Prince Nana was interviewed by Chris Jericho on the latest “Talk Is Jericho” podcast. Nana talked about how he got started in wrestling as a teenager, being trained by Johnny Rodz, how he came up with The Embassy name on the spot, working with Swerve Strickland, and a lot more. The interview is really worth checking out. Scroll down to listen to the entire interview.
Prince Nana on managing The Gates of Destiny and Brian Cage:
“Well, you know, it’s crazy because the first day that I met the trio of Brian Cage, Toa, and Kaun, I didn’t know who I was going to be working with that day. So I’m walking in the back looking like a maniac and I just see these three guys in the corner corner and they’re huddled. I see one big Samoan guy and he’s like giving me this smile, like, this evil smile, and come to find out they were the guys that I was acquiring from Tully Blanchard, and boy has it been a great, great, great ride. Since then, I’ve worked with Brian and The Gates of Agony and we’ve catapulted each and every one of us in the group, you know, we’ve catapulted ourselves to a level where we’re undeniable, where, you know, the people who put the matches together decided to put us in the matches because they know that they’re gonna get a hard hitting, exciting presentation.”
Working with Swerve Strickland:
“Working with Swerve has been probably one of the smartest things that has ever happened as far as my character is concerned. I asked Swerve this the other day, I was having a conversation with him and I said, ‘Who came up with this idea to put us together?’ He was like, ‘It’s 100% Tony’ and for Tony to be the one to put us together and for this magic to happen, it’s unbelievable because I feel like I’m where I need to be. I could showcase all sides of Prince Nona from the sophisticated to the urban to the funny to the quiet. Everything could be showcased through Swerve and The Embassy, so that’s really exciting.”
On how he came up with his Prince Nana dance:
“I was in my room and got some good news, and next thing you know, I put on Instagram. I put on the Swerve song and I was like, ‘I’m gonna just dance to this.’ I just started dancing that same dance and I did that same dance. I taped it. We went maybe about two weeks, and you know, when I was initially walking him to the ring, I had a little motion in my step, a little pep in my step, but I said to myself, maybe two weeks into that, I looked at that video again and I said, ‘You know what? I’m gonna do this dance’, and I did it one night, and boom, history again was made, and just since then, every week people are requesting me to do it. I did it in London in front of 80,000 people. We’re getting memes. We’re getting people doing the challenge. So it’s definitely a great thing.”
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