Eddie Kingston has no plans to slow down.

Kingston is currently the AEW Continental Crown Champion with the AEW Continental title, the ROH World title, and the NJPW STRONG Openweight title in his grasp. He recently sat down with Steve Fall of WrestlingNews.co and addressed whether he has any plans of slowing down his in-ring style.

“I have to go all the way in [on my style] or I can’t do it,” Kingston said. “I can’t half-ass it. If I do, then I’m not giving the people what they want. They paid to see me do my thing. If I back up or if I half-ass it, I’m not giving the people what they paid for. I know a lot of guys focus on ratings and who’s watching, but for me, personally, I worry about the people who actually paid money to come to the show.”

Regarding how long he will continue to compete before hanging up the boots, Kingston said he would ideally like to hit the 30-year mark as he has now wrestled for over 21 years.

“No, there’s no slowing down or anything like that. How long do I have? I don’t know,” Kingston said. “I don’t know. I’m just gonna keep going until my body says no more. Yeah, I would like to reach 30 years because that’s an old-school number. Like a lot of the old school guys back in the day would be like, 30 years is what they wanted. So like I say, 30 but I’m probably gonna go into and so I can’t walk to be honest with you. Terry Funk’s the goat, so I learned from him.”

Terry Funk wrestled for 52 years before his last match in 2017.

If you use any quotes from this article, please credit WrestlingNews.co with a h/t to WrestleZone for the transcription.

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