Ex-Try Guy Ned Fulmer Discusses AEW Experience; Says He Wanted To Be A Heel, Trained With Christopher Daniels

At the October 8th AEW Collision tapings in Jacksonville, Florida, Ned Fulmer, formerly of the Try Guys made his in-ring debut, teaming with Spanish Announce Project (Angelico & Serpentico) to face the Frat House.
Speaking to TMZ, Ned discussed how his AEW debut came together.
He opened by saying, “It’s been about a week and a half. My neck, my back, it’s still all fucked up.”
He continued, explaining how his new show played a part in wanting to get in the ring.
“The new show is about building curiosity and it’s about doing things that are high spectacle and once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Pro wrestling was one of them. I’ve always wanted to do something big like that. I knew with AEW, I had the Jacksonville connection. Tony Khan is part of the Jaguars organization, so I thought it would be a good way in. When we started talking, they were like, ‘Fuck yeah,’ for everything. They were amazing. Anything I pitched them, or they pitched me, they were like, ‘Let’s do it.’ They provided a ton of access and helped put on this amazing spectacle,” he said.
Asked when things came together, Ned replied, “It was a pretty quick process. I feel like it only started a month or two ago. Originally, I thought I would do more long training and show a body transformation.”
Asked who he trained with, Ned revealed he worked with Christopher Daniels.
“I trained with Christopher Daniels. He taught me how to run the ropes, take a bump, which that is a total mindfuck. Everything in your body is telling you to not throw yourself to the ground. You have to power through and learn to slam yourself. The way he described it was, ‘The more you brace yourself, the more you’re going to get hurt.’ That was me for most of training. I feel like I’m a week out from a car accident,” he said.
Ned was unsure if his match would air on AEW TV, but said it would be part of his show.
Asked if he would do it again, he said he got the bug and, “I would love to do it more, but I need to train. I need to practice for real. As of right now, it’s just the one night thing.”
Ned played the character Nasty Ned, but he wanted to go completely off the board with his persona.
“I pitched them a couple of different ideas. One of the rejected concepts with an 1800s-style wrestler called Gran Pappy, who throws fisticuffs like this [mimics old-timey fighting]. I was like, ‘I want to do this comedic babyface character,’ and they’re like, ‘That’s not real wrestling,'” he recalled.
Asked if he wanted to be a heel, he replied, “I wrote it and I really wanted to be, and I practiced all of these heel jokes. They were like, ‘We have the Nasty Ned pants already printed, so you’re going to be Nasty Ned.’ At the very end, they were like, ‘You guys are going against the Frat House so you’re going to be the hometown hero.’ I was like, ‘What? I’ve been planning these heel things.’ It worked out great because it was a homecoming show in Jacksonville, where I grew up.”
Ned closed by saying that he only spoke with AEW, and never talked to WWE.
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