The Grizzled Young Veterans are ready to work with the best pro wrestlers in the world now that they have become "#AllElite."
The former WWE duo, who made their All Elite Wrestling debut at AEW Collision at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, FL. last week, recently appeared as guests on the Cultaholic Wrestling podcast for an in-depth interview covering all things pro wrestling.
The decorated tag-team duo consisting of James Drake and Zack Gibson recently launched their own Burning Hearts Pro Wrestling promotion, with their debut show scheduled for Friday, June 21 at the Liverpool Olympia in Liverpool, England.
During their interview on Cultaholic Wrestling, Drake and Gibson spoke about their AEW debut against The Acclaimed at AEW Collision last week, how the company 'celebrates wrestling' and provides good opportunities for wrestlers, as well as how when they left WWE last October they said that they wanted to work with the best talent out there, which they feel they can do now that they are in AEW.
Featured below are some of the highlights from the interview where they touch on these topics with their thoughts.
James Drake on their AEW debut and how he appreciates the fact that AEW 'celebrates wrestling' and provides good opportunities for wrestlers: "We had a great time [in AEW]. A great conversation with Tony [Khan]. The one thing that I love about that place is it celebrates wrestling. So, first and foremost, it celebrates wrestling. If you can go, you will get your roses. That’s literally something that me and Zack have really prided ourselves on for a very long time. I am 5’10 on a good day. I could probably get wider but I’m not going to get taller and I really hate how for a very long time in wrestling, something as silly as your height can dictate your future. It’s very silly when you can think about the bigger picture."
Zack Gibson on how The Grizzled Young Veterans said when they left WWE last October that they wanted to work with the best talent out there, and how they couldn't do that without working in AEW: "When we came out, we said we wanted to be everywhere, we wanted to work with all the best talents that are out there and you can't go on record as saying that and then not end up, at least, trying to do work with the AEW tag division because that division is stacked. There's rumors of other people coming in but regardless of looking at who potentially could be in, just look at the actual active division right now with, like, Acclaimed, FTR, Young Bucks, the list just goes on and on and it's just top-tier tag team wrestling who are given time to shine and actually show out and do proper tag team wrestling on TV with some real purpose. So, it's such an exciting place to get a foot in the door. We were both buzzing to be there, the Acclaimed are great opponents for us, the crowd was hot on the night, the crowd was hot on the internet kind of reacting to everything."
Check out the complete interview at Spotify.com. H/T to F4WOnline.com for transcribing the above quotes.
