Braun Strowman: "I'll never work for anyone besides WWE or myself"

[Chris]

Braun Strowman says his team "talked to everybody" during his free agency but he doesn't ever plan on wrestling for anyone other than himself or WWE.

Strowman was released from WWE on June 2, 2021. He made his return on the September 5, 2022 edition of Raw. During an episode of After The Bell released on Friday, Strowman spoke about conversations his agent had with other companies during the time he was away from WWE.

"We talked to everybody, people reached out about stuff and I kind of played around with the ideas. I always said in interviews, and people thought I was stupid for it, I said I would never put on a pair of boots for anybody besides WWE and I stuck to my word. I never put on another pair of boots, I went out and started my own thing, worked for myself, gave young talent a place to come and work, make a living, hone their craft inside CYN. Like I said, I stuck to my guns, I will never wrestle for anyone other than myself or WWE and here we are, the monster is home," Strowman said.

Strowman also commented on his release from the company and his feeling that perhaps he needed a break from WWE for a little while.

"I honestly needed a break. Nine years with the company at that point basically in the driver's seat of a Ferrari doing 200 miles an hour for nine years straight, everything's just blowing by you, tunnel vision. Now, I have this opportunity to step outside the bubble of the business and go 'holy s**t, I have done a lot of stuff.' In five and a half years, I've literally beaten everyone there is to beat in WWE, I've won every title except the US Championship, I've main event'ed every pay-per-view, I've sold out every building on this Earth, you name them, I've been in the ring with them."

Braun Strowman: ‘I will never wrestle for anyone other than myself or WWE’

Strowman appeared on After The Bell with Corey Graves.

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[Dale]

Wasn't he heavily linked with iMPACT, like there was something to do with 'The Titan' that leaked out?

 

[Deezy]

I went out and started my own thing, worked for myself, gave young talent a place to come and work, make a living, hone their craft inside CYN.

That ever even hold a show?

 

[Chris]

Wasn't he heavily linked with iMPACT, like there was something to do with 'The Titan' that leaked out?

Yeah that was leaked and then reports of it falling through the day before their PPV came out and just judging by how that PPV went, Impact seemed like they were kinda scrambling so I bought it

Also made an Roh appearance at their last non-Tony Khan show but that was only to plug CYN

 

[Chris]

That ever even hold a show?

A few tapings apparently but I don't think they've aired?

 

[Deezy]

A few tapings apparently but I don't think they've aired?

Imagine someone bragging about having unaired TV pilots and saying "it put food on peoples tables".

 

[Chris]

Imagine someone bragging about having unaired TV pilots and saying "it put food on peoples tables".

EC3 also canceled the tour their were supposed to have been going on I'm seeing and said he would have to "re-evaluate" with Braun and Kross going back to WWE lol meanwhile he's in NWA with some CYN goons I've never heard of and that's probably the death rattle of the promotion right there

 

[Sky]

A few tapings apparently but I don't think they've aired?

I can now confirm that as of recently, multiple tapings have aired. I downloaded the weird app they're on but never got round to watching

 

[Necro]

I mean I don't think AEW had any interest if he's talking about major companies.

 

[Chris]

I can now confirm that as of recently, multiple tapings have aired. I downloaded the weird app they're on but never got round to watching

Heard it's not a terrible service and has some other indies on it

 

[Sky]

Heard it's not a terrible service and has some other indies on it

Yeah there's

Warrior Wrestling
New South
TNT
Women's Wrestling Army
GSW (which is apparently a defunct New Jersey-based King's Road fed, I'd never heard of it)
And also the TripleManias from this year in both English and Spanish so that's cool

 

[Sabretooth]

Well I don't remember him EVER holding the intercontinental championship but it happened apparently

 

[Chris]

Well I don't remember him EVER holding the intercontinental championship but it happened apparently

Short reign and was beaten Sami right before the pandemic hit I think? Pre-pandemic 2020 doesn't feel real at all tbh so idk for sure lol

 

[Sabretooth]

Short reign and was beaten Sami right before the pandemic hit I think? Pre-pandemic 2020 doesn't feel real at all tbh so idk for sure lol

Oh yeah just looked it up and now I remember. They did that dumb shit where he fuckin won it for a month and then lost it in a 3 on 1 handicap match.

 

[Deezy]

Oh yeah just looked it up and now I remember. They did that dumb shit where he fuckin it for a month and then lost it in a 3 on 1 handicap match.

He fucked a title?