Anthony Ogogo Weighs In On Anti-ICE Chants In AEW, Talks Experience At All In: London

Anthony Ogogo is the latest person to weigh in on the anti-ICE chants that have taken place at AEW events, explaining his mixed thoughts on the matter. AEW fans have chanted “F**k ICE” at several events in support of Brody King, who is vocally against the actions of the agency.

The matter has drawn reactions from a number of wrestling stars, and Ogogo was asked about them during his interview with ITR Wrestling. Ogogo spoke about how he believes wrestling should be an escape, but noted that he dipped into political wters during his promo with Cody Rhodes.

Ogogo also spoke about his experiences at AEW All In: London, which he was a part of for both the 2023 and 2024 editions. You can see the highlights below:

On The “F**K ICE” Chants In AEW:

“I don’t like sitting on a fence. I’ll say what I feel. I have talked to Jerry Lynn. It’s a strange one really. It’s one of those ones where, I can talk about myself, when I was growing up as a kid, or when I was a young man, it’s weird that I watch less wrestling now, or since I have since I became a wrestler, than I did before, since I am doing it all the time. I’d put the TV on, and I’d settle down and I’d watch wrestling. If life was stressful for whatever was going on, I’d watch for two hours, enjoy my wrestling and I’d get back to my life. I’d get back to whatever I was facing at that time. When you start bringing up political things into the show, it then brings real life into the show, which should be an escape. That’s one perspective to have, like there’s lots of crazy crap going on in the world, I want to avoid that and watch wrestling for two hours.

“However, that being said, we have lots of fans, lots of passionate fans, and it’s one of those things where people want to voice their opinions. Ricky Gervais says it very well. Ricky Gervais was hosting the Golden Globes. He’d be like come up here, say thank you and piss off. Don’t start doing monologues and this and that. It’s almost like that. Come in, wrestle, piss off. That being said, when I was doing promo, when I was with Cody, I did a promo, five years ago, I was obviously bashing America and I was talking about ICE, so all about leaving politics out and all that, I have done it. I did it five years ago before it was cool to talk about it. It is what it is at the end of the day. Wrestling is all about emotion.”

On His Experience At AEW All In: London:

“For me they are the best live events I have been to as a pro wrestler and I think they are best live events. Maybe I am little bit biased because Wembley is the most iconic stadium in the world. Somethings in life you cannot explain, you just have to be there to witness and feel the emotion. Few years ago when Will Ospreay beat Chris Jericho, I was like ‘wow’ and genuinely, hand on my heart, I cannot explain how powerful, how emotional, how big of a moment it was. Being in that arena, in the red plastic seats of Wembley, you see the pyro and the fire and 80000 people singing the songs of the wrestlers, I literally can’t describe what it was like. It’s just amazing. Everyone is like smiles on their faces days after.”