Marko Stunt On End Of AEW Run “I Don’t Think I Handled It As Maturely As I Should Have”

Marko Stunt’s time with AEW came to an end in June of 2022 and after three years away from the promotion, has come to a realization that he could have handled the situation a lot better. Stunt, in an interview with Busted Open Radio, believes that the blame falls on himself for how his AEW run concluded.

“I think there’s a few things that went into it. I’ve grown up a lot since then. I’m almost 30 now. I was in my early 20’s when all of that first started, I was young, dumb, and excited to be living my dream. I made some decisions that didn’t go over too well a couple of times. I kind of treated it like ‘I’m here, I’m good.’ A terrible mindset to have to be real honest with you. I absolutely loved being there, I’ve got friends for life from there now. Obviously with Jack (Perry) and Luchasaurus, Sammy Guevara, and all the VLOG crew we were a part of.

“Plans started to change, more people started to come in, new toys are more fun than the toys you got a few years ago. I’m not bitter at all, I’m very fortunate to have lived my dream, I’m very fortunate to have the friends I have. I’m very fortunate to be able to walk around and know that…I still got people coming up to me every week or so, I’ll go to Walmart or a gas station and people still come up to me this day. They say they used to watch me, I still think that’s crazy,” says Stunt. “I was Marko Stunt forever and I’m still Marko Stunt, I’m just Noah now, I just working day to day. To go back to your question, I do think there was somethings I could’ve done different to preserve my spot a little better, I don’t think I handled it as maturely as I should have. I feel like I have to blame it on myself, I wanna say I go too comfortable to be honest with you. I didn’t feel untouchable or anything, that was never in my headspace, I did feel too comfortable there.”

Stunt was a part of the original AEW locker room and he believes that there is still something special about that time in the promotion’s early days.

“I agree (that there was something special about the original AEW locker room). When AEW first started, everybody, I mean 99% of the locker room were buddies. We were all hanging out after the shows, we were hanging out backstage, there was no discourse at all. Just the atmosphere was so cool to be a part of, Tony (Khan) was great man, he treated me amazingly,” said Stunt.

Tragedy did strike Stunt and his family though when the pandemic tapings first began, as Stunt’s grandmother passed away shortly Stunt first reported to the Nightmare Factory.

“We did that first pandemic taping at the Nightmare Factory. My grandma had actually passed away the day before I went out there, Tony helped me out with a bunch of stuff while I was there. He was very caring, he got me in and out so I could be with my family during the funeral,” says Stunt.

A lot has happened for the former AEW star since exiting the promotion back in 2022, as he retired from professional wrestling and is now a car salesman.

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