Austin Creed Explains How AEW Gives Wrestlers Space To Fail Creatively

During a recent interview with Fightful’s Phid McAwesome at PAX Australia, AEW wrestler Austin Creed discussed the creative freedom that’s given to wrestlers in AEW, and they are also allowed room to fail if need be.

Regarding the topic, Creed spoke about how wrestlers in AEW are given room to fail. He explained, “There’s definitely more space for that. More space to be allowed to fail is how I would say it, and that’s what I thrive on is the opportunity to fail. Let me go out and try something. I don’t want it to fail, but that adrenaline rush that I get is because I’m going out on national television.”

Creed continued, “I’m going out in front of a crowd of 20,000 people, and I’m trying something that I don’t know if it’s going to work or not, and then it’s successful, and I go, cool, I am good at my job. Or it doesn’t work, and I go, ‘Ah! Okay, well, what can I change next time so that this does work?’”

The former AEW World Trios Champion added, “Getting the chance to have that process is what I really enjoy about anything creative but specifically about wrestling, because that’s fulfillment for me. Getting the chance to try, not knowing if you’re gonna be successful.”

Austin Creed will be in action this weekend at AEW Full Gear 2026. He and New Level teammates Kofi and Swerve Strickland will take on AEW World Trios Champions Hangman Page, Bandido, and Brody King in a Texas Deathmatch for the titles.

AEW Full Gear 2026 takes place on November 14 at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Arizona. It will be broadcast live on pay-per-view.