AEW's Kyle Fletcher Says Singles Success Came Faster Than He Expected

After first coming to prominence as a member of Aussie Open in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Kyle Fletcher has since become one of AEW's rising stars, having held both the TNT Championship and the International Championship. This weekend, Fletcher will challenge Will Ospreay for the AEW World Championship. Ahead of that, he appeared on Tony Schiavone's "What Happened When," and Fletcher admitted that even he has been taken aback by his rapid ascent as a singles performer.

"I describe it, a lot of the time, like a snowball," Fletcher said of his career. "It's just started rolling down a hill, and it gets faster and bigger and faster and bigger, and before you know it, you're just going at the absolute speed of light, and you have no idea what's going on, and that's how it feels a lot of the time."

The AEW star believes that he's made the best out of all the opportunities he's been given, which has led to more and more opportunities being thrown his way. Despite how quickly it's all been moving for Fletcher, he maintained that he's not complaining, as this is the position he's wanted to find himself in for his entire life.

Fletcher's singles push began when Aussie Open partner Mark Davis spent a lengthy amount of time on the shelf after suffering an injury in late 2023. The two have reunited since, as they're both members of The Don Callis Family, but Fletcher has remained primarily a singles competitor, which is something he always envisioned for himself, despite prioritizing Aussie Open for years.

"I figured probably, at some point, it would happen eventually," he continued. "I just had that belief in myself that everything would work out, and it happened a lot faster than I expected."

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