41-Year-Old Ex-WWE Champion Addresses Possible Retirement: “I’m Gonna Cry Like A Baby”

A former WWE champion recently admitted that he has been thinking about retirement.

Brian Myers (formerly known as Curt Hawkins) had two long stints in WWE, during which he held the RAW Tag Team Championship twice alongside Matt Cardona (formerly known as Zack Ryder).

Following his release in 2020, Myers joined TNA, where he remains active. He currently holds the TNA World Tag Team Championship with Bear Bronson.

In a recent interview with Chris Van Vliet on Insight, the 41-year-old former WWE star was asked whether he thinks about how long he has left as an in-ring competitor. Myers confessed that he has been thinking about that since he turned 40.

More than ever. Yeah, it’s crazy how much it’s been [on my mind]. I’ll be 41 in a month. Ever since I turned 40, it just feels like, oh man. I always say father time is undefeated, and an injury could stop me. I just want to be the best version of myself, whatever that takes. We talked about Brock earlier, just taking care of yourself and staying healthy. Just because doing this is such a privilege to me.

Like I said, when I have my last match, I’m gonna cry like a baby, because I just love it so much. It’s been such a part of my life. I’ve been doing it more than not at this point. So I think about it constantly. But then there’s people who are real motivations to me, like Edge and Christian and Chris Jericho.

I see them still doing at a high level, and they’re much older than me. I’m like, okay, sh*t, they’re doing it. Even guys like Frankie Kazarian and Eric Young at work, like they are in the best shape of their lives, still having incredible matches, and they’re a little bit older, and I’m like, okay, like they keep me motivated to stay on the ball. [H/T: CVV]

Brian Myers Was Happy With His First WWE Release

While Brian Myers admitted to being heartbroken by his release in 2020, the former WWE Superstar revealed that he was happy when he was let go six years earlier.

The current TNA World Tag Team Champion confessed to being miserable at the time of his first WWE release. Hence, he considered being fired one of the best days of his life.

Yes, one of the best days of my life. Because I was so young, they weren’t using me for, at that point, almost a year and a half. That’s why I started the school, because I was just miserable. They would not call me for two months, three months at a time, and they’d be like, You’re not coming to Raw. It just wasn’t comfortable. Plus, when you love something and you’re being paid to not participate in it, it’s just not a great feeling.

So I was thrilled, I got fired on Thursday, I wrestled Friday, Saturday on these shindies in New Jersey, and I couldn’t have been happier. That said, my goal was to get back, and I did it two years to the date, I want to say it was. [H/T: CVV]

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