Wheeler Yuta Says Two Of His Favorite Matches Took Place On The Indies While Signed To AEW

Wheeler Yuta talks competing on the indies.

In 2020, the world would shut down as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, including the world of professional wrestling that for the first time, began to host events without fans in attendance. This took place throughout the industry, including from the major companies in AEW and WWE to the independent promotions across the world over.

While speaking to Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp in a new interview, Wheeler Yuta discussed competing on the indies around the Covid-19 pandemic.

“That time in my career was so much fun, being able to do that on the independents. It really felt like everyone, like the independents, especially coming out of COVID were like really damaged. Everyone had either gotten signed and like companies were closing and everyone’s just so uncertain about the future. I had a lot of time like sitting at home and I was lucky that I didn’t get laid off for too long. I had my day job at the vitamin shop in Philly and I had to go back as an essential worker but I did have a lot more time to myself to really focus on what kind of wrestler I wanted to be and work on my body and stuff like that. That was a really fun time in my career to just be able to go on that tear and really be one of the top guys on the independents. Because up to that point, I was sort of working my way up and trying to get there. But that was an absolute blast. My match with Lee Moriarty at Beyond and then the one with Daniel Garcia, even though we were both in AEW at the time, those are two of my favorite matches that I’ve ever had. That was a really fun time in my career as the independent wrestling champion.”

Elsewhere in Wheeler’s interview with Fightful, he spoke about how he came to join the BCC, then the Death Riders. You can read more about that here.

You can check out the full interview above.