singles match that Dragunov won. To date, it’s the only singles match between the two.
Fletcher will take on Will Ospreay for the AEW World Championship at Full Gear on Saturday at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Arizona.