AEW broadcaster Taz has been in the news a lot lately, as the native son of Red Hook, New York has been making the media rounds ahead of tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam. Tonight’s show will emanate from Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens.
Speaking recently with Newsday, the Human Suplex Machine promoted tonight’s show and spoke about his son HOOK’s success with the company.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
Talking about the excitement around tonight’s show: “It’s rare in wrestling that you do a stadium show. Stadium shows are no joke. You put those two cats [Jon Moxley and Bryan Danielson] in the ring for the AEW world title—sign me up. I’m blessed that, as a commentator, I’m able to call it.”
On moving past the All Out drama: “Anything that happened two weeks ago, last week, or last night, that’s in the rearview mirror and we’re onward and upward. That’s how it’s been, no matter what. The pro wrestling business is a train, and the train is going to keep on rolling.”
How AEW has handled HOOK and his success with the promotion: “As a dad, I’m extremely proud of him… I glow as he competes, no matter if it’s maybe at a smaller venue in the Midwest, or a massive stadium like Arthur Ashe in Queens. And I mean that from the bottom of my heart. Just to see him do what he really enjoys doing, and that he’s only in this thing for a year-and-a-half, two years, whatever it is, and the connection he has with the audience… It’s very rare. It’s amazing to see and experience.”
On HOOK’s persona, in and out of the ring: “Anybody who knows him — who aren’t a lot of people because he’s very private and he has a mystique on him — knows that the Hook character is not much different than who he really is. He’s very cerebral. He’s extremely intelligent, and he only talks when he needs to. Obviously, he’s completely different than me.”
HOOK will team with hip hop star Action Bronson to take on JAS members “Daddy Magic” Matt Menard and “Cool Hand Ang” Angelo Parker as part of tonight’s AEW Grand Slam tapings. That match will air on AEW Rampage: Grand Slam this coming Friday, September 23rd.
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