Bryan Keith didn't get any interest from WWE.
Before signing with AEW in February 2024, Bryan Keith had made a name for himself on the independent scene by dominating promotions like Reality Of Wrestling, West Coast Pro Wrestling, Deadlock Pro, and Freelance Wrestling.
During his hot streak in 2022 and 2023, many fans were questioning if major promotions like WWE and AEW had any interest in Keith. According to the 'Bad Apple' himself, WWE never showed any interest in him.
“No, nothing. Keith said while appearing on the latest edition of Talk Is Jericho. "I’ve been at Booker’s for a long time. I did extra work and things like that, but nothing like, ‘Hey, come in and we’ll take a look at you and things like that.’ I watched WWE all the time as a kid. I’m a WWF kid, I never even watched WCW growing up. But I feel like whenever I got older, I gravitated towards the Japanese style of professional wrestling, so in my head, I literally wanted to go to Japan. WWE or TNA and all these other places, it wasn’t the goal. I’d work for them. At the time, if they were giving it, I was gonna see what’s up. But in my head, I was like, ‘Japan, japan, Japan.’ I remember my parents being like, ‘How? How the hell do you think you’re gonna get on the other side of the world and do that?’ Actually, at the beginning of this year, I went for the first time for two weeks. DDT brought me out, and I wrestled out there."
Elsewhere in the interview, Keith talked about joining The Learning Tree. Learn more about those comments by clicking here.
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