In an exclusive for WrestlingNews.co, Steve Fall spoke with Trick Williams ahead of his big match with his former best friend Carmelo Hayes at tomorrow’s NXT Stand & Deliver.
Trick Williams on being in the main event against Carmelo Hayes at Stand & Deliver:
“First, nothing but love and respect to Tony D and Ilja Dragunov. Obviously, they’re great at what they do. I think me and Melo’s story is so personal. This is three years in the making. I think everybody could feel it. Rightfully so, people want to see us go head to head.”
Williams on ending his football career and starting in WWE:
“I played my last down of football right here in Philadelphia with the Eagles. When I got cut, obviously I’m thinking about how to continue my career in football. I’ve been playing for 20 years. My agent at the time was trying to hook me up with the different teams in the XFL and nothing happened. The XFL did reach back, but WWE reached back first. They said, ‘Hey, do you want to come in for a tryout?’ I never once thought about it until that point, but I went for a tryout. I didn’t get signed my first time. They said, ‘Hey, look, you got a great look. You can talk. You’re charismatic, but you never wrestled before, so we need you to show that you’re serious and go learn how to wrestle. That’s what I did. I moved back to Philly, I went to CZW, I wrestled, and they brought me back on for another tryout during COVID and the rest is history.”
Trick went on to say, “I don’t care if the NFL offered me a $30 million contract. WWE is where I’m meant to be. I never felt so whole, I’ve never felt so appreciated. This whole WWE community has shown me so much love. This is where I’m supposed to be. “
On if NXT can go on the road weekly:
“I would love that. It would have to make sense with the higher-ups who do the money stuff. But I would love that. I wanna see as many cities as possible. We need to whoop that Trick in every city.”
Trick said that he gets “no butterflies” when he goes out to the ring because “it’s all about the action” and the time he went out on SmackDown he didn’t feel it until afterward.
Trick on his journey before WWE, he talked about the school he went to and the first match he went to was full of “Deathmatches type stuff” and he knew that’s where he wasn’t supposed to be. On if he would wrestle in a Deathmatch, he said, “Never. I’m an entertainer. That’s not what we do here in WWE. We handle our business in the ring. We don’t need all that extra.”
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