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Ring Of Honor (ROH) stars The Bouncers, Brian Milonas and The Beer City Bruiser, were recently interviewed by WrestleZone to talk about several professional wrestling topics.
Here are the highlights:
Getting the “Bouncers” name:
“When we started tagging together we didn’t want to just be two guys that just tagged and used our individual names. So somebody told us, ‘hey you guys need a tag team name’ and we tossed some around a little bit and then one day,” Bruiser said, “I think I just kind of tapped Milonas on the shoulder and said, ‘Hey man, what about Bouncers? Like everybody’s gotta come through us to get into Ring Of Honor. We’re kind of like the bouncers of Ring Of Honor,’ and he liked it and it stuck.”
Being presented as a legitimate tag team:
“We firmly believe we are one of the best tag teams on the face of the planet and we’re serious contenders for the ROH World Tag Team Titles.” Milonas said. “We’re out to show the world, to prove a point not only to Silas and Vincent, but to prove a point to the world at Sam’s Town.”
The current professional wrestling landscape providing opportunity:
“When you talk of a company like Ring Of Honor and in this company’s history—how many times has the death certificate been written by the internet wrestling community out there? But, it’s exciting cause for guys like us and for so many others it presents opportunity. And what a better time,” Milonas said.
“You can’t ask for a better time to be a pro wrestler in 2019 right now. It’s a question we get asked a lot, especially since the guys from The Elite left and went and started AEW which is a great thing as well, but it’s one of those things that I know and I can comfortably speak for The Bruiser too on this is that we looked around and Jay Lethal is still there. We looked in the other direction and The Briscoe Brothers are still there, and man, that’s the heart and soul of that locker room and that company. As long as those guys are there, to me all is right in the world.”