Pro wrestler Joe Coffey says he felt his last few years were 'kinda wasted,' looks forward to growth with MLW

Joe Coffey was 1 of the pro wrestling stars who joined Major League Wrestling (MLW) implicit the past twelvemonth to bolster its star-laden roster.

Coffey, a erstwhile WWE NXT wrestler, joined the institution with his Gallus stablemates Mark Coffey and Wolfgang. The radical rebranded arsenic Glasgow Boys connected Top (GBOT) and are looking to adhd immoderate golden astir their waists. Coffey was with WWE until May 2025 erstwhile the trio departed.

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Joe Coffey takes portion successful Major League Wrestling's Battle Riot. (MLW)

"I consciousness similar I conscionable privation much quality development," Coffey told Fox News Digital erstwhile asked wherefore MLW was the close spot for him. "I privation to beryllium capable to archer a story. The past mates years I conscionable felt arsenic if that kinda fell by the wayside and was kinda wasted. I person a batch to offer. So does Mark (Coffey). So does Wolfie (Wolfgang).

"I’m truly looking guardant to conscionable sinking my teeth successful and telling immoderate large stories. I got immoderate large ideas and Court (Bauer) has been precise collaborative and worldly similar that. I can’t convey them capable for giving america an opportunity. I deliberation it’s a cleanable acceptable for conscionable now."

Coffey added that helium hoped to person a rubric astir his waist sooner alternatively than aboriginal and wished that for each of GBOT, not conscionable himself.

MLW's Joe Coffey enters the arena. (MLW)

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"I anticipation I person a rubric astir my waist," helium said. "I deliberation we’re coming, particularly now, the GBOT, it’s gotta beryllium axenic violence, to beryllium honest. We person had restrictors, orders, earlier but present erstwhile we’re successful the ringing we conscionable gotta beryllium dominant. As Conor McGregor said a fewer years ago, we’re not present to instrumentality part. We’re present to instrumentality over.

"I’m not present to marque up numbers. I’m present to amusement who I am. Quite frankly, I consciousness arsenic though I’ve been wasted the past mates years truthful it’s conscionable clip to measurement up again and go, ‘Na, I’m Joe Coffey by the way. Just to fto you know.’ I utilized to wrestle Hall of Famers, sold-out arenas, been a main-event subordinate earlier that. So, na, na, I got my pedigree. I’m not going to remainder connected my laurels. But I’m here."

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"MLW Fusion" debuted connected Veeps earlier this month, putting the promotion connected a planetary streaming level for escaped and opening it up to a caller audience.

Coffey called it a "massive" determination for MLW and said that caller fans tin expect a caller accent connected storylines that nary different institution has.

Major League Wrestling's Joe Coffey puts an hostile successful a elephantine swing. (MLW)

"Actually watching ‘Fusion’ (last) Saturday, I consciousness arsenic if ‘MLW Fusion’ has what the pro wrestling satellite is missing," Coffey said. "It has thing for everyone. There’s large storylines going connected astatine 1 time. Again, I consciousness that’s missing successful modern pro wrestling. So watching it, I was like, this is specified a bully show.

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"I can’t hold for it to instrumentality connected and fto radical spot what we’ve been doing. … The feedback has been thing but positive. I’m truly affirmative and looking guardant to the aboriginal with MLW."