Pro wrestler BK Westbrook recalls AEW match against 'Speedball' Mike Bailey

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BK Westbrook is among the rising talents connected the autarkic scene.

The North Carolina autochthonal has appeared successful respective antithetic promotions since the extremity of 2025, including Game Changer Wrestling, Pandemonium: Pro Wrestling, Deadlock Pro Wrestling, TBD Wrestling among others. It’s not precise often pro wrestlers moving done the indies get a accidental to showcase their abilities connected television.

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BK Westbrook is 1 of the rising pro wrestling talents connected the independents. (Provided to Fox News Digital)

All Elite Wrestling made that happen.

Westbrook appeared connected AEW "Collision" successful May against "Speedball" Mike Bailey. He wrestled nether conscionable his past sanction and lasted for conscionable implicit a infinitesimal with Bailey, who could beryllium considered 1 of the apical 10 pro wrestlers successful the athletics among immoderate company. Westbrook recalled getting a accidental to showcase his enactment with AEW successful a caller interrogation with Fox News Digital.

"It was cool. So, I've done other enactment a mates times. I've gotten to beryllium benignant of successful the background, conscionable idiosyncratic who's conscionable blessed to beryllium a portion of the show," helium said. "But to beryllium connected the amusement and to beryllium similar wrestling, is my archetypal accidental that I got. Getting a accidental to wrestle Mike Bailey, who's idiosyncratic I person past with from conscionable being connected assorted autarkic shows implicit the years earlier he's gotten this awesome AEW tally and everything and being astir him and similar Deadlock Pro for instance.

Mike Bailey entering the wrestling ringing astatine Ota-City General Gymnasium successful Tokyo

Mike Bailey enters the ringing during the New Japan Pro-Wrestling Best of the Super Jr. Final astatine Ota-City General Gymnasium successful Tokyo connected May 28, 2023. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

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"I cognize a bully magnitude of radical determination astatine AEW truthful it was benignant of chill to beryllium successful that environment. I was ace thrilled conscionable to beryllium capable to beryllium connected TV. I mightiness not person been BK Westbrook, I mightiness person been conscionable ‘Westbrook,’ but the feline is inactive there. I was thankful for the opportunity. Absolutely. It was a bully time."

Westbrook is acceptable to re-appear astatine Pandemonium Pro’s "JoJo" lawsuit successful August. The amusement volition rise wealth for the household of the precocious Jordan Saint, who was killed successful a car crash.