Post by #HEEL Dark Lord on Jan 5, 2014 4:25:09 GMT -5
The following are highlights from a recent Hampton Roads interview with WWE Superstar Titus O'Neil:
On his friendship with Batista, and how Batista convinced him to become a wrestler: "I used to be, like, 'No, I'm not doing it. I'm going into coaching; that's what I want to do,' Dave, who's probably one of my best friends, was, like, 'But I really think you'd do well in it. You have the size and the charisma and the athleticism to do it.' But I just kept saying, 'No, I don't think it's for me.' "
On how he got his start in WWE: "It was really just blind faith based on what Dave had been telling me, but I walked in and had about a 15-minute conversation with (trainer and former WWE wrestler) Steve Keirn about wrestling and trying out and stuff like that. It was only about 15 minutes after I finished talking to him and left that the WWE called me and said they wanted me to try out. They had a show that day, so I went and picked my kids up from school, and I asked them if they wanted to go to a wrestling match. The next thing you know, two weeks after that, Daddy's wrestling for the WWE."
On vomiting on Zeb Colter: "I guess that's something I can put under my belt: I can vomit on cue. Hey, our job is to entertain people, and I guess it entertained a lot of people.... There are a lot of people who want to hit Zeb Colter in the mouth on a regular basis, but me throwing up on him was just as good."
Check out the complete interview online at HamptonRoads.com.
On his friendship with Batista, and how Batista convinced him to become a wrestler: "I used to be, like, 'No, I'm not doing it. I'm going into coaching; that's what I want to do,' Dave, who's probably one of my best friends, was, like, 'But I really think you'd do well in it. You have the size and the charisma and the athleticism to do it.' But I just kept saying, 'No, I don't think it's for me.' "
On how he got his start in WWE: "It was really just blind faith based on what Dave had been telling me, but I walked in and had about a 15-minute conversation with (trainer and former WWE wrestler) Steve Keirn about wrestling and trying out and stuff like that. It was only about 15 minutes after I finished talking to him and left that the WWE called me and said they wanted me to try out. They had a show that day, so I went and picked my kids up from school, and I asked them if they wanted to go to a wrestling match. The next thing you know, two weeks after that, Daddy's wrestling for the WWE."
On vomiting on Zeb Colter: "I guess that's something I can put under my belt: I can vomit on cue. Hey, our job is to entertain people, and I guess it entertained a lot of people.... There are a lot of people who want to hit Zeb Colter in the mouth on a regular basis, but me throwing up on him was just as good."
Check out the complete interview online at HamptonRoads.com.
