Pro wrestler Anthony Greene's MLW debut long time coming: 'Perfect moment for me'

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Anthony Greene has been astir everyplace arsenic a nonrecreational wrestler.

He competed astatine WWE for its NXT and 205 Live brands. He was with All Elite Wrestling, performing mostly connected "AEW Dark." He’s worked astatine New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah.

But erstwhile helium makes his Major League Wrestling (MLW) debut connected Saturday astatine Battle Riot VII, it volition beryllium a imagination travel true.

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Anthony Greene poses successful the ring

Anthony Greene is acceptable to battle. (MLW)

"I’m a immense wrestling nerd, ever been," Greene explained to Fox News Digital. "And I retrieve buying connected HighSpots.com the archetypal MLW DVDs. I watched [Satoshi] Kojima triumph the rubric successful the tournaments backmost successful similar 2002, Reloaded, WarGames, seeing Steve Corino with the Extreme Horsemen, and it’s ever been a spot that I’ve followed. It’s ever been a spot that I’ve followed.

"And erstwhile it came backmost successful 2017, I was wrestling for 5 years astatine that point. I decided that was a spot I wanted to wrestle, and it’s conscionable ne'er worked out. Either I wasn’t wherever I needed to beryllium to get to that level of wherever MLW was, oregon erstwhile I was there, the docket conscionable ne'er matched. And the cleanable infinitesimal for me, Battle Riot – wherever the MLW World Championship is connected the enactment – is erstwhile I yet get to marque my debut. So, yeah, you tin accidental I’m precise excited."

Anthony Greene puts connected the hurt. (MLW)

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MLW champion Matt Riddle volition person to support his rubric successful the 40-man rumble match. It’s nary casual task. Even for idiosyncratic similar Greene, who has been successful a fewer rumble-style matches implicit the people of his career, is reasoning realistically.

"One happening I americium assured successful is by the extremity of the night, MLW and the fans are going to cognize who Anthony Greene is and I volition beryllium back. That’s 1 happening I tin promise," helium said. "And best-case scenario, I locomotion retired with the MLW World Heavyweight Championship."