TNA star KC Navarro recalls competing in Ultimate X match against mentor Amazing Red at Slammiversary

KC Navarro narrowly missed retired connected winning the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) X Division Championship astatine Slammiversary but the infinitesimal was peculiar nonetheless.

Navarro was capable to vie against his mentor Amazing Red successful the match. Red got the amended of him successful 1 of the amended sequences of the match. Navarro besides talked astir battling with his fearfulness of heights arsenic helium tried to marque his mode up the pillar to ascent connected the enactment and get the title.

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KC Navarro takes connected Ryan Nemeth successful Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. (TNA Wrestling)

"So, this Ultimate X was a batch much peculiar than the archetypal 1 I was successful astatine Rebellion past year. See, me, I'm not a large instrumentality of heights, truthful it really takes maine a portion to ascent that happening and I person to spot what I'm gonna do," helium told Fox News Digital. "But this twelvemonth was precise peculiar to maine due to the fact that Amazing Red was successful it. A batch of radical don't know, but it was acceptable connected commentary, Amazing Red was a large mentor for maine for my full career. Somebody I looked up to. I mean, evidently maine and him, aforesaid stature, you know, helium did astonishing things, nary pun intended, astonishing things successful the X Division, erstwhile X Division champion, and conscionable to beryllium a portion of his archetypal lucifer back, it was precise peculiar for me.

"I truly was grateful that maine and him got to person a infinitesimal successful the ringing arsenic well. I cognize it was precise peculiar for him arsenic well. Hope helium comes back. That'll beryllium awesome. I deliberation it's awesome, chill to spot him back. But it was precise peculiar for me. You know, Slammiversary past year, I walked successful with a torn ACL and I risked my vocation being successful that ladder lucifer against The Hardys, the Nemeths, and The Rascalz. This year, I came successful with a brand-new genu successful the Ultimate X astatine a lucifer that's beauteous unsafe for maine to beryllium in. If I would person fell the incorrect way, I could person blew my genu out. So, I took a chance. But for maine to get an accidental this soon to spell for a title similar the X Division rubric and being successful the ringing with a feline similar Amazing Red,, my lad Leon Slater, Fabian Aichner, Mr. Elegance, Frankie Kazarian, etc. It was a precise stacked lucifer to beryllium in. I was precise grateful to beryllium a portion of it."

KC Navarro takes connected AJ Francis successful Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. (TNA Wrestling)

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Navarro added that battling his fearfulness of heights is conscionable a portion of the job.

"Yeah, I'm not a instrumentality of heights and I and it mightiness beryllium conscionable from the injury, right? Like I conscionable mightiness person been reasoning excessively overmuch like, ‘Oh antheral what if I get hurt.’ But I mean it's conscionable maine man," helium said. "I conscionable support God first. I number connected the adrenaline to get maine done which it does due to the fact that erstwhile that doorbell rings – got nary choice. Got to spell for that belt.

"Once that doorbell rings and the lights are connected I'm each good. But it's conscionable it's conscionable having a beardown mentality of conscionable knowing that this is what I'm meant to bash and I can't deliberation negative. I got to spell retired determination affirmative and cognize that I'm going to spell successful healthy, locomotion retired healthy, and possibly locomotion retired a champion arsenic well."

KC Navarro enters a TNA ring. (TNA Wrestling)

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Navarro is successful the midst of a feud with TNA satellite champion Nic Nemeth. Navigating the rivalry could enactment him backmost connected the apical of the roster.