Action Bronson: I never got called back by AEW, ‘backstage is weird over there’
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One-time pro wrestler, rapper and actor Action Bronson was hoping for another match or more in AEW, but said that the promotion never called him back.
Bronson appeared on The Ariel Helwani Show Wednesday and was asked if he wanted another match. Bronson was immediately dismissive, saying, “You know what they do. They don’t call you back. I never got called back. There was an angle there. I’m ready right now. I’m ready for whoever.”
In his lone match back in September 2022 as part of Rampage Grand Slam, he teamed with Hook against Matt Menard and Angelo Parker. During the interview, he intimated he wanted to do more in the match but that his opponents didn’t want to take some of his offense like a top rope splash or a facebuster.
Helwani asked the 41-year-old if he liked being backstage and after saying that he did, he immediately changed his answer.
“Actually, no. I enjoy the act. I don’t like the…the backstage is weird over there. It’s just weird. It was just like everyone’s cliquey,” later adding he wasn’t looking to be welcomed but that “you could tell it was weird vibes.”
Bronson, a big wrestling fan, said he trained for eight weeks for the match at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York, with Taz and Hook. He said he was in the ring for two-to-three days a week, was training on the off-days, and that MJF even showed up on some days.
He “100%” wants to wrestle again and that if he gets the call for a big show, he’s there. He also intimated he would wrestle for WWE and mentioned fellow musician and occasional WWE wrestler Bad Bunny as an opponent.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.