Parker Boudreaux Is Grateful For Early Opportunities With WWE And AEW, Wants To Work With Them Again In The Future

Parker Boudreaux wants to return to WWE or AEW.

Boudreaux’s story in the world of wrestling has been a wild one, as he now wrestles on the independent scene after kicking off his career with runs in both WWE and AEW.

A good chunk of wrestlers grind on the independent scene before making it to a major company, but in the case of Boudreaux, he was recruited by WWE in 2021, just a few months after wrapping up his collegiate football career.

Speaking with SoCal Val of WrestlingNews.co for a new interview, Parker Boudreaux said that he’s grateful for the opportunities that he got at a young age, admitting that he didn’t really know how to wrestle when he was in NXT.

“For the most part, a lot of people come from the independent scene where they’re grinding 15, 20, 25 years before they even get a shot. For me to get a shot without wrestling or coming right out of my sport, being elevated at that platform to be on TV within three or four months when I’m on NXT and I didn’t even know how to wrestle. I think I handled the opportunity really well, that’s why I can never say anything bad about WWE, AEW, or anybody that I work for because they all gave me great opportunities. I was so young and new to the business. I’m grateful for the opportunities I had in WWE, AEW, and everywhere else and I hope to really work with them again in the future as well.”

Boudreaux went on and said that his release from WWE in 2022 was the most blindsiding thing that he’s ever dealt with in wrestling. A couple of years later, he now understands that his departure was just a part of the business.

“It was probably the most blindsiding thing that I’ve had to deal with pro wrestling wise but I know that it’s the pro wrestling business. Maybe I didn’t know when I got release because I was so young still, but obviously I understand now that it’s the pro wrestling business. People can get released and hired in a week or two, that’s just how it is. In the moment, no, I didn’t fully understand but once I got released and I stayed in the business throughout AEW and all of these other countries, I fully understand that it’s the pro wrestling business and it could be any reason. I never got an exact reason, my thing was budget cuts but I have no idea. For the most part, I thought I was doing everything right and that’s why I could never say anything bad about WWE or AEW or anything like that, they gave me amazing opportunities to be on amazing and huge platforms. I hope to one day be back there working with one of those companies.”

Boudreaux last wrestled in July, defeating Bill Collier, Mattick, and Pat Sawyer in a four way match at an Immortal Championship Wrestling event.

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