For many years, Sonjay Dutt was one of the best wrestlers in the Impact Wrestling X-Division. He was underrated as a wrestler, but would get a reign as X-Division Champion in 2017 – when it was known as the GFW X-Division Championship. This was also near the end of his in-ring career, with him finishing up in the ring in December of that year. He’d spend some time in WWE as a producer, before leaving to join AEW – where he has no plans to exit retirement.
Sonjay Dutt Says There Is Zero Chance Of Him Returning To The Ring
While appearing on the AEW Unrestricted podcast, Dutt would be asked if he had any plans to return to the ring. Dutt would be quoted saying the following.
“There will be zero chance that I will be returning to the ring. Let’s put it like this. If I was fixed physically, if my body was 100%, that would be something I would consider. But until that happens, there’s no way I’m doing it.”
Becoming The Manager Of Jay Lethal
As for how he ended up as the manager of Jay Lethal in AEW, Dutt would tell the story.
“Tony Khan came up to me and he had this idea. I guess it’s no secret to him and a lot of people backstage that Jay Lethal and I are best friends. We’ve been best friends for 20 years. When I say best friends, I mean Thanksgiving, Christmas, vacations, he’s family.
Tony said, ‘Hey, man. I got this idea. I want to try to link you with Jay Lethal on television, and then he drops the Satnam bomb. Since I stopped wrestling, I was very adamant that my future was not in front of the camera. I refused those roles in previous companies. I was very fulfilled, and I still am very fulfilled with what I do backstage in cultivating new talent, and helping them out and showing them the ropes.
That is where I truly feel like I have excelled in the last five plus years. So when he came to me with this idea, I was kind of hesitant, but when he dropped ‘Hey, you’re going to work with Jay on camera’, it was a quick yes. Being on camera and working so closely with my best friend, I mean, I can’t write a better story. It is truly like a dream come true to be out there with Jay.”
Dutt will accompany Lethal at Death Before Dishonor, where Lethal will battle for the ROH World Television Championship. Will Lethal become champion? Let us know what you think in the comment section down below.
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