Former WWE and TNA Impact Wrestling star D'Lo Brown recently spoke to BetweenTheRopes.com about itching to return to the ring and working for All Japan Pro Wrestling now.

On whether or not he was open to getting back into the ring while he worked for TNA wrestling: "I was open to doing it. I told them I didn’t mind doing it on short stints which was fine with me. I’m the most comfortable in the ring so there was never a nerve issue (of returning to the ring) at all. I was just more worried about could I still perform at the level that I knew I could, that I used to. That was answered pretty quickly. So, from that point on, I had no problems getting back in the ring and having fun."

If he realized he missed being in the ring: "Yes. I think it was that match with Kurt Angle, that night in the hotel I was like ‘you know, there’s something about that’. Wrestling’s a weird thing… once you have it in your blood, it may go to sleep for a little while but it wakes right back up. I missed it a lot."

On being back in the ring with All Japan Pro Wrestling and not working in the United States:
"I’ve always had a love affair for Japan. It was a place that gave me creativity to work the way I wanted to and not be constrained. And besides, I’m not going to hold any punches, I’m a little older so most companies in America aren't even interested in a little older wrestler but in Japan your age is revered. It was a nice, easy place to go to, nice transition and I’m very comfortable with that style. It was easy to fit right back in."