00:00What's up, everybody?
00:01Welcome back to Around the Ring.
00:03As always, I'm your host, Gia Miller,
00:05and today we are sitting down with a beast
00:09of a human being, Bear Bronson.
00:11Bear, thanks for joining me today.
00:13Thank you for having me, Gia.
00:14I'm really excited for the TNA fans to get to know you
00:17because I knew of you because I know your wife.
00:21Hell yeah.
00:22And I just want to take a moment
00:24because you're a wife guy, right?
00:26Big wife guy.
00:26Big wife guy.
00:27Tell the people about the wife, about the lady.
00:30Oh man, my friends are gonna get on me for this.
00:32So I take any chance, any opportunity
00:34to talk about my wife, she's...
00:35The reason I'm here, definitely.
00:38I can say that without a doubt.
00:41When I met Gabby Forza, the NOMI.
00:44We love you, girl.
00:45She changed my life completely.
00:48Turned everything around for me,
00:49even just passion outside of...
00:52Passion in wrestling, passion outside of wrestling.
00:56And sometimes we all need that thing
00:58that kind of kicks us in the ass to go really, you know,
01:03take what you want in life.
01:04Yeah, bust the wall.
01:05Go, yeah.
01:06And really just go for it with everything, just full force.
01:09Yeah.
01:11And it wasn't even like her telling me to do everything.
01:15It was just this pure love and motivation of like,
01:19oh, I want the best for...
01:20She makes me the best version of myself.
01:23And that's why I've had the past few years that I've had.
01:28And she, in her own right,
01:30she's somebody who has an insane background.
01:33She played female football for 10 years.
01:35Yeah.
01:36And fell into wrestling.
01:38Uh-huh.
01:38And just is taken into the three years she's been doing this,
01:40taking it by storm.
01:41And I'm so insanely proud of her.
01:43Yeah.
01:43And it just makes me just want to be better too.
01:46Yeah.
01:46So, if you don't stop me, I'll keep going.
01:49I'll keep going about it.
01:50Listen, we could talk about her all day.
01:51Because that's the thing about, I say it a lot,
01:54like, especially in wrestling, it's very difficult to have relationships.
02:00Because there's a lot of sacrifice that has to be made.
02:02Yes.
02:02Especially like, when you do have to go all in on something to achieve this dream.
02:07It's like, you spend a lot of time away from home, away from family, away from friends.
02:12Yes.
02:12And it takes a special person, not necessarily always a wrestler.
02:16They can be outside of wrestling.
02:18Sure.
02:18But it takes a special person to really understand the sacrifice
02:22and the commitment that you have to put in to achieve something like this.
02:26And it's awesome that you two get to pursue it together.
02:30Yeah.
02:30And lift each other up and motivate each other.
02:33And that's, it's having a partner.
02:35It truly is.
02:36It's honestly, it's a lot of real key things are just trust.
02:41Trust, like nonstop, just communication.
02:45Yep.
02:45Just any thoughts, feelings, put it out there.
02:47Yep, yep.
02:48Communication is so important.
02:50And yeah, like you said, it just, it's lifting each other up.
02:53Yeah.
02:54Constantly.
02:54It's your, it's your tag team partner in life.
02:56And that's, it's so, it makes life so much easier.
02:59Because this, this business can be hard.
03:01Life can be hard.
03:03Yeah.
03:03And, and having somebody there to, to lift you up when you're down.
03:07And lean on.
03:08And you lift them up when they're down.
03:10Yeah.
03:10It's, it's a true tag team sort of situation.
03:13Yes.
03:14A hundred percent.
03:14And really like lift up and, and lean on too.
03:17And the fact that I have that love, not only at home, but a lot of times on the road
03:22with me.
03:23Um, it makes me feel invincible.
03:26Like I, it makes me feel like I could do anything.
03:27I'm never, I'm always my confidence lately.
03:30In the past few years, like my confidence has been sky high.
03:34Like nothing.
03:35Awesome.
03:36Can hurt me physically too.
03:37Uh, we can talk about that, but, uh, that's, you know, uh, yeah, no, it's great.
03:42I'm very, I'm very lucky.
03:43Yeah.
03:44I'm a very lucky man.
03:45That's awesome.
03:45Well, so you spend some time on the road together when you're, when you're in the car on these long
03:50drives.
03:51What, what do you guys do?
03:52What do you listen to?
03:53Are you podcast people?
03:54Are you music?
03:55Are you, are you yapping the whole time?
03:57What's a road trip look like?
03:58We, I would say we yap for most of it.
04:00Yeah.
04:01We talk, I mean, cause she's, we're, we're really best friends.
04:04And, um, we're very lucky that we're not a couple that like needs space from each other.
04:12It actually, like, it's so funny.
04:14I mean, we've spent, we spend every single day with each other, but she had just left for Italy a
04:19few days ago.
04:19Because her grandmother lives there and she needs some help.
04:22And, uh, we're going to be away from each other for a month and it's torture.
04:26Yeah.
04:26It's torture.
04:27That's tough.
04:28It's torture.
04:29But, uh, you know, we're just, we can never get enough of each other.
04:34Um, and it's a lot of talking, a lot of yapping, a lot of just that comfortability.
04:39You're never going to feel like a fool in front of your person.
04:42Right, right.
04:42You know, you're never going to feel weird.
04:43Because they understand you and they accept you.
04:45More than anybody.
04:45So, you mentioned torture.
04:47I'm going to, I'm going to pivot.
04:49Sure.
04:49Because you've been put through a lot and, and inflicted a lot of torture on the indies long before you
04:56were here.
04:57You were, you were big on the death match scene.
04:59Yes.
04:59And that is something that like, I have never gotten too close to.
05:04Sure.
05:05But I admire it from afar.
05:06I, I, I think it's so like intense and interesting and it's an art form in and of itself.
05:12Like, I, I, I've had a, a couple injuries myself.
05:16What can you say was like the craziest thing that's happened to you in, in death match wrestling?
05:24Oh man.
05:26So, the thing is, it's, it's, when I learned, what I learned about death match wrestling is that, um,
05:34it was a feeling I didn't even know I, I've had, I knew you could have.
05:40Mm-hmm.
05:40As far as like, it is a different type of adrenaline rush.
05:43Oh, for sure.
05:44Um, to where things are happening and you are, you are covered head to toe in your own blood.
05:51I'd like to say, somebody had told me this and I feel like the difference between like,
05:54hardcore wrestling and, uh, death match wrestling is,
05:58hardcore wrestling is, you know, blood that happens to you if it comes from your head.
06:02Mm-hmm.
06:02Because maybe you got hit with something and it's usually, you know, whatever.
06:05Death match wrestling is like, your whole body is, is getting sliced up.
06:09Like, it is a, Swiss cheese.
06:11Uh, yeah, yep.
06:14Um, it's an acquired taste and I never take it personally.
06:17They're like, I, I don't blame people when they're like, I can't, you know.
06:21Oh, sure.
06:21I'm like, what am I going to say?
06:23Like, what, you don't like people mutilating each other?
06:26What's wrong with, you know?
06:27Like, no, it's, and even when people are like, it's not wrestling.
06:30I'm like, it may be not be.
06:31I'm not going to take that personal, but it's something and I love it.
06:34Yeah.
06:35It's like in, uh, you know, because I have a brother that's in very big in the film world.
06:39And, uh, it's interesting to see how similar the fan bases are where there are people that are like,
06:46Terrifier 3, that's, that's garbage.
06:48That's not, that's not movies.
06:49That's not cinema.
06:49Yeah.
06:49It's like, well, there's a lot of people that love it, including me.
06:53Yeah, yeah, yeah.
06:53So, you know what?
06:55I just think there's a taste for everybody of different types of things.
06:58Mm-hmm.
06:58And, uh, I'm just very, you know, my whole life I've loved car crash wrestling.
07:04My favorite of all time is Mick Foley.
07:05Oh.
07:06Uh, anything shocking.
07:07I love when the boundaries are pushed, like, when people see how far they can push...
07:13Mm-hmm.
07:13...their own limits.
07:15Um, even if it doesn't involve wrestling.
07:17I love when guys go for an hour without hardcore or anything, and it's just how far can you push...
07:22Pushing your limits.
07:22Yes, yes.
07:23...and, um, I can't do that for an hour, but there are things I found out I can do.
07:27Uh, and that, the whole year of 2025 into 2026, uh, it's been a real journey.
07:36It's taken me to Japan this month, uh, to face some of the scariest human beings on Earth.
07:41Uh, and I'm ready for it.
07:42And it's just, you know, it's opened up a whole different world for me as far as fandom goes.
07:52Mm-hmm.
07:52Uh, I found out Deathmatch fans are my favorite fans in the world.
07:56Yeah.
07:56Um, they are just as crazy as we are, and I love that.
08:01It makes me feel welcome.
08:02Yeah.
08:02Uh, you know, it's...
08:05I love it, and I love being here in TNA because that was something that they welcomed.
08:09Even just like, you know, when I had my backstage interview with you, or the post-match, like,
08:14the, you know, with you, uh, the promo with you, uh, or even just commentary, or, you know,
08:21that is something I'd mentioned to them when coming in, and they were like, we're, you know,
08:24they welcomed it.
08:25Yeah.
08:26Um, and that was where I knew, I was like, oh, this could be a place for me.
08:30Absolutely.
08:30And, uh, it's, it's, it feels really good to, uh, it makes me feel different.
08:38Yeah.
08:39And it makes me feel special.
08:40Yeah.
08:41Uh, it's something that I bring to the table.
08:43Maybe not in the, the extremes.
08:45That's where, you know, if you want to see, if you want to witness for yourself, you may
08:48have to go step for yourself and check out that stuff, but I'll definitely bring a big
08:52taste of it here.
08:53That's for sure.
08:54Well, I can't wait to see what all happens for Bear Bronson in 2026.
08:59We are so happy to have you here, even if it's part of the system or whatever.
09:04You got the hat on.
09:06Well, thank you so much for sitting down with me today, Bear.
09:09I can't wait to see what all 2026 holds for you.
09:12Thank you so much, guys.
09:14This has been Around the Ring.
