Lexis King, formerly generally known as Brian Pillman Jr. in AEW, shares insights in regards to the development of his previous tag team and his overall experience with the promotion.
During a recent interview on the “No-Contest Wrestling” podcast, King highlighted the numerous amount of creative input wrestlers had in shaping their characters and storylines at AEW.
“Certainly one of the best things, and perhaps certainly one of the worst things about AEW, was just the utter amount of creative freedom we had. I mean, we had a lot,” King said. “I remember Tony [Khan] coming as much as me like, ‘Hey I’m putting you and Griff [Garrison] together. … we’ll just call you The Blondes for now.’ … I assumed The Blondes had a hoop to it, but we’d like a bit something extra … I assumed, well there is a movie called The Varsity Blues, and we’re The Blondes, why don’t we do The Varsity Blondes.”
The second-generation wrestler explained that things began to vary for the group when their third member was moved in a special creative direction.
“Things began to look a bit grim once they sort’ve removed Julia [Hart] from the group. You understand, I assumed she was a really imperative a part of it,” King recalled. “I used to be very much an enormous fan of AEW after I was there, and I still am very much an enormous fan, and I wish all of them the perfect.”
Despite the challenges he faced, King expressed gratitude for the platform AEW provided him and other talents who’ve since moved on to different promotions. He specifically mentioned Ricky Starks and Ethan Page, who, like him, have found their strategy to WWE after getting exposure in AEW.
Since joining “NXT,” Lexis King has embraced a heel persona and unique look that distances himself from his father Brian Pillman’s legacy, creating a personality that stands by itself merits.
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