Former WWE NXT North American Champion Bronson Reed (now known as Jonah) is ready to begin the next chapter of his professional wrestling career.
The former Bronson Reed was the latest guest on INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet to discuss his time in WWE and what he’s up to now. When asked about his impactful Tsunami finisher, Reed had a funny story about explaining the name to Wade Barrett and how he utilized it on commentary:
“I had been doing the splash off of the top rope and I said to Wade [Barrett] ‘I call it the Tsunami,” he said. “It’s not just a big splash, it’s even bigger.’ I came up with that and we had different announcers at the time, and they were good. But as soon as Wade got his hands on it, and he didn’t tell me he was going to say it like that, I was like wow that’s great. Then it sort of became a thing. I definitely miss the way he calls it, because he calls it great.”
Obviously, Jonah can no longer be Bronson Reed outside of WWE, and he made sure he knew of all those kinds of specifics ahead of time after he got released.
“Yeah I made sure when I was getting released to ask as many questions as possible, so going forward it makes it easier,” he said. “Not just with wrestling but with the immigration side of things. I asked the things to do with intellectual property and Bronson and those sort of things. I’m glad that I did. At the time I was going to go back to ‘Jonah’ or call myself ‘Bron.’ Now I am glad that I didn’t, because now Bron Breakker is on NXT 2.0. I made sure to get a discussion with those things on what I can and can’t do.”
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