Brock Alexander Lunde (born February 28, 1997), better known by the

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Brock Anderson, is an American

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signed to

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(AEW). He is the son of

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Professional wrestling career

All Elite Wrestling (2021–present)

Prior to Lunde's first appearance he had been spotted at

(AEW) events which lead to rumors of Lunde being involved with AEW. On the March 29, 2021, episode of the

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''The Arn Show'' on the Ad Free Shows network, it was revealed by Lunde's father Arn Anderson that Lunde had signed a contract with AEW and had been training and paying dues. In a later episode of the podcast Anderson also revealed that Lunde had been trained by

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and

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at the '' Nightmare Factory'', AEW's training facility. Lunde was also trained by professional wrestler Lodi Lunde first appeared on the June 11, 2021 (taped June 5) episode of

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. In an interview with

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, Lunde alongside his father Arn Anderson and performer/executive vice-president of AEW

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it is announced that Lunde would be wrestling with the company as "Brock Anderson" a new member of the

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and his first match would be the next week. The interview was interrupted by Q. T. Marshall who would be one of the opponents in Lunde's first match and a fight ensued. Lunde made his professional wrestling debut on June 18, 2021 (taped June 6). Lunde teamed with fellow second generation wrestler Cody Rhodes (son of

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) defeating Q. T. Marshall and Aaron Solow in a match on AEW Dynamite. Lunde's father, Arn Anderson, who accompanied him to the ring hugged him and raised his hand after winning the match. Since debuting Lunde has performed in matches on ''

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'' and '' AEW Dark: Elevation'' wrestling with and against

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and his son

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Personal life

Lunde is the son of retired professional wrestler and WWE Hall of Famer

. Lunde has one brother named Barrett. In 2015, Lunde graduated from Providence High School. In high school Lunde played

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, being ranked 94th among graduating

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s in North Carolina and 904th in the United States. After high school Lunde went to college at

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and graduated in 2019.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

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