Former AEW Star Rejected Contract Renewal

Former AEW Star Rejected Contract Renewal AEW

A former AEW star has revealed that they turned down an offer for a new contract prior to their departure from the company.

With it now being over a year since Brock Anderson’s AEW departure in the Fall of 2023, the second generation star has addressed his decision to exit the company, revealing that he had the option to re-sign, but opted against it.

Speaking during a K & S Wrestlefest virtual signing, Anderson was asked why he felt his career in AEW was heading down the wrong path.

In response Anderson explained:

“About two years in, probably. Hindsight’s 20/20. It was a brand-new company. They’d only done a handful of TVs before COVID. Then they went into COVID. So in one sense, it was the best place for me to be because it wasn’t like I could be out on the indies, they weren’t running. So at least I was there. When I was there, Cody was there. We were at Jacksonville, at Daly’s Place.

“During the TV days, they would have all the young guys out there, and some of the boys [would be] watching, and they’d be like, ‘That was good, this was bad.’ In that respect, it was good. Like I said, it was a newish company and we were in the middle of a global pandemic. We didn’t know if we were going to develop a training center or any of that, it was early. You’re just like, okay, we’ll keep doing this and see what happens, [we’ll] see how they bring us along.

“Once we got out of the pandemic, we were rocking and rolling, it was just TVs, and that school never came. After doing those five-minute Universal matches, you can’t really get better doing that. It’s too short of a time, you don’t learn how to wrestle.

“After about a year and a half, I was like this is…it’s great, I loved everybody there, I appreciate the opportunity, Tony [Khan] and everybody. It’s just, where I was, I needed to be somewhere where I could actually get repetitions and learn the business. They sent me another, they wanted to redo the current deal I was on, but it was not enough, so I was like maybe we just don’t do this and we go our separate ways.

“I think it was the best decision I’ve made. If I just stayed there and worked the five, six times a year that I was guaranteed, I would never have the mentor I have sitting to my left [CW Anderson] and all the knowledge I’ve soaked up in that short amount of time.”

Anderson made his AEW debut in June 2021, with his final match coming in August 2023 against then TNT Champion Luchasaurus on Collision.

Anderson is currently signed with MLW, making his debut for the promotion in August 2024.

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