The Blade Reflects On AEW Run, Says He’s Excited To Be Doing Indie Shows Again

The Blade looks back on his time with AEW.

‘The Butcher’ Andy Williams and The Blade joined All Elite Wrestling in 2019 and were aligned with current TNA talent Allie a.k.a. The Bunny. Fast forward to present day, all three are no longer with AEW.

Allie left in 2023. The Butcher and The Blade became free agents in June 2026 after their contracts expired.

While appearing on Talk’n Shop, The Blade looked back on his highlights from working at AEW, such as sharing the screen with Sting.

“It’s hard for me to pick one but just to rattle some off the top of my head. During the pandemic, we had a really good Falls Count Anywhere match with The Young Bucks. Daily’s Place in Jacksonville. That was really big. We were FTR’s first match when they showed up, and we were the opener of the show. That was a really good one. Just getting to work with Sting, period. I got to wrestle Sting a couple times. There was a month-long period where basically my job was I would show up to work and have to catch Sting jumping off a balcony, for like four weeks straight,” he laughed. “A lot of times, I wasn’t even in the match… I was always there. Getting to work with Sting was great. We had a really good one with (Jon) Moxley and Claudio (Castagnoli) on Rampage. We got a standing ovation in the middle of the match. Tables match, live on Dynamite with The Hardys. So yeah, it’s hard for me to pick just one but, in our six-year run, we had a lot of good moments there for sure.”

As for what’s next, The Blade said the following:

“Right now, you know, what’s next-next? I’m not sure. But I just know that right now, that it’s really exciting doing indies again. I was an independent wrestler for 20 years. It feels good to be doing old shows that I did for a long time. It feels good to be doing new shows again. Feels good to be working with guys I worked with 10 years ago. It feels good to be working and wrestling with new guys. Right now, it’s all very exciting. It feels good.”

The Butcher and The Blade’s last match as a team under the AEW/ROH banner was in January 2024.

If the quotes in this article are used, please credit Talk’n Shop with an H/T to Fightful for the transcriptions.