Top Flight recently signed with AEW after their impressive showings during recent weeks. Their AEW Dynamite debut against The Young Bucks certainly turned heads. Before they were signed, they were struggling in the independent circuit during the COVID-19 pandemic. They worked day jobs to pay their bills.
Matt Jackson spoke on Wrestling Observer Radio, where he revealed a conversation he had with Top Flight. Top Flight were unaware of what being under contract meant. Jackson told the two that they would be able to leave their day jobs as their futures were now safe.
“Darius tells us, the older brother, I think it was him, because we were like, ‘Look, we’re offering you a deal’ and I don’t think they understood what exactly we were saying. ‘This means that you’re going to make a lot of money and you’re going to have a guaranteed salary and you’re going to have a check every two weeks so,’ and Darius goes, ‘I work at a grocery store.’ I go, ‘Not anymore you don’t buddy,’ and Dante said, the younger brother, he’s 19. He’s working at a gym and the gym, it’s been really tough obviously because of [the] COVID thing and we told him the same. We told him, ‘Well tell them that you no longer need to work there man.’ I said, ‘You guys are set now’ and all it took was them having the courage to just reach out and send me a direct message on Instagram.”
The brothers will certainly continue to impress fans with their high-flying action while working in AEW.
h/t to Post Wrestling for the transcription.
