A wrestler with roots in Saskatchewan made his debut for one of the world’s largest wrestling promotions.
Sebastien Wolfe, from the Pasqua First Nations, appeared on the January 10th edition of All Elite Wrestling’s Dark, the company’s weekly YouTube show.
“It was a really great experience. One I am still reeling over at the moment,” he said. “That was just absolutely surreal. I still don’t feel like it happened, even though the match came out. I look at the match graphic every day, pretty much.”
Wolfe’s match was a trios match, meaning a three-versus-three match, in which one of his opponents was someone he grew up idolizing, Matt Hardy.
“I definitely was a huge fan of both Matt and Jeff. Growing up, they were my favourite tag team when they did the whole TLC feud. That was my team,” he stated. “When they wrote my name on the board next to Matt, I was just like, ‘wow.’”
Wolfe was born in British Columbia. However, his family moved to Saskatchewan when he was three years old. He would spend the next 12 years in the province before his family moved back to B.C.
Despite moving away from Saskatchewan, he carries a constant reminder of where he is from with him to the ring.
“I carry the flag from Pasqua out with me to the ring for most of my matches. I’m always trying to represent them and bring a spotlight to them.”
Wolfe credits his Grandma with igniting his passion for wrestling.
“She babysat my brother and me, she was a huge fan, and she would sit us down, and we had no choice but to watch it, and I fell in love with it.”
Despite falling in love with wrestling from an early age, Wolfe wouldn’t start training until he was 30 years old, which is unique in the world of professional wrestling.
That start happened when a friend he met at a gym encouraged him to attend a tryout.
“For the first time, it felt like everything was kind of in line for me to actually jump at this. We went to the tryout, absolutely crushed it, and they invited us to come train. I just got hooked instantly,” he said. “I knew this was it. This is was what I’ve been waiting for my whole life.”
“I always wanted to do it, but it always seemed like the crazy, ‘I want to be a rockstar,’ something a little too out of reach, especially growing up in Saskatchewan.”
From there, Wolfe would train at Surrey’s Lion’s Gate Dojo in 2018, making his wrestling debut less than a year later in 2019.
For Wolfe, getting a match on AEW Dark is a major milestone in his career.
“Honestly, right now, I’d say it’s been life-changing already. Nothing too crazy, but there’s definitely some cool things that have come from it.”
Wolfe said he is hopeful this isn’t the last time he makes an appearance on AEW.
“I have only been doing this for three and a half years, so to get to this level and be in there with someone like Matt Hardy with how new I am still considered, it was just the opportunity of a lifetime, and I’m so grateful,” he said. “I hope I can go back and do more work with them, and hopefully, that leads to something bigger.”
As for his long-term goals, he said he would love to sign with one of the major wrestling promotions, but he just wants to make a living doing what he loves.
“I definitely just want to make this my full-time income, so if that’s being on the independents or being with AEW or WWE. I’m just going to keep doing what I’m doing and working hard.”
Wolfe added that if someone wanted to follow his wrestling journey, they could find him on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
