Brock Anderson: In hindsight, I wasn’t ready for AEW

In hindsight, Brock Anderson doesn’t feel he was ready for his role in AEW.

Anderson joined AEW as a rookie in 2021 and was with the company until his contract was not renewed in 2023. The son of wrestling legend Arn Anderson, Brock was trained by former WCW wrestler Lodi and then trained at the Nightmare Factory with QT Marshall.

While appearing on the Under the Ring podcast, the 27-year-old Brock looked back at his time in AEW and explained why he doesn’t think he was ready for the promotion. Brock said that, with AEW being “basically just TV,” there wasn’t a setup for younger wrestlers to develop.

“When I was at AEW, hindsight’s 20/20, you can look back and see that things weren’t going to be the way they were,” he said. “But I didn’t know — it was a new company, I didn’t know what was going to happen. But I don’t think looking back now I was ready for that. Because for young guys, there is no setup to really learn and grasp the business. It’s basically just TV.”

Brock was a regular on AEW Dark during his stint with the promotion, but AEW Dark and Dark: Elevation both ended in April 2023.

Since departing AEW, Brock has wrestled on the indies and is now set to make his MLW debut at Summer of the Beasts in New York City this Thursday (August 29). He’ll be part of a tag team with former ECW wrestler CW Anderson.

Brock was backstage at WWE SummerSlam earlier this month. His father Arn made a cameo appearance on the PLE with Cody Rhodes.