AAA star Jack Cartwheel is thinking big. The independent standout laid out an ambitious wish list during a recent interview, naming Roman Reigns and Finn Balor among the WWE greats he hopes to step in the ring with someday.
Cartwheel revealed his dream opponents during an interaction on Pep Shop Collectibles. He framed the list of WWE and NXT names as goals to chase, but grounded several of them in real history from his time on the indies.
When asked about WWE and NXT talent he would like to face, Cartwheel named Je’Von Evans. He then rattled off a list of names he hopes to share the ring with down the line.
Okay. So, yeah, I mean, Je’Von Evans, I would love to have another match with him. Finn Balor is one of my my greats of all time that I want to face. Roman Reigns is another great of all time I would like to face. Are you kidding me? That would be sick,” Cartwheel said.
He also spoke about reconnecting with former indie peers now signed to WWE.
I think it’d be so cool to get to NXT and wrestle with the Vanity Project guys that I got to work on the indies when we were all on (WWE) ID together. Now I’m at AAA, they’re on NXT. But I hope that one day we can merge back.
Real History Behind The Wish List
Cartwheel’s list goes beyond aspirational name-drops. He pointed to a shared Northern California connection with Jacob Fatu, noting the two crossed paths before Fatu’s WWE run.
I should say Jacob Fatu too because he’s also from this Northern California area along with me that I’ve actually had a match with him on the indies in this area before he got picked up,” Cartwheel said.
On the AAA side, Cartwheel named Pagano and Rey Fenix as luchadors he would like to face. He described the appeal of a stylistic clash with Pagano and pointed to unfinished business with Fenix.
I think being Pagano would be really fun with the dynamic of a small guy versus a big guy and him being terrifying, me being cleancut,” Cartwheel said.
I’ve never had a match against Rey Fenix. I think that would be so insanely cool. We did an angle a really long time ago, when at the crash, and I think it just happened with weird timing where we set up an angle but we never actually had the match after it.
The fizzled Fenix angle is the kind of thread that fans love to see revisited, and Cartwheel’s candid rundown puts a marker down on several matchups he hopes to finish someday.
