He's the only wrestler on that whole entire roster that carries himself like an old school territories style heel, from the moment he steps from behind the curtain every single thing he does and doesnt do, sometimes that is more important, is very much reminiscent of the classic bad guys that drew huge houses week after week in places like Jim Crockett Promotions, Mid South Wrestling, Houston, St Louis or the AWA
His ring psychology and the way he works the fans is very subtle, every movement, every sneer, every syllable is delivered for maximum effect and it is very beautiful to see for an old timey fan such as myself
Literally me watching Randy Orton remind me of the old days
The funny thing is Jimmy Havoc didn't get fired from AEW for sucking, he got fired from AEW and blackballed from the industry in the summer of 2020 after his girlfriend exposed him for domestic violence. The last match he ever wrestled was on AEW Dynamite in June 2020.
Some pictures surfaced a few years ago of him working as a deliver driver in the UK like a year after AEW fired him.
You're seeing him at 57 years old. He has 38 years of pro wrestling and 50 MMA fights on his body. He was gold until around the pandemic then he started to slow down a lot. Guy was still having classics up until around the pandemic. All things considered he's still decent in the ring with the wear and tear he has and his age. I really enjoyed the match with Danielson for what it was.
Through the 2010's in his 40's he was pretty much a guaranteed great match on any card when most guys that age would've already been broken down. In 2018 him and Okada had a 30 minute classic in the pouring rain outside at Suzuki's 30th Anniversary show when he was 50 years old. That's around the time he started to slow down and it seemed like time finally started to catch up to him.
I'll always be a fun of Suzuki, he was awesome for decades.
