Bronson Reed recently spoke with Sporting News for an in-depth interview covering all things pro wrestling and his career in general.
During his discussion with the popular sports media outlet, Reed spoke at length about his early sporting days, his lifelong fandom of the pro wrestling business and more.
Featured below are some of the highlights.
On how he used to dabble in all kinds of sports, including football and basketball: "I was one of those kids that dabbled in everything. I did a year of soccer, I played footy for two years – as in AFL, I have to say that because if you say football here, they talk about gridiron. I played rugby for two years as well, and I played basketball for two years. I sort of just dabbled in everything as a child and through high school, until I finished high school and I got into pro wrestling."
On being a lifelong fan of pro wrestling: "I was always a fan of pro wrestling, since I can remember. I had my uncle who lived with us at the time, he was a huge wrestling fan, so as a little kid at 2-3 years old, he was watching wrestling on TV and I guess I was sitting there watching as well. From there, I just became a fan. As a little kid, I was always like one day I’m going to be a wrestler, but you don’t know if that is going to happen. As a teenager, I saw some local wrestling and that’s when I was like maybe I can do this, join a school and learn how to do it locally."
On working in the independent pro wrestling scene in Australia: "A lot of people ask me about that – I wouldn’t change the way I did it at all. It was very hard work. When I started wrestling in Australia in 2007, getting to somewhere like WWE wasn’t really a thing that you thought of because there were no Australians in WWE. That wasn’t even in the back of my mind, I just wanted to be a pro wrestler and go out and entertain fans. That’s the biggest difference with where we are now, compared to when I started – now people can join a wrestling school, and there are a few reputable ones in Australia. They can have that in their back of their head and think if I get good at this, I can go overseas and get signed.:"
Check out the complete interview at SportingNews.com.
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