Daniel Garcia reveals a “big reason” why decided to re-sign with AEW
During a media call to promote the CMLL Arena México event on November 28th 2025, AEW star Daniel Garcia said the following…
“I never just wanted to be somebody that wrestles for one promotion for his entire life. And I feel like it’s very, very important to me to just — I think it’s the best wrestling company in the world, but I really do love the opportunity at AEW to be able to wrestle for CMLL, to be able to wrestle for New Japan, to be able to wrestle for independents, because I just want to keep learning. Like, I love learning and I love gaining new experience.
And that was a big reason why I re-signed with AEW last year, because I remember I had a conversation and I said, ‘Hey, like, I love AEW. I do think it’s the best promotion in the world, but a big reason why I re-signed with AEW is so I could wrestle for CMLL, so I could wrestle for New Japan.’ So the fact that I’m able to actually check that off the bucket list now and wrestle for CMLL, it’s amazing.
So I really can’t speak for myself what it’s like for everybody to want to go wrestle for CMLL, but I know for me — like, I was supposed to have this weekend off. I was supposed to be at home in Buffalo enjoying Thanksgiving with my family. But once I got the opportunity, once they said, ‘Hey, like, do you want to come into CMLL to, you know, wrestle with Wheeler Yuta and do Arena México and Arena Coliseo?’ I said, ‘100%. Like, screw the family. I’m not missing out on an opportunity to, you know, do something that I’ve always wanted to do.’
And I hope that it goes well so I can keep getting these opportunities and keep coming back and keep learning.”