Bron Breakker Reveals Surprising Career Plan After Wrestling Retirement

Bron Breakker has been part of the WWE family for a few years and has seen great success already. He has a bright future ahead of him but he will eventually retire from the ring. With that in mind, Breakker has revealed a very unexpected career path after he retires from wrestling.

While speaking on the Six Feet Under podcast, Bron Breakker revealed that he’s been fishing for as long as he can remember, and it’s something that’s become more serious for him recently. He’s started entering fishing tournaments. Growing up near the water, he began fishing from the shore before eventually using his father’s old johnboat.

Breakker added that the boat has a 1980s Evinrude motor on the back. He continued fishing off that boat until he left for school, after which he took a break from it. He hadn’t done much fishing in Florida aside from a few deep-sea trips.

“I’ve been fishing since I can remember. It’s something that’s started to pick up more recently. I’ve gotten into fishing tournaments now. I grew up on the water. I started out fishing from the shore, and then my dad had this old john boat. I think he used to duck hunt out of it back in the day. We still have it—1980s Evinrude motor on the back. One pole, one pull.

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I fished off that boat all the way until I went off to school. Then I kind of took a break from fishing for a bit. I hadn’t really done any fishing in Florida before, except for a couple deep sea trips.”

Eventually, he and Tony D’Angelo became friends while training at the Performance Center. They started fishing from the bank here and there, but Breakker quickly realized how different the fishing was in Florida and decided he needed a boat.

They began with a johnboat and used it for a while. Wanting to explore larger bodies of water, Breakker ended up buying a used boat. Though he had some experience operating motors, he hadn’t handled an outboard motor connected to a dashboard before. The boat took some damage, he beached it a couple of times while speeding and learning how to manage it.

They knew they’d make mistakes while figuring things out, like driving and repairing the boat. After selling that first one, Breakker wrestled at SummerSlam last year and the very next day went to a local dealership where he found a boat he liked and bought it on the spot.

“Later, me and Tony D’Angelo from NXT became buddies at the Performance Center, and we started fishing here and there—just off the bank. But I remember thinking, ‘This is a whole different kind of fishing down here. We need a boat. I can’t do the shoreline stuff anymore.’ So we started off with a john boat and did that for a little while.

Eventually, I wanted to explore the bigger lakes and go out further, so I bought a boat. We started with an older one because, while I had some experience running motors on the water, I’d never driven an outboard connected to a dashboard. So we got something used and beat it up pretty good. I beached it a couple times flying around, just learning and figuring it out.

We expected to mess up a bit at first—learning how to drive a boat, fix things, just handle everything. After that first boat, we sold it. I wrestled at SummerSlam, and the next day I went straight to a local dealership. They had a boat I liked, I saw it, and I just said, ‘This is it.'”

The former Intercontinental Champion said that wrestling is still his number one priority, but fishing is a fun hobby that also brings a bit of competition. He believes that someday when he’s done wrestling, whether because his body’s worn out or it’s just time, he would want to fish professionally.

“Eventually, you know, I’m—I’m obviously—wrestling is priority number one. You know, fishing’s a hobby. You know, we get to have a little bit of competition in it. It’s fun. Maybe one day, when I decide to hang up the boots, and, you know, maybe my body’s quitting on me or whatever the situation is—I want to fish professionally when I’m done.”

Bron Breakker loves competition and that’s clearly not just inside the squared circle. Therefore, we’ll have to see if he ends up pursuing a career in fishing once he hangs up his wrestling boots as it’s certain he’ll be a success there as well.

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