One half of the newly crowned MLW Tag Team Champions, Danny Limelight talks about being part of the new LAX 5150.

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Danny Limelight, 30, made his wrestling debut back in 2014 and in the past few years he's been working the independent wrestlng circuit, however in the last few years he's picked up more bookings with promotions such as All Elite Wrestling, IMPACT Wrestling, Game Changer Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling and Major League Wrestling.

In 2020, he was featured on AEW Dark and landed several opportunities wrestling guys such as Brian Cage, Rey Fenix, Matt Sydal, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus. He continued making appearances on AEW Dark till about June 2021. However, his biggest break in AEW came when he wrestled on the January 7th, 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite. He teamed up with the Varsity Blondes, Brian Pillman Jr and Griff Garrison to take on The Good Brothers ( Doc Gallows, and Karl Anderson) and Kenny Omega in a 6-man-tag.

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It was also during 2020 that Limelight began appearing on the New Japan STRONG cards, having wrestled matches against Rocky Romero, and teaming with " Filthy" Tom Lawlor and J.R Kratos.

However, it seems that Major League Wrestling is where Limelight is seeing the most success. Having only wrestled for the promotion four times this year, he is now part of the new extension and reinvention of LAX led by Konnan, LAX 5150. Additonally at the MLW War Chamber tapings on November 6, 2021, he and Slice Boogie defeated El Hijo de L.A Park and L.A. Park Jr to become the new MLW Tag Team Champions.

In an interview with on-air personality Denise Salcedo, at PCW Ultra, a local independent wrestling show in Southern California, Limelight spoke about the success he's had this year and his triumphs in the world of wrestling.

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Danny Limelight Says This Last Year Was One of the Best Years of His Life

Given that Limelight was making appearances with multiple promotions ( NJPW Strong, AEW, MLW) it's no surprise that he would refer to this last year as the best in his life.

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"The last year was incredible one of the best years of my life. The best year I ever had in wrestling, whether I was was on AEW taking on Kenny Omega, Jon Moxley or the best that they had to offer or I was on New Japan Strong with Team Filthy running the show there, I’ve been doing it all and now I am at MLW. Now I am part of LAX 5150 with Slice Boogie and Konnan, so I am in many different promotions, and I think that’s just a testament to how good I am."

Danny Limelight Comments On The Growth of Major League Wrestling

Major League Wrestling took a brief hiatus during the pandemic, however, they came back full force and have been making the news headlines with new talents and new deals coming their way. Most recently the promotion was promoting their Fightland special that aired on VICE TV.

"MLW is doing amazing things man, it’s a company that is slept on but if you look at everything they’ve done since the pandemic, all the signings they made, the draft that they did, all the shows that we've been putting on since, all the people that they are bringing in, it’s a lot of moving parts alot of things moving on that chessboard."

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Danny Limelight and Slice Boogie

Additionally Limelight talks about the importance of representing Latino wrestlers. "I've walked around with this Puerto Rican bandana for a long time and its because I am proud to be Latino. I am proud to be Puerto Rican and I am proud to put it on for all the minorities, the Latinos and the Hispanics all around the world, so it feels good to be part of something so big."

Danny Limelight On Being The New LAX and Working with Konnan

"You think of LAX, you think of Homicide and Hernandez, Santana and Ortiz and now you got Slice Boogie and Rivera also known as Danny Limelight and I think we’re gonna do some things to the franchise, to the faction, to the team, to the family whatever you wanna call it; that hasn’t been seen before."

Limelight recalls recieving a phonecall from Konnan, asking him to be part of the new LAX. "It was humbling but it also felt good. It also felt deserving. I knew I deserved it… when he told me I was like 'yeah let’s go.' "

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Danny Limelight promotional photo

When asked about his experience working with Konnan, Limelight notes that Konnan was the first to bring him out to Mexico to wrestle. "Konnan and I go way back, he was the first person that brought me over to Mexico many many years ago. To The Crash and then he brought me out there again for Triple A, so me and Konnan have had a working relationship since 2016, and when he called me up and told me about this idea to bring LAX back, I said 'why not, I am with the OG, I can’t lose.' "

You can check out the full interview with Danny Limelight here.