Bear Bronson gets candid about his post-AEW experience.
In June 2024, Bear Bronson exited AEW, just months after he raised frustrations with his position in the company. According to Bronson, he felt “complacent” at one point, but after seeing Mike Santana also leave AEW and bet on himself, he then felt inspired to do the same.
During a new interview with the I Love Wrestling Podcast, Bronson opened up about his mindset since leaving All Elite Wrestling, which he hopes other wrestlers adopt if they find themselves unhappy in any promotion.
“This is just everything that I’ve ever wanted,” he said, referencing his current success in TNA. “It’s something that I hope wrestlers can learn from to where if you are unhappy somewhere, you could point fingers and you can blame and whatever. But at the end of the day, every wrestling company is just trying. They’re just trying their best with the pieces that they have, and they’re not always thinking about you. So if you are unhappy, you need to leave. You need to go get yourself battle-ready because that’s what I knew I needed to do. I left one place and said, ‘You know what? I’m not even gonna try to get signed anywhere else. I just need to reconnect with the wrestler that I know is inside here.”
Since departing from AEW in June 2024, Bronson estimates that he’s wrestled in about 120 matches, most of which took place on the indie scene. Now, he is amongst The System, a TNA stable that is routinely in the main event mix.
“I’ve landed in a place where, man, I’m being put to work,” Bronson said. “I know what it’s like to kind of sit and watch everybody else be busy and you want that too, but you’re kinda just sitting there doing nothing. I wished for it and I got it.”
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