Anthony Ogogo Confirms He Was ‘Being Groomed To Join The Blackpool Combat Club

Anthony Ogogo says that he was being groomed to join The Blackpool Combat Club at one point.

Before the faction splintered into what is now known as The Death Riders, The Blackpool Combat Club also featured the likes of Bryan Danielson and William Regal before Jon Moxley transformed the faction.

While speaking to ITR Wrestling in a new interview, Anthony Ogogo confirmed that at one point, he was being groomed to join the BCC.

“He taught me how to wrestle. The whole thing about pro wrestling is you can be who you wanna be. Just because I wrestle like big and strong and do like power moves. Like Regal taught me this as well, Regal taught me this old school British wrestling big guy, tough styles. Just because you do the impact stuff doesn’t mean you can’t learn the intricate stuff. It just thus far hasn’t been called to use, doesn’t make sense for me to be using it. He [Bryan Danielson] taught me so much, again, not just wrestling stuff, but how to get over. He got this thing [the Yes chants] over. And when someone does a move, or a quote and it transcends outside of wrestling, that guy knows what he’s talking about. Tremendous guy, wonderful man. Really really nice guy as well. Super nice guy. At that point I was being groomed to join the Blackpool Combat Club, before it became the Blackpool Combat Club and it never really materialized. So I trained all this time with Danielson and Regal and put in all those hard work in to learn, and Regal, as well, someone who knows how to get over. People remember Regal’s time in the Attitude Era, putting in the funny faces. The man could work, he could work with anybody. He was really good. Yes they had the entertainment side of things, but as a true professional wrestler, that guy put the real back into wrestling. Taught me loads and loads. I haven’t been able to get to wrestle on TV, but when I get the go ahead, I am ready.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Ogogo spoke about ‘F*ck ICE’ chants at AEW shows. You can read more about that here.