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PUNK ON RETURNING TO WRESTLING, HARDY IS READY, WHEELER'S INJURY AND MORE

CM Punk did an interview with Variety to promote his appearance on 'Heels' this Sunday. 

Some highlights: 

 

Meeting series creator Michael Waldron years ago and reading for the lead role of Jack Spade, now played by Stephen Amell: “This shows you how show business works, right? Everyone was like, ‘Man, you’re so great. Waldron’s excited, the execs are excited. You did so good. But unfortunately, we’re canning the entire project.’ ‘Heels’ went on the shelf for years and years,” 

Being cast as Ricky Rabies, after the original actor casted dropped off: “The character was fully formed from a visual standpoint, but the showrunner, Mike O’Malley, and Waldron said, ‘This is your world. We’re assuming you probably know or have known who this guy is.’ And they were right. I’ve shared a locker room with a guy like Ricky Rabies — a perennial independent wrestling journeyman, maybe had a cup of coffee in the big leagues, who has a strong following. People will buy a ticket to go see Ricky Rabies. I got to kind of cherry pick and choose different attributes and personality traits from wrestlers that I have known over the years.”

Having an idea that he would be joining AEW when he was shooting his scenes during late 2020 and early 2021: “It wasn’t 100%, but I knew that’s what I was doing, if that makes sense. It was just fortuitous, I guess. Here I am in a wrestling ring for this acting gig and I know, in the back of my head, I’m getting back into the ring in a few months anyway, so I figured it was two birds one stone. I got a little out of camp training.”

Matt Hardy tweeted:

 

Referee Bryce Remsburg is on today's AEW Unrestricted podcast. Bryce discusses how he began in the independent wrestling scene, learning about AEW, working behind-the-scenes in travel, his relationships with Brodie Lee, Eddie Kingston and the Young Bucks, referee an invisible man match, other crazy shenanigans, Excalibur, Shaquille O'Neal, and more.

Warning, the following is pretty graphic:

 

 

 

 

Cash Wheeler of FTR tweeted:

 

 

 

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