Claudio Castagnoli expresses his interest in potentially challenging for the AEW World Championship.
Claudio Castagnoli has had a successful run in AEW, as he has captured the ROH World Championship. But he continues to work towards potentially challenging for the AEW World Championship. Samoa Joe currently holds the gold, and Castagnoli says they are due to face each other.
In an interview with Mark Hoke on the Mark Hoke Show, a potential run at the AEW World Championship came up in the conversation. Claudio Castagnoli made it clear that it would mean a lot to him. (H/t Jeremy Lambert of Fightful for the transcription)
“It would mean a lot,” Claudio Castagnoli said. “That’s what everybody works towards, to be the world champion. I’m just working, being patient, maybe too patient. I think that chance will hopefully come my way and I’ll grab it. I’d be a tremendous representative for the company and be a great world champion. Right now, Joe is the champ, it’s funny, he hasn’t mentioned me of the people who hit the hardest. I think he doesn’t really want to get my attention, which I understand.
“I want to get Samoa Joe’s attention, I don’t know if he wants my attention. We’ve tangled once or twice. It was fun. I think that match is one that never really happened in Ring of Honor when we were both there, it happened maybe once in WWE. I think we’re due for another one. It would be great. We’ll have a new world champion, too.”
Claudio Castagnoli and Jon Moxley defeated Shane Taylor and Lee Moriarty on the January 27 episode of AEW Collision.
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