Julia Hart on anti-ICE chants in AEW: ‘I think it’s great what Brody has done’
Julia Hart says she thinks what Brody King has done is great regarding the anti-ICE chants that have frequently been heard at AEW shows of late.
During an interview with Inside the Ropes, Hart was asked how she feels about her former House of Black stablemate being at the center of the chants. Hart responded that being from Minnesota the issue is something that hits close to home for her.
Hart said:
“Well yeah, you know Brody did a great job of just wearing a t-shirt that’s all. He donated so much money to the families that needed it and me being from Minnesota where a lot of this stuff was happening kind of hit close to home. Like some of the stuff that was happening was right out of a donut shop that I used to go to while growing up. You know it’s kind of like a weird feeling and all we can do is help anyone in need and donating money and being supportive as a community. But, yeah, I think it’s great what Brody has done.”
The 24-year-old is from Bloomington, Minnesota, and trained at the Academy School of Professional Wrestling in Minneapolis, run by Ken Anderson, formerly WWE’s Mr. Kennedy. She also trained at the Nightmare Factory in Atlanta and made her AEW debut in just the ninth match of her career in May 2021.
During the same interview with Inside the Ropes, Hart also spoke about getting into wrestling as a child when her older cousin introduced her to it. She said:
“My cousin John who was quite a few years older than me lived with us for a while, he showed me wresting. He would make me play the video games with him and when I found out there’s a real TV show and I was like, ‘I wanna do that. That’s gonna be me.’”
“He actually saw me in Colorado when he was in Colorado. He actually saw me for the first time so that was like full circle. So cool. And I hadn’t seen him in like so long. He was just so proud of me, and I thought it was the coolest thing, and I was like, ‘If you didn’t show me wrestling, I wouldn’t be here today.”
Hart’s full interview with Inside the Ropes is available here.
Ian Carey is a writer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, whose work has been featured in NOW Magazine, The Huffington Post, and more. A lifelong wrestling aficionado born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he has covered the industry for a decade and a half. He joined the f4wonline.com team in 2019.