Darby Allin is back in AEW!
In the main event of the July 12th edition of All In, fans witnessed a violent and bloodied clash between Adam Page and Jon Moxley. While Moxley used the numbers advantage on Page by bringing along his Death Riders, absent stars Bryan Danielson and Darby Allin made their long-awaited return to even the odds for Hangman.
While Danielson returned wearing a lucha mask, it was Darby Allin who made everyone’s jaw drop with his return. Securly attached with ropes and a safety harness, Allin slowly descended from the rafters and swiftly took out Moxley and his entire crew.
This marked the former TNT Champion’s first on-screen appearance since December 2024. While absent for the past seven months, Allin conquered Mount Everest during this time and added to his list of achievements.
Darby Allin Informed Tony Khan Of Not Requiring A World Title Victory
Recently speaking to Marc Maron on WTF,Darby Allin reflected on his pro-wrestling journey and how he informed Tony Khan of needing a World title on his shoulder.
I’m surprisingly feeling great. I thought coming back I was going to be all mangled and s**t. Outside of wrestling and skateboarding, I do all these other crazy things. Pretty much, as soon as I got back, I was on a plane to the Bahamas to film Shark Week. It was a whole thing, but my body feels great. I feel mentally great. I learned so much inside of myself on that mountain.
A lot of people say it’s not about summiting Mount Everest, it’s about conquering yourself and your inside and pulling stuff out. It’s a beautiful journey and pulling stuff out of you. When I got to the top of the mountain, I was crying. It was such an overwhelming feeling of accomplishment. It’s pulling something out of yourself.
It’s proving to yourself that you’re capable of anything. I know that sounds generic, but honestly, in the pro wrestling world, the guy who runs the show controls how far you’re going to make it or how well you’re going to make it. Someone is in control of your destiny.
It’s not like boxing or MMA where, ‘I’m going to prove I’m the fu**ing best by knocking you out.’ It doesn’t work like that in wrestling. It is so much politicking and random s**t that goes into it. I wanted to prove to myself that I’m fu**ing capable of it. You can’t politic your way up that mountain. There is no helicopter that goes up that high where you can jump out and take a photo on the summit, ‘I climbed Everest,’ and lie to people. You have to track and crawl your way up that s**t.”
That’s where it was so humbling to remind myself what I’m capable of because you get into the world wrestling…there is nothing else like the world of wrestling to me. It’s the most amazing job in the world for someone like myself because it’s stunts, acting, and it checks all the boxes. I’m very passionate about, but on the flip side, someone else controls your destiny. Someone else controls how far and how well you’re going to make it.
You can have this passion, ‘I’m the fu**ing man.’ ‘No, you’re not, you’re going to be losing every week.’ I see the world of wrestling and I love wrestling, but it’s crazy how people get into this small bubble and it allows them to be chewed up and spit out, when all it is is a 15-minute ride. If you don’t focus on your real life, it’s going to chew you up and spit you out. And you’re going to believe your own hype and the next thing you know, you’re being this character that you are on TV in real life. Dude, detach.
Coming into the world of wrestling, I always wanted to leave the same person coming out. I didn’t want to all of a sudden get this ego and believe my own hype. ‘I’m Darby Allin!’ Shut the fu** up, dude.
To be able to do this mountain in the middle of what I feel is my physical peak where I feel amazing and Tony Khan, the owner of AEW, being like, ‘Yo, do this s**t.’ Cool. A lot of people in the world of wrestling, they chew you up, spit you out, and leave you with nothing. The fact that he allowed me to do this, I’m so grateful for it.”
I told Tony [Khan] before I went to Everest, ‘I already feel like I’m the champion of the world. I don’t need the championship belt to feel validated because I’m already winning in life. I feel so free and happy. I’m grateful for everything.’”