Eddie Kingston Says He Doesn't Like Or Trust Claudio Castagnoli

Publish date: 2024-05-03

AEW stars Eddie Kingston and Claudio Castagnoli (formerly known as Cesaro) go way back. The two men appeared on the same wrestling show for the first time in over a decade during the AEW X NJPW: Forbidden Door pay-per-view on Sunday, June 26 -- the same show on which Claudio made his AEW debut.Before Claudio signed with WWE in 2011, he and Kingston were engaged in a longstanding feud that played out in various independent promotions, predominantly Chikara and PWG. At Forbidden Door, the feud was reignited when the two men came face-to-face. When the show went off the air, Castagnoli and Kingston joined the new Interim AEW World Champion Jon Moxley in the ring to celebrate. Claudio is now an official member of the Blackpool Combat Club, meaning that he and Kingston will have to fight side-by-side at Blood & Guts on Wednesday, June 29 - a fact that enraged Kingston. Eddie-Kingston-Claudio-AEW-1“Of course I didn’t like it. I don’t trust the guy,” Kingston said during a recent interview with Michigan Live. “And people who say whatever they want to say about me, that I’m a hothead and I don’t let things go. I just know when I see bad people, I like to call him out on it.”RELATED: NJPW President Wants To Bring Forbidden Door PPV To JapanKingston joined forces with Blackpool Combat Club in order to take on the dastardly Jericho Appreciation Society ... with mixed results. At Double Or Nothing last month, Kingston Santana, Ortiz, and BCC members Jon Moxley and Bryan Danielson came up short against Chris Jericho, Daniel Garcia, Jake Hager, Angelo Parker, and Matt Menard of the JAS in a brilliantly brutal Anarchy in the Arena match.

Despite the defeat, the unholy union of Kingston and the BCC is hanging together as they prepare for another shot at the JAS in a Blood and Guts match ... but if Eddie K's own words are anything to go by, the alliance is on shaky ground. During a recent chat with Joe Roderick, Kingston spoke of his relationship with BCC member Bryan Danielson.

"I’ve known Bryan, and Bryan’s been a piece of s**t since I met him," Eddie exclaimed. "I’m not gonna lie to you guys and be like, ‘Oh yeah, we’re best buds.’”

Is there anyone Eddie actually does like?

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