The Blade Opens Up About AEW Tenure, Embraces Return to the Independent Scene

The Blade is moving forward, and by the sound of things, he’s happy about it. The veteran tag team specialist has been reflecting on his run with All Elite Wrestling and expressed genuine enthusiasm about getting back on the independent circuit.

The Blade and his longtime partner Andy Williams, known as The Butcher, arrived in AEW in 2019 as part of a trio alongside Allie, who wrestled for the promotion under the name The Bunny. The group became a fixture of the AEW undercard during the company’s formative years, building a reputation on a hard-hitting, brutal style that fit their collective persona well.

Eventually, though, the trio went their separate ways from the promotion. Allie departed AEW in 2023 and has since resurfaced in TNA. The Butcher and The Blade’s time with the company also came to an end, leaving both men free to pursue opportunities elsewhere.

For The Blade, that means a return to the independent wrestling world — a landscape he appears ready to embrace. His comments suggest he views the indie scene not as a step down, but as a chance to rediscover some of the freedom and variety that comes with working outside of a major promotional deal.

It’s a sentiment that resonates with a lot of wrestlers who’ve come through the revolving door of the major companies. Whether The Blade and The Butcher continue to team together on the independents or chart separate paths remains to be seen, but The Blade sounds energized heading into this next chapter of his career.