Previous to his deadly four-Means NXT Championship protection towards Je’Von Evans, Ethan Web page, and Shawn Spears on “WWE NXT” Heatwave, Trick Williams spoke with The Toronto Solar about who led him on the voyage to change into the face of NXT. Like many stars of the current and future, Williams was first drawn in by the notorious “Angle Period” that helped outline skilled wrestling within the Nineties and early 2000s, and there was one man whose look and expressions caught Williams’ youthful eye — in addition to his ears.
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“I used to be three years outdated and being an enormous fan of ‘Stone Chilly’ Steve Austin, a few of my first phrases apparently had been opening a can of whoop ass,” Williams stated.
Sadly, as a younger little one, imitating the catchphrases utilized by the beer-guzzling “Texas Rattlesnake” — most of which might be censored by the community in in the present day’s WWE — landed Williams in scorching water.
“That obtained me in hassle, and my dad and mom have to show off wrestling just a little bit as a result of I used to be studying some language that should not be stated,” Williams chuckled. “That is one in every of my first reminiscences of wrestling.”
If Williams was trying to channel the identical power at Heatwave that Austin projected a long time earlier, it was not sufficient for him to retain towards Web page, who seized the NXT Championship within the present’s principal occasion. Whereas now not the model’s prime champion, Williams rebounded robustly when he and returning TNA breakout star Joe Hendry gained a tag staff victory over Web page and Spears in the primary occasion of Tuesday’s “WWE NXT.”
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