Anthony Ogogo reflects on ‘long, frustrating last couple of years’

With an Olympic medal in hand before he ever started in pro wrestling, Anthony Ogogo expected to be one of AEW’s biggest stars. Instead he has been lost in the shuffle, but he’s still working to get to the top. 

“It has been a long, frustrating last couple of years,” Ogogo admitted in an interview with Debottam Saha of ITR Wrestling. “I relocated my whole life from the UK to do this. I have trained and I’m in great physical shape as you can see, so I am ready to show the world what I can do again.”

Ogogo called AEW’s roster “stacked” and said he was waiting for an opportunity, “perhaps longer than I would have liked. When I joined,” he said, “I thought I would be one of the biggest stars in the company by now. But, listen, in the industry of pro wrestling you are at the behest of others. You can be the best but it’s not always down to you. It’s not my company.”

The former Olympian posted a pic earlier this month from a recent training session with the recently retired AJ Styles. He has also been appearing on Marshall’s 1FW promotion in Georgia. His last match in AEW was an appearance on the losing side of a 16-man tag team match at Zero Hour before All In London of 2024. 

Ogogo won a bronze medal in boxing at the London Olympics in 2012. He is one of a handful of Olympians to wrestle matches for AEW/ROH, along with Jeff “JC Mateo” Cobb, Shaquille O’Neal, and Ronda Rousey. Mark Henry has also appeared as a commentator and interviewer for AEW.