Johnny Gargano comments on his hiatus from wrestling and AEW debut rumors

During an appearance on the Good Karma Wrestling podcast, Johnny Gargano talked about his current hiatus from the wrestling business…

“I had this guaranteed contract with WWE I could take for a lot of money, and I could come back and I could keep doing what I’m doing. I just knew that with the baby on the way, I didn’t want to have anyone else being in control of my time, because I’m really only getting one shot at this. Me and Candice only plan on having one kid, so I want to be there and try to experience everything I can with Quill for his first year before I do anything else.” (quote courtesy of WrestlingInc.com)

Gargano also addressed the rumor that he was going to debut with AEW since he was in Chicago on the same day as the Forbidden Door PPV…

“I knew, and when I saw the date got announced, I was like, ‘Ah man, this is going to become a thing.’ I’m a big believer in bits and committing to the bit. I love the fact that no matter what I was doing or saying, people were making up their mind on what I was doing next in my life. I’ve been very adamant about enjoying fatherhood, taking a couple of months off, take as long off as I need to, mentally and physically, but it became a fun bit to where, I was going to tell the absolute truth of everything I was doing that week. I’m flying at this time, I’m going to be there for eight hours, I’m going to take a picture on the airplane and say, ‘I’m leaving now. I’m literally on the airplane, flying home. Here is my flight information.’ People were still like, ‘Ah, no, he wouldn’t say it if he wasn’t going to show up. It’s all a ruse.’ I literally bought — I made a joke that I was going to get a newspaper, they still make those, I was going to get a newspaper and post a picture with me and my kid with it. I did buy a newspaper when I landed, but I was like, ‘I’m done. I accomplished what I needed to.” (quote courtesy of Fightful.com)