Q & A w/ former DEF superstar Evan Hurley about Bronson Box
Posted by Lance Warner on 14 Nov 2013
Lance Warner here. I recently got the chance to sit down with former DEF superstar and the man who brought Bronson Box into our lives, Evan Hurley.
Lance: Evan, how have you been?
Evan: I'm fine, my back is healed to the point where I'm walking on my own but I'll definitely never get to wrestle full time ever again.
Lance: You're speaking of course of the devastating back injury you sustained at the hands of Bronson Box several years ago when he joined Jeff Andrews, Stephen Greer and Heidi Christenson in Hydra.
Evan: Yup.
Lance: A lot of ill feelings still there I'd imagine.
Evan: Am I happy about it? Fuck no. I'd rather be in there mixin' it up with the boys to-fuckin'-day. But I can't blame the guy. He saw an opportunity and he took it. I'd have done the same thing.
Lance: A rare point of view considering the man almost broke your back.
Evan: I knew the kind of man Bronson Box was the second I laid eyes on the little prick.
Lance: Would you share that story with our readers?
Evan: Sure. I was wrestling in England for Ricochet Wrestling when I was still kickin' around the old NeWA.
Lance: They're still around.
Evan: Yeah, sure they are... anyway. Me and the boys used to go down to this pub on the shady side of town. Cheap pints and loads of ring rats ready to give it up to a bunch of muscle bound wrestlers. One night they have this new bouncer, little fucker but just jacked to the gills. I ask the bartender who he was, he says he's some ex-con. I don't give it another thought... until things got rough later in the night and this handlebar mustache wearin' freak of nature swings into action.
Lance: He manhandled some rowdy customers I take it?
Evan: If by manhandled you mean literally tossed one guy through a plate glass window and the other out the door and into a car door then sure, he manhandled the shit out of them. I immediately struck up a conversation with the guy. He was already goin' by the name Bronson. Apparently he'd been locked up a bit with that famous British prisoner Michael Peterson that went by the name Charles Bronson. Look him up, wild dude. But that's where the name came from.
Lance: Was he already trained in pro wrestling?
Evan: Yeah, some old school UK journeyman named Spud Collins. Dude gave lessons at the last place Box finished up his stint in the slammer. Continued with him when he got out. Box was ready to go when I met him.
Lance: How long after that was DEFIANCE?
Evan: Oh shit, couple years maybe? I got him started on the European tours, got him some exposure. The Germans and the eastern Europeans ate his turn of the century shtick up. He worked a bunch of those tours honing his act. Dedication to the craft like you've never seen, man.
Lance: And DEFIANCE?
Evan: I knew Dane was going to make a go of it WfWA or no WfWA, when I heard about DEF I knew Box was a perfect fit. I told Bronson to pack his gear and head over to the states. One way or another I was going to get this guy in front of Eric Dane come hell or high water.
Lance: Why the dedication to Box? Especially now considering.
Evan: I don't have shit for a legacy in this business. I was a midcarder at best. But I've found I have a knack for finding talent and getting them polished, trained up, ready for the big stage. I knew Boxer had that thing promoters look for, that drive, that thing you can't put a finger on. I've known Eric for years, Box is the kind of ruthless fuck he loves.
Lance: That's all it took?
Evan: It took some convincing, I just told him the truth. Box is everything I never was. He's the real deal. And look at the guy now, I was absolutely right. Unified the DEF and WfWA titles. When you think of DEFIANCE you think of the Wargod Bronson Box, simple as that.
Lance: What are your thoughts on his feud with Dan Ryan and their upcoming Taipei Deathmatch?
Evan: Well... here's the thing. Bronson is the most cock sure motherfucker on earth. He believes his hype, every word of it. He honestly believes Ryan is all talk, washed up, over. I'm a student of this game, I watch everything stitch of wrestling I can get my hands on. I've watched Dan Ryan for YEARS...
Lance: And?
Evan: Dan Ryan is probably the sickest man to ever set foot in a wrestling ring. Even with everything Boxer's done he has a long way to go before he can claim that title. I'd be damned surprised if either of these guys walked away from this match the same man they walked in as. Both of them have so much to prove. To each other, to the fans... it's going to be a nasty ass brawl man. Nastier than DEFIANCE has ever seen.
Lance: Evan, thank you for your time.
Evan: Anytime Lance.
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