Posted By James Walsh on 10/26/25
Marko Stunt puts his AEW exit on himself, noting that he got too comfortable there and took it for granted. Stunt was essentially an original with AEW, debuting at Double Or Nothing 2019, the first official AEW PPV. His tenure with the company ran until 2022, when he was released from the promotion. While he made a return at AEW Collision in July 2024, it proved to be a one-off and Stunt retired last November.
Stunt appeared on Busted Open Radio for an interview. During the conversation, he was asked about his exit from the company. You can see highlights below:
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On His AEW Exit:
“I think there’s a few things that went into it. You know, I’ve grown up a lot since then. I’m almost 30 now. I was in my early twenties when all that first started and I was young, dumb and excited to be living my dream. I made some decisions that didn’t go over too well. A couple times I kind of treated it like, ‘Okay. I’m here, I’m good.’ And that was a terrible mindset to have, to be real honest with you.
“I absolutely loved being there. I’ve got friends for life from there now, obviously with Jack and Luchasaurus and Sammy Guevara, and all the vlog crew that we were a part of and everything. But I think plans just started to change. More people started to come in. And you know, new toys are more fun than the toys that you got a few years ago in my opinion. And there’s nothing wrong with that. That’s how things go.”
On Being Grateful For His Time There:
“I’m not bitter at all. Like, I’m very fortunate to have lived my dream. I’m very fortunate to have made the friends that I have. I’m very fortunate to be able to walk around and know that I like — I’ve still got people coming up to me like every, every week or so. I’ll go to Walmart or Target or a gas station. And people still come up to me to this day and, and say that they used to watch me. And I still think that’s crazy… But I mean, to go back to your question, I do think there were some things I could have done differently to maybe preserve my spot a little better. Again, I didn’t, I don’t think I handled it as maturely as I should have.”
On Taking Responsibility For His Exiting AEW:
“Yeah. I would, I feel like I have to blame it on myself. I guess I wanna say I got too comfortable, to be real honest with you. I got too comfortable. And I didn’t feel untouchable or anything, it wasn’t anything like that. That was never in my head space. But I did get very, very comfortable there. It felt like a family there and so I just kind of [took it for granted]. Absolutely. That’s probably the best way to put it.”