BK Westbrook opens up about career, upcoming match to honor late star

The professional wrestling scene is filled with many talents looking to step up and make a name for themselves. BK Westbrook is one of the wrestlers chasing this crazy dream.

The road has not been easy. Westbrook started training at a wrestling school in North Carolina in 2018, which eventually closed. He began making his debut matches in the Carolina Wrestling Federation (CWF) Mid-Atlantic before the promotion ended abruptly in 2019.

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Then he suffered another setback: the COVID-19 pandemic. But overcoming one obstacle after another was all part of the journey.

“I’ve been through things like this many times in wrestling and I was changing the oil in my car when I saw my school was closing, I was waiting and next thing you know I got a text saying we weren’t doing shows anymore and then I had to think, I didn’t get into wrestling just to wrestle at this place even though it sucked that much,” he told Fox News Digital. “And then COVID happens, it’s okay again, I can’t do my job. Right now and it’s really frustrating and I just get frustrated that I can’t do it and it just made me keep putting my name down more and more and I just felt like this couldn’t be the end for me. I can’t let this crazy little time, this unprecedented event of the pandemic,

“I couldn’t let that get me down, man. It was kind of hard because living in North Carolina was a little bit less, you know, still strict, but if I was going to wrestle somewhere, I’d go somewhere where the states didn’t care that much, like Tennessee or South Carolina or something like that, even Georgia. But when things started to open back up and things started to normalize, it was like, ‘Okay, we’re going to hit the ground running.'”

Westbrook’s dream has always been professional wrestling.

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BK Westbrook started his professional wrestling career in North Carolina. (Provided to Fox News Digital)

He said he grew up watching it on TV, but he really loved the sport by watching it on YouTube. The mix of athletics and entertainment was its main appeal.

“It was just falling in love with it growing up online,” Westbrook said. “Growing up as a YouTube kid, being in front of the computer. I first discovered it on TV, but finding the love for independent wrestling and what I’m doing now made me love what wrestling is at its core, whether it’s in WWE or AEW or whatever you see, I found an even deeper love for it.”

“But I don’t know. I think if you’re a wrestling fan, you understand and you understand why you’re into it. To me, it’s easy. I love the sport, I love entertainment, I love having the two together. It’s different for everyone, but for me, it was very easy to get into it because I love the athletic mix of competing and also the storytelling aspect of being. Normally I get to tell the story of good versus evil, and even beyond that, I think wrestling is a great art or art medium, and I get to do that more than just on the weekends. I hope, you know, all the time.”

Westbrook is working out. He has currently wrestled in some of the top independent promotions including Pandemonium Pro, Game Changer Wrestling, Limitless Wrestling, Deadlock Pro-Wrestling, TBD Wrestling and others. He even joined All Elite Wrestling.

She recently battled Amira for the Pandemonium Pro Championship. Although it was a losing effort, Westbrook left the female wrestler with a few bruises.

“This is my first time wrestling Amira, as you said last month in Portland, and she had been doing it for a while in the Pacific Northwest, specifically the Portland area,” he told Fox News Digital. “I think the first shot I ever heard of Amira was in the Portland area, I was wrestling for Prestige Wrestling and that was really cool and doing a lot of things to see her develop.

“My fiancée, Ella Envy, had the opportunity to hang out with Amira and get to know her, like Bayley’s Lodestone show for women’s wrestling. And I think she’s doing really well. I have the opportunity to wrestle her. She hits really hard, but other than that she’s got a lot of talent. And if I’m not going to be the champion, I’d say that’s as good as it gets for her. Being a representative champion out there.”

Westbrook will be a part of Pandemonium: Pro Wrestling’s “JoJo” event on August 2. The wrestling show will pay tribute to the late Jordan Saint, who died in a car accident on Long Island, New York. Proceeds from the event will be donated to Aziz’s family.

Jordan Saint performs at Shooting Star Fest in Las Vegas, Nevada in April 2026. (Provided to Fox News Digital)

Epidemius Jr. will encounter. While he promised to win the match, he said it was an honor to be a part of the show.

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“I’m excited for the match,” he said. “I’m excited for the show. It’s going to be incredible. Jordan’s passing is heartbreaking and I hate it. And I know everyone wants to put on a great show in his memory.”

“Other than that, the fact that Pandemonium is running this event with all proceeds going to his family helps knowing that his people will be taken care of from now on. It’s great that wrestling is a way and means to make this happen. Unfortunately his passing has happened, but it’s nice to know we can make a difference and I’m excited to host a kicka match in his memory and also on behalf of Pandemonium Pro.”