Ryan Nemeth Says He Had a Clause In AEW Contracts Allowing Him To Act

Ryan Nemeth recently revealed that he had a clause in his AEW contracts that allowed him to take time away in order to act. Nemeth spoke with the Developmentally Speaking podcast and noted that the clause made it so he couldn’t be penalized for taking time away from the company in order to do more acting.

“My main focus has always been the same,” Nemeth said (per Fightful). “I want to get people to smile, you know? So that can mean a lot of things, right? That could be wrestling. That could be doing comedy, that could be writing, that could be acting. I want them to feel something and I want to make a living doing that. So I’m not really picking one thing and I never will and no one has ever made me.”

He continued, “Every AEW contract I’ve ever signed, I had put in there that I cannot be penalized or punished in any way for booking an acting job and going. They were it was very cool, so I always appreciated that. I was like, ‘Hey, it’s literally my name, Hollywood Hunk. So, I have to go act sometimes.’ I’ve only had to miss, I think, two AEW shows ever and one when I had to go do reshoots for Iron Claw. I remember I had to shoot, get on a red eye, and then arrive. It was one of those real close calls, but I didn’t [miss it].”

Nemeth played Gino Hernandez in The Iron Claw.