Myron Reed Discusses How Wrestling Promotions Are Safeguarding Wrestlers During the Pandemic

MLW World Middleweight champion Myron Reed recently joined the 411 Wrestling Interviews Podcast to discuss MLW’s upcoming restart. MLW will be getting back in action with #TheRestart TV tapings this month, which will be debuting on Fubo TV and DAZN later in November. During the interview, Reed discussed training during the pandemic, and how he feels other promotions are safeguarding the wrestling talent right now:

Myron Reed on the key to training during the pandemic: “Wear a mask. First and foremost, wear masks. Honestly, it’s just — following the rules, bro. It’s really hard to follow the rules. If you’re at home, cool. Whatever. But you know, you’re out here, exposed. You’re in front of people, you’re training with people, wear a mask. Wash your hands. Just take precautions. It’s kind of simple.”

Myron Reed on MLW taking time to create their COVID-19 compliance guidelines and protocols: “From what I’ve heard and what I’ve personally experienced, I’ve felt like they’ve done a very good job of keeping everyone safe. During those months, they could’ve ran [events] if they wanted to. I feel like they wanted to keep everyone safe. They wanted to pretty much see how dangerous — what’s the ways we can prevent from people getting exposed to this virus. So, I understand not opening up for a few months and taking that time to kind of figure things out and to get everybody into a situation where they’re safe and stuff because honestly, they could’ve ran, and people could’ve got COVID. You know what I’m saying? None of us knew in the early stages of the pandemic what the hell we were dealing with, so they’re doing what they gotta do. I’m just glad we got some tapings, and we’re ready to get rocking and rolling again.”

Reed on if he believes other promotions right now are doing enough to safeguard the talent: “Honestly, every show I’ve been on, I’ve felt they’ve done a very good job. About 85 percent of the shows I’ve been on have either made the wrestlers get a test there, take a test their, or previously show that you’re negative [tested negative]. But the other ones I did, like 10-15 percent, was like — I think they were like scanning to see if you had a high fever. If you had a fever or a high temperature, like you can’t wrestle. You know what I mean? They were implementing the mask deal. Everybody had to wear masks. Everybody had to be spread out — all the shows I’ve been on. So, everybody has done a pretty good job with what they’ve had to deal with, with what they’ve had going on. They’ve done a pretty good job of keeping everybody safe and **** like that.”

In the full interview, Myron Reed discusses MLW’s return, dealing with ring rust, MLW’s new deals with DAZN and Fubo, the craziness of being part of the last major indy show before the shutdown, who he’s looking forward to facing, his wrestling inspirations growing up, his new single, and more.

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0:00: Intro
1:41: On MLW’s return, seeing himself as a face of the company for their restart.
2:50: On MLW’s new deals with DAZN and Fubo providing new opportunities to expand.
3:38: On being part of the AAA/MLW show just before the shutdown, dealing with the forced time off.
6:08: On if he had any ring rust stepping back into the ring, if he feels like he’s in full ring shape.
7:26: On handling MLW’s plans for whether there will be fans or not, working without fans in attendance.
9:24: On MLW’s different weight-based divisions giving the company an MMA feel
10:26: On who he’s hoping to defend his title against, his thoughts on Brian Pillman Jr.
11:55: On the key to training safely during the pandemic, MLW’s COVID-19 compliance procedures.
14:27: On if other promotions are doing enough to safeguard talent from COVID-19.
16:25: On Court Bauer being able to negotiate new distribution deals during MLW’s shutdown.
18:39: On which wrestlers who inspired him as characters growing up.
20:13: On his message for new viewers watching MLW for the first time upon its return
21:15: On if he plans to target Dynasty and the Openweight Title.
21:34: Where to find him online.
22:54: Outro

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