Sonjay Dutt recently joined the AEW Unrestricted podcast to talk about his current run in AEW, how he wears so many hats for the company, making the jump from wrestling to working behind-the-scenes, working with Satnam Singh, growing up watching wrestling with his dad and more.
Dutt talked about the work he does on an AEW taping:
"Maybe I'll get in one meal on a TV day, which is good. If I get one meal, I'm good. I'm rocking and rolling. There's a lot of stuff that needs to be done producing backstage segments, matches, and helping out Tony with whatever he may need. So I guess I wear a lot of hats. So it's very hard to kind of define my day."
On his friendship with Jay Lethal and being his on-screen manager:
"Tony Khan came up to me and he had this idea. I guess it's no secret to him and a lot of people backstage that Jay Lethal and I are best friends. We've been best friends for 20 years. When I say best friends, I mean Thanksgiving, Christmas, vacations, he's family.
“Tony said, 'Hey, man. I got this idea. I want to try to link you with Jay Lethal on television, and then he drops the Satnam bomb. Since I stopped wrestling, I was very adamant that my future was not in front of the camera. I refused those roles in previous companies. I was very fulfilled, and I still am very fulfilled with what I do backstage in cultivating new talent, and helping them out and showing them the ropes. That is where I truly feel like I have excelled in the last five plus years. So when he came to me with this idea, I was kind of hesitant, but when he dropped 'Hey, you're going to work with Jay on camera', it was a quick yes. Being on camera and working so closely with my best friend, I mean, I can't write a better story. It is truly like a dream come true to be out there with Jay.”
“Satnam now has joined us. It is a pleasure to work with him and teach him the ropes. Satnam speaks very good English, but I speak the same language as him, Punjabi. We speak Hindi, so I try to let him know that you're far away from home, but when we're hanging out, it should feel like home. So I'm having a great time teaching him. Me and Jay have taken a hands on approach with Satnam. We're loving kind the results have been so far."
On if he will return to the ring:
“There will be zero chance that I will be returning to the ring. Let's put it like this. If I was fixed physically, if my body was 100%, that would be something I would consider. But until that happens, there's no way I'm doing it."
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