Amir Jordan recently spoke with Cultaholic for an in-depth interview covering all things pro wrestling.
During the discussion, the wrestling star spoke about his release, dreams of being on SmackDown, whether or not he knew the release was coming, as well as how NXT Europe was never mentioned to him as an option.
Featured below are some of the highlights from the interview.
On his release and talks about his dream of being on SmackDown: “Before I left, I was actively trying to get myself out to Florida. ‘That’s the next step.’ That was something I initiated, to try and get out there. At the end of the day, for me, I watched SmackDown at 11 on Saturday afternoons, my dream is to be on SmackDown one day. That is still there. For me, having come back from injury, that’s where I was trying to go. It’s that thing, something happens, it’s out of your control. You can only control what you can control. The world is still going to go on without you. If you let it get you down, the sun is still going to shine in the morning, the hours will still pass by, and you’re just going to sit there being annoyed at whatever situation you’re in. Obviously, it would have been nice to go out to Florida, sunny place, be part of that and maybe get to the main roster. We all want to do that, be on WrestleMania and stuff. I also want to wrestle, at any point, anywhere, as much as I can. Now, I feel equipped to go out there and wrestle everywhere as much as I can and use the skills I learned from five-six years in the business.”
On whether he knew the release was coming: “Maybe, yes or no. As the year went on, when I’m not doing it, it’s hard for me to stay in love with something that is not there all the time. Naturally, you start getting more skeptical. I was getting frustrated because I want to wrestle more. At the end of the day, do you point fingers or think, ‘that’s just the system that they’ve had and for whatever reason, they couldn’t get tapings done this time around and that’s what it is.’ It’s a business decision from their point of view. Did it enter my mind? Of course it did. The day I signed a WWE contract it entered my mind. At the end of the day, it could end at any point, that experience. I was always like, ‘I’m going to try and stay here for as long as I can, hopefully, make a bunch of money and become something.’ Over the last few months, I’ve kind of been preparing and keeping my options open anyway. We all have the internet, we all read and know what’s going on. Internally, you can see how things are going. You never want it to happen. It’s still fresh, but I’m like, how can I make this a positive? ‘Now there are things that you’ve not been getting from your life, that you can now get.’”
On how NXT Europe was never mentioned to him as an option: “Not that I know of. We only just found out when everyone else heard, slightly before. That place is still there. If it’s NXT or NXT Other Continents, we don’t know what the plan is. With WWE, things are always changing and it’s a very dynamic business. Sometimes, you get to be a part of that, and right now we’re not part of that, but further down the line, there might be an opportunity where we are.”
Check out the complete interview at ACast.com. H/T to Fightful.com for transcribing the above quotes.