Arn Anderson appreciates Tony Khan for allowing Brock Anderson to get his start in AEW, but he feels his son wasn’t ready just yet.
During a recent appearance on “Foundation Radio,” the WWE Hall of Famer thanked Tony Khan for giving Brock an opportunity early on his career.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On Brock getting his start in AEW: “Thanks to Tony Khan for giving him his start and I appreciate it. At the time, I thought it’s too soon. He hasn’t had enough experience off television and the smaller venues. Just wrestling school where he was trained. I felt like he needed more of that. But Tony was the boss. He said, ‘Well, let’s debut him tonight.’ That happened just like that one afternoon. We had no knowledge of it. Cody (Rhodes) comes to me, he says, ‘Tony wants to talk to you. You got a minute?’ (Tony) goes, ‘Want to debut Brock tonight?’ Well, what do you say? No? I mean, are you kidding me? We already owe him for providing an alternative in the wrestling industry. What I’m going to say, no to the guy?”
On Brock getting into wrestling: “I never told Brock; ‘I don’t want you in the business.’ I never told Brock, ‘I want you in the business.’ He came up to me when he was in high school and he said, ‘Dad, what would you think about me wrestling?’ I said, ‘Why are you bringing that up now? You’re in high school.’ He said, ‘I don’t know. I’ve just been watching.’ So he had been in his room watching some stuff on his own, making his own decisions about what he liked and what he didn’t like and what he thought was good.”
Former AEW Women’s World Champion Saraya has announced a new autobiography, Hell in Boots: Clawing My Way Through Nine Lives. The book is currently available for pre-order at retailers through Simon and Schuster’s website. It will be hitting store shelves on March 25, 2025.
You can check out the official synopsis for the book below:
An eye-opening memoir of family drama, stardom, despair, and resilience from the wildly popular wrestling superstar.
Saraya-Jade Bevis, formerly WWE’s Paige, is one of the biggest names in the wrestling world. She is the youngest two-time WWE Divas Champion and was inaugural NXT’s Women Champion. She ranked first in Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Female 50 and was named Diva of the Year by Rolling Stone in 2014. She was also the subject of the critically and commercially successful 2019 film Fighting with My Family, produced by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and starring Florence Pugh. But before ascending to wrestling superstardom, she was just Saraya.
Hell in Boots is Saraya’s real, uncensored, story. From her early days in her famous (and chaotic) wrestling family, to leaving home at fifteen, to forging her own path in professional wrestling, Saraya has been through hell and back. As she fought to make it in the incredibly competitive—and at times sexist—wrestling world, she faced incredible highs and devastating lows. Saraya recounts years of struggling with substance abuse, clawing back her pride after an ex’s sex tape leaked, adjusting to stardom in the WWE, healing from a nearly career-ending injury, a making triumphant return to wrestling as AEW Women’s World Champion. Through it all, Saraya tells her whole truth in a way she never has before.
🚨🔥Announcement that’s made me so nervous my chest is red. But my new book is available for preorder HELL IN BOOTS! Took me so long and I’m so excited to share my life with you! Preorder right now using this link: https://t.co/9rCOwlpYDn I love you and thank you 🥹🔥🚨 pic.twitter.com/mR7kjPixPz
— SARAYA (@Saraya) September 4, 2024
