Braun Strowman Says He’s ‘Semi-Retired’ From Wrestling

Braun Strowman says he wants to primarily focus on acting moving forward.

Former WWE Superstar Braun Strowman, whose real name is Adam Scherr, was released by WWE on May 2. For the time being, he’s focused on projects outside the squared circle, and that may be how things stay.

During an interview with Collider, where he was promoting his upcoming role in Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon, the former WWE Universal Champion stated that he was semi-retired while discussing his scene in the movie, in which he was beating up extras who also happened to be professional wrestlers.

“Oh, I gotta give it to the extras, the ones that gave their bodies up for me, because in my scene, I’m rough with these guys, and they’re all pro wrestlers and stuff on their side jobs and stuff. So they were all unbelievably willing to give their bodies up to me for this film. We did a lot of takes with a couple of them, and it was very physical,” he said. “They were like, ‘Lay it in harder.’ I was like, ‘No, no…’ In our business, too, like the wrestling business side of things — I say ‘our business,’ but I’m semi-retired from wrestling now, too, because I want to be an actor.

“But I always have so much admiration for these young and up-and-coming talents that are looking for a shoe in, a place to get in by going the extra mile, being the first one to raise their hand, not even knowing what I’m going to do to their poor soul, and just going, ‘I’ll volunteer for it.’ I was that kid at one point. I was doing that. I was the one going, ‘I’ll do it. I’ll eat that. I’ll go here. I’ll do that.’ That’s what gave me the opportunity to get to where I am in life. So those are a lot of the unsung heroes, too, that are behind the scenes, that no one ever knows about, and they never get credit for. So that’s big for me.”

Fans can read further comments from the former WWE Superstar about his WWE release here.

He will be appearing as Braun Strowman one more time on the USA Network as part of the upcoming series “Everything on the Menu.” Learn more about that here.

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