In a recent interview with The Two Man Power Trip Of Wrestling podcast, Nigel McGuinness opened up on several topics including his departure from the WWE, the potential of him making an in-ring return and much more.

Highlights of the interview are below:

On his departure from the WWE: “It wasn’t a huge shock to me, I don’t think so. I think with the NXT UK brand being put on hiatus and moving a lot of guys over to NXT, I kind of wasn’t being used as much as I might be, and so I understood, certainly I’m not sure how much longer that role was going to be there, I was very grateful to still be employed as long as I was, doing the smaller shows in terms of NXT Level Up or 205 Live, the ability to work with younger guys and stuff like that, and watch younger guys just breaking into this industry, that was a great experience in and of itself, but to answer your point, there wasn’t a huge shock. Again, I just had felt very grateful about everything that had happened there, and very appreciative of the 6 years of the learning and the education and the experience.”

On the potential of an in-ring return: “That’s the million-dollar question isn’t it. Exactly, yeah, everybody’s asked me that as soon as I went my separate ways from the WWE as well. I can’t give a definitive answer other than to say that I certainly feel my strengths at this point in my life are in other aspects of the industry, but I wouldn’t rule it out one hundred percent neither, you know, there’s always that part of you that wants to have that final moment, but sometimes, cooler and smarter heads have to prevail, so it’s a cliché of course just to never say never. See, a lot of people, Edge, Lita, Trish of course, a lot of people come back and have really, really good matches and have a really positive influence on the industry and in a way, they are able to help the next generation. I think that’s fantastic, so only time will tell what really happens from here, I got a lot of string to my boat, getting ready to fire. It would be amazing to me, someone said to me when I was actually at WWE, they said, you know Nigel, I bet you could get in the ring tomorrow and I said absolutely, I’m just not sure if I could get back out.”

On why he’s not walking away from the wrestling business: “Oh, I’m certainly open to offers and possibilities, and obviously I’ve been putting some feelers out there, seeing if there’s any interest, there’s been various different bites here and there, but without going into the details, nothing’s taken yet, but hopefully you know, professional wrestling is an industry that I’ve devoted the last portion of my life to, and when I went my separate ways from the WWE and I sat down with a piece of paper, obviously I wrote down wrestling as one of those things, because I’d be silly to walk away from an industry that has treated me so well and given me so many blessings over the last 10-20 years, so certainly open to offers, but nothing definitive right now. It’s a very exciting, interesting world in the professional wrestling industry at the moment, always is, but especially right now, WrestleMania season, it’s so many people from all over the world coming into Los Angeles, there’s a lot going on and a lot to talk about too.”

The interview is available in full at this link.