Parker Boudreaux discusses his run in WWE and his time in AEW.
Boudreaux was previously viewed as a buzzworthy prospect. He had a run in WWE as Harland before he was released in April 2022. He went on to join AEW, and he was a member of The Trustbusters. After a brief run as a member of Mogul Affiliates, he was released in April 2024.
Speaking with Cultaholic, Parker Boudreaux looked back on his time with WWE and AEW. He noted that he never had the chance to show what he can do. (H/t Andrew Thompson of POST Wrestling)
“I’m very blessed to be in the WWE, AEW,” Parker Boudreaux said. “Even in those promotions, organizations, I feel like I never had a chance to show a 20-minute match in the ring, a 25-minute match in the — kind of like what I’m about to do in Japan. I’ve had a 25-minute match for the World Championship Title for GLEAT against their champion Hayato Tamura and that was something I’m so grateful for because a lot of people don’t think or maybe don’t know that I could wrestle for 25 minutes in Japan in Osaka.
“Because I’ve never had a chance to go 20 minutes in the ring or put on these bigger matches and you know what I mean? So I’m very grateful to be going to Japan and really showing everyone that I could really go anywhere worldwide.”
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Boudreaux continued by saying that he thought that he was doing everything right in his NXT run. He also commented on his AEW run and said that he had a great time there. He expressed his gratitude for his time with both companies.
“Man, for me, honestly, for the most part, I thought I was doing everything right (in NXT) because I was paired up with Joe Gacy then they were putting me on TV every Tuesday, then I had a match every Tuesday,” Boudreaux said. “I think the last thing we did was kidnap Bronson’s dad (Rick Steiner) on TV and we did that whole thing so, in my mind, I thought everything was almost going well in my aspect of it because, you know, going to the P.C., training every day, putting in the work in the weight room, film work, the classes, everything else.
“For me, I thought everything was going great. I had a great time at NXT. It’s some great coaches that still kind of keep in contact with me today so, very blessed to be there for the time I was and then same with AEW. Had a great time with them. Just a weird situation there as well because we were getting pushed with Swerve (Strickland) and Trench and Trench got hurt and then, two weeks later I got hurt with a sprained wrist so I was out for like two weeks so it was just a weird situation there but, extremely grateful. Have all the best memories with both companies and have nothing bad to say for sure for any company especially.”
In recent months, Parker Boudreaux has wrestled for GLEAT and AAA, among other promotions.
