Anthony Greene Discusses His AEW Appearances, Being Open To A WWE Return

Anthony Greene made his name on the Independent scene before signing with WWE in August 2020. Greene would be renamed August Grey and become a regular on 205 Live before being released in June 2021. 

Since his release, Greene has been back on the Independent scene and has made multiple appearances on AEW Dark and AEW Dynamite. 

Speaking to XeniaDidThat, Greene commented on his AEW appearances. 

“I don’t really think much about the crowd. I can tell you straight up that Tony Khan said he followed my work, both in 205 Live and then he watches independent wrestling, religiously. The guy doesn’t stop watching wrestling, including his own show, I don’t know how he has the time to do it. He was a fan of my work beforehand, so I think that played a little bit of a role in the opportunities I was given. I’m sure it only helps that the crowd also gave me a positive reception when I came out,” said Greene. 

Greene last appeared on the January 18 episode of AEW Dark, losing to Daniel Garcia. 

When asked if he was open to a return to WWE, Greene said, “The ‘never say never’ mentality in wrestling is like the truest thing. You’ve heard of wrestlers getting screwed over by wrestling organizations and they always end up coming back. You meet the same people going up that you do coming down and I never want to burn a bridge with somebody or talk ill of somebody else because I never know when I’m gonna have to beg them for a job again [laughs]. That’s anywhere, not just WWE in particular.”

Greene noted that AEW’s emergence as a viable competitor has wrestlers looking there as a stable home where WWE used to be the only ultimate goal. 

As far as his goals go, Greene said, “For me in particular, the goal is…I always wanted to go to WWE, as a kid, and I got to do that. I always wanted to go to Japan, that’s something that I haven’t done, that I dream to do. With whom, it doesn’t matter if it’s New Japan, All Japan, NOAH, there are so many options, it doesn’t matter what in particular. Lastly, just continue to make a living in wrestling. if that means signing a major contract with another company or just do this independently and really hustle to make it work. For me personally, that’s the goal.”

Greene has most recently competed in the Eastern Townships Wrestling Association, losing in the ETWA Heavyweight Title Tournament Final against Sonny Defarge. 

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