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The professional wrestling landscape is filled with plenty of talent looking to break through and make a name for themselves. BK Westbrook is one of those wrestlers who is chasing this crazy dream.
The path has not been easy. Westbrook began training at a wrestling school in North Carolina in 2018 before it closed. He began wrestling his first matches in Carolina Wrestling Federation (CWF) Mid-Atlantic before the promotion abruptly ended in 2019.
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BK Westbrook is one of professional wrestling’s emerging talents among independents. (Provided to PK Press Club Digital)
He then suffered another setback: the COVID-19 pandemic. But overcoming one obstacle after another was part of the journey.
“I’ve had this happen a few times in wrestling and it’s crazy when I saw my school close, I was getting the oil changed in my car, I was waiting for it, and then the next thing you know, I get this message saying we’re not going to have shows anymore and then I had to think, I didn’t go into wrestling to wrestle at that place even though like that, it’s horrible, it sucks,” he told PK Press Club Digital. “And then COVID happens, again, it’s OK, well, I can’t do my thing right now and it’s really, really boring and I’m just annoyed that I can’t do that and it ultimately led to me continuing to put my name in even more places and I felt like this couldn’t be the end for me. I can’t let this crazy little time, this unprecedented event with the pandemic,
“I couldn’t let it get me down, man. It was kind of hard because living in North Carolina, it was a little less, I mean, it was still strict, but if I had to go wrestle somewhere, I’d go somewhere where the states didn’t care, like Tennessee or South Carolina or something, even Georgia. But once things started opening up and things started getting back to normal, it was like, OK, we were going to get to work.”
For Westbrook, the dream has always been to wrestle professionally.
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BK Westbrook got his start in professional wrestling in North Carolina. (Provided to PK Press Club Digital)
He said he grew up watching it on television, but really started to love the sport by watching it on YouTube. The mix of athleticism and entertainment was the real draw.
“I just fell in love with it online growing up,” Westbrook said. “Growing up as a kid on YouTube, being on a computer. I first discovered it on television, but just discovering a love for independent wrestling and what I’m doing now kind of pushed me to love what wrestling is at its core, what you see in WWE or AEW or whatever, I kind of discovered an even deeper taste for it.
“But I just don’t know. I just think if you’re a wrestling fan, you get it and you understand why you’re drawn to it. For me, it’s easy for me. I love sports, I love entertainment, I love both together. It’s just different for everyone, but for me, it was super simple to love being in it just because I love the athletic mix of competing, and also, just the narrative aspect of it. I’m able to normally tell the story of good versus evil or even beyond I just think wrestling is such an incredible art or art medium and I get to do it on the weekends, hopefully more than the weekends.
Westbrook worked hard. He has currently wrestled in some of the top independent promotions including Pandemonium Pro, Game Changer Wrestling, Limitless Wrestling, Deadlock Pro-Wrestling, TBD Wrestling and several others. He even made an appearance for All Elite Wrestling.
Recently, he faced Amira for the Pandemonium Pro Championship. Although it was a losing effort, Westbrook came away with a few bruises from the wrestler.
“This is my first time fighting Amira, as you said last month in Portland, and she’s been running it for quite some time in the Pacific Northwest, particularly in the Portland area,” he told PK Press Club Digital. “My first picture, I think I heard about Amira, was in the Portland area. I was wrestling for Prestige Wrestling and it was really cool and to see her growth, she did a lot of things.
“My fiancée, Ella Envy, she was able to come out and get a chance to know Amira because of the Lodestone stuff that Bayley was doing where she was setting up for women’s wrestling. And I think she’s doing a really good job. I’ve had a chance to fight her. She hits really hard, but other than that, she’s got a lot of talent. And if I wasn’t going to be the champion, I would say she’s about as good as it gets to be a representative champion 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 be donated to Saint’s family.
Jordan Saint performed at Shooting Star Fest in Las Vegas, Nevada in April 2026. (Provided to PK Press Club Digital)
He will face Epidemius Jr. Although he vowed to win the match, he said it was an honor to be part of the show.
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“I’m excited for this game,” he said. “I’m excited for the show. It’s going to be an amazing event. It’s super sad about Jordan’s passing and I hate it. And I know everyone is looking to have an awesome show in his memory.
“Aside from 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 this. It’s cool that wrestling is a way and medium for that to be able to happen. Unfortunately his passing happened, but it’s good 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 on behalf of Pandemonium Pro.”
