Danny Limelight is keeping it 100.
During a recent interview with SHAK Wrestling, Danny Limelight (aka Danny Rivera) voiced some of his frustrations about his current status with Major League Wrestling.
Rivera officially signed with MLW in September 2021 but now says he’s not sure where things stand. Rivera’s last match for MLW was on May 13 in Philadelphia (aired June 16), but he voiced his frustrations with not being included in the company’s June Battle Riot tapings in New York.
“I’m going to keep in 100 because I don’t bullshit nobody. I don’t know what the hell is going on. I wasn’t even booked in New York. I didn’t find out until the week of the show. I’m like, ‘I’m not booked in my hometown and there is a 40-man battle royal and you have no spots for me to wrestling New York?’ Alright, I left it as it is. I’ll be real with you, I’m a little on the ropes right now with what is going on. I don’t like being left in the dark. I like to know what’s happening. Especially if I’m on contract. If I’m not wrestling, I’m not getting paid.
“It’s one of those things where I’m starting to see why certain people felt a certain type of way about the company. When I came to the company, I was super motivated to be there. I’ve had a lot of fun there. But I’d be lying if I said, ‘I’m good, everything is all good’ because I’m not. I’ll keep it 100. I’m not… I don’t know what’s going on. I’m not trying to lie to nobody and if that gets me heat, oh well. I don’t know what’s going on and I always keep it real.”
MLW is currently on hiatus, airing its “season finale” on July 14. The company did not air any of the Battle Riot content yet and plans to return next month.
Rivera also spoke about his AEW tenure, which ran from October 2020 to June 2021. Rivera said that it was a timing issue and chalked it up as him needing to mature in certain respects.
“Just timing. There were some things that I needed to work on. Maturity. I take accountability when I’m wrong. There were certain things that I was doing. I was going out and partying and the pandemic was still a thing. Certain maturity things that I needed to work on. The way I carried myself, conducted myself. It wasn’t nothing bad but certain things that I needed to work on. They explained that to me and I was like, ‘Thank you for the feedback and I’ll go work on it and hopefully I’ll be back and see you down the line.’ It was like, ‘Damn.’
“I felt like I fumbled the bag because I was there every week pretty much. But it was definitely something I needed to learn. If no one corrected me and nobody held me accountable for my actions, I would have maybe gotten into some real trouble and maybe it wouldn’t have been a good departure. Maybe it would have been, ‘Get this f-cking kid out of here.’ So I’m glad that Christopher Daniels pulled me aside and let me know what was going on. We’ll see what happens in the future.”
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