At today’s Southside Wrestling 9th Anniversary event, AEW superstar and Executive Vice President Cody Rhodes announced the signing of Anthony Ogogo, a former English boxing Olympian, who recently made the transition to professional wrestling. Afterwards, Ogogo would have a confrontation with MJF, and knock him out. Check out Tweets from the event below.
UPDATE: AEW has officially announced the signing:
Welcome to the team… @AnthonyOgogo is #AllElite pic.twitter.com/SE1agpq1jC
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) October 26, 2019
@CodyRhodes appears at @SouthsideWE October 26, 2019. pic.twitter.com/iBgxrwRGWq
— AEW (@AEWstatistics) October 26, 2019
https://twitter.com/OfficialBSPW/status/1188148292737273856
https://twitter.com/sittopbomb/status/1188162234398191616
Ogogo won a bronze medal in the Middleweight division at the 2012 Olympics in London.