"I thought I was never going back” - 3-time champion was convinced his AEW career had ended until recent return

A former multi-time AEW champion finally returned to Tony Khan-led promotion's programming about a couple of weeks ago. The star, Scorpio Sky, recently reflected on his comeback and talked about having once been under the impression that his stint in the company was nearing its end.

It was earlier this month, on the 100th episode of AEW Collision, that Scorpio Sky made his return to All Elite Wrestling. The former TNT Champion answered Max Caster's open challenge and swiftly defeated the self-proclaimed "Best Wrestler Alive" in just under a minute. This was Scorpio's first AEW match since losing to Andrade El Idolo on September 16, 2023.

On the latest edition of the Creating Character podcast, Sky discussed fan responses to his return to the Jacksonville-based promotion's programming, talking about how he was surprised by the positive reception it garnered online.

“I was surprised at how well it was received online. Sometimes, the internet wrestling community can be very stiff,” Sky said. “On [Twitter/X]… the AEW audience that is, they’re not always very happy to see me… it seems the reaction has been overwhelmingly positive. That actually caught me off guard.”

The 42-year-old also confessed to once believing that he would likely not come back to All Elite Wrestling television. However, the company wanted him to stay on, and the two sides seemingly worked out the matter.

“To be completely honest with you, there was a time where I thought I was never going back to AEW. It just felt like things were heading in that direction,” Sky said. “That’s not what I wanted, and fortunately, it’s not what they wanted. We worked it out. I’m really happy to be back.” [H/T - Wrestling News.co]

Sky has also formed a new alliance on All Elite programming dubbed Sky Flight, joining forces with Top Flight, Leila Grey, and long-time SCU ally Christopher Daniels.

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Top Flight has not wrestled inside an AEW ring since they teamed with AR Fox to unsuccessfully take on LFI's Dralistico, The Beast Mortos, and Rush on the May 31 edition of Collision. Prior to that, Dante and Darius Martin had failed to beat Shelton Benjamin and Bobby Lashley of The Hurt Syndicate in a World Tag Team Title Eliminator bout on Dynamite: Beach Break.

Christopher Daniels, on the other hand, has been retired since his brutal Texas Death Match against newly crowned World Champion Hangman Adam Page at Collision: Maximum Carnage earlier this year.