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The professional wrestling landscape is filled with many talents looking to break through and make a name for themselves. BK Westbrook is one of those fighters who chases that crazy dream.
The road has not been easy. Westbrook began training at a wrestling school in North Carolina in 2018 before it eventually closed. He began having his first matches in the Mid-Atlantic Carolina Wrestling Federation (CWF) before the promotion came to an abrupt end in 2019.
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BK Westbrook is one of professional wrestling’s emerging talents among the independents. (Provided to Pak Gazette Digital)
Then it suffered another setback: the COVID-19 pandemic. But overcoming one obstacle after another was part of the journey.
“I’ve had that a few times within wrestling and it’s crazy when I saw my school closed, I was changing the oil in my car, I was waiting, and then the next thing you know I got this message saying we’re not going to have shows anymore and then I had to think, I didn’t get into wrestling to wrestle in this place, even though it’s horrible, this sucks,” he told Pak Gazette Digital. “And then COVID happens, again, it’s like, well, well, I can’t do my thing. Right now and this is very, very upsetting and I’m just upset that I can’t do that and it eventually led me to continue to put my name in even more places and I felt like this can’t be the end for me. I can’t let this crazy little moment, this unprecedented occurrence with the pandemic.
“I couldn’t let that get me down, man. It was kind of hard because living in North Carolina was a little less, I mean, it was still strict, but if I was going to go fight somewhere, I’d go somewhere where the states didn’t care as much, like Tennessee or South Carolina or something, even Georgia. But once things started opening up again and things started getting normal, it was like, OK, let’s get to work.”
For Westbrook, the dream was always professional wrestling.
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BK Westbrook started his professional wrestling in North Carolina. (Provided to Pak Gazette Digital)
He said he grew up watching it on television, but really came to love the sport by watching it on YouTube. The combination of athletics and entertainment was the real draw.
“It was just falling in love with it online growing up,” Westbrook said. “I grew up a YouTube kid, being on a computer. I discovered it first on TV, but I just found the love for independent wrestling and what I’m doing now grew on me, loving what wrestling is at its core, what you see on WWE or AEW or whatever, I just found an even deeper liking for it.
“But I just don’t know. I just think it’s something that if you’re a wrestling fan, you understand it and you understand why it appeals to you. For me, it’s easy for me. I like sports, I like entertainment, I like both together. It’s just that it’s different for everyone, but for me it was super simple that I liked participating just because I love the athletic combination of competition, and also, just the narrative aspect of being I can usually tell the story of good versus evil or even beyond that. I think wrestling is an incredible art or medium for art and I get to do it on the weekends.
Westbrook has been working. He has wrestled in some of the top independent promotions right now including Pandemonium Pro, Game Changer Wrestling, Limitless Wrestling, Deadlock Pro-Wrestling, TBD Wrestling, and many others. He even made an appearance on All Elite Wrestling.
Recently, she fought Amira for the Pandemonium Pro Championship. Although it was a losing effort, Westbrook came away with some bruises from the fighter.
“I first wrestled Amira, like you said last month in Portland, and she’s been wrestling there for a while in the Pacific Northwest, specifically in the Portland area,” he told Pak Gazette Digital. “I think my first chance to hear Amira was in the Portland area. She was wrestling for Prestige Wrestling and that was really cool and seeing her growth, she’s been doing a lot of things.
“My fiancé, Ella Envy, was able to hang out and get a chance to meet Amira from the Lodestone stuff that Bayley was doing and that she was hosting for women’s wrestling. And I think she’s doing a really good job. I got a chance to wrestle her. She hits really hard, but other than that, she’s very talented. And if I wasn’t going to be the champion, I’d say she’s the best she can be for being a champion that she represents there.”
Westbrook will be part of Pandemonium: Pro Wrestling’s “JoJo” event on August 2. The wrestling showcase will honor the late Jordan Saint, who died in a car accident on Long Island, New York. Proceeds from the event will go to Saint’s family.
Jordan Saint performed at Shooting Star Fest in Las Vegas, Nevada in April 2026. (Provided to Pak Gazette Digital)
He will face Epidemius Jr. While he promised to win the match, he said it was an honor to be a part of the show.
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“I’m excited for the game,” he said. “I’m excited for the show. It’s going to be an amazing event. It’s so sad that Jordan passed away and I just hate that. And I know everyone is looking to have an amazing show in his memory.
“Other than that, for Pandemonium to put on this event with all the proceeds going to his family, it helps to know that his people will be taken care of after that. It’s great that wrestling is a way and means for that to happen. Unfortunately, his passing happened, but it’s nice to know that we can make a difference in that regard and I’m excited to have a kicka– match in his memory and also in the name of Pandemonium Pro.”
