Enzo was recently a guest on WINCLY. During the interview, he was asked if he would be interested in a return to the WWE, discussed his time in NXT and more. Here are the highlights:
On His Charisma Coming Out In His Promos:
I’ve seen guys get [charisma] pulled out of them by the late, great Dusty Rhodes in promo class. Guys that I came into the business with that didn’t know how to say their name on camera, literally [were] kind of confused by that. [Those same guys] have come out and rocked the main event on Monday Night RAW, so, I’ve seen [charisma] get taught but there is a quality to being a certified ‘G’ and a quality in being a seven-footer that you can’t teach… I’ve always felt like when I was on the microphone in the WWE, I was just doing what anybody in my hometown would have done. You know what I mean? Like, ‘They handed you a microphone? Are you kidding? In front of a ton of people on TV, like, what are you going to do with it?’ I just felt like I was in the kitchen when I was out there, hanging out with my people.
On His Time In NXT:
When you’re in it and you’re in NXT at the beginning stages, all you want to do is get to the main roster where there’s that light at the end of the tunnel. There’s money to be made when you start off at $600 a week and you’re taking out credit cards to pay the bills and stuff. If you don’t take it for granted – those opportunities to get in the ring with Norman Smiley every day, all-day ring time. You learn from the best in the world at the WWE in the Performance Center, and you don’t realize how blessed you were until you get out and you get in the indie locker room, to be honest.
On What He Enjoyed About Working For The WWE:
S–t, [I love to] entertain y’all and hold the microphone. [WWE] doesn’t have to put me in a title match, and we take up that space on the card. And that was one of the coolest things I got to do in the WWE, was open up those shows, hype up the crowd, and we didn’t have to reinvent the wheel – big guy, little guy, let’s get him in here.
On Why He Doesn’t Envision A Return To The WWE:
I could never see myself working a schedule like that anytime soon. I mean, you just never say never with anything, so, I just know that absence makes the heart grow fonder. All is forgiven in time. I find that – and that goes on both sides of the coin because I worked for the company where at one point, I got fired and was upset… In that moment, I’m so angered. But then you look at it and you understand the significance of the timing of the situation and you have time to let that burn off. Man, I don’t hold any grudges. Do I want to go back there? Absolutely, not right now. I am enjoying so much of what I am doing so quickly, of being in these locker rooms and meeting these guys, that I can’t imagine going back to a world where I’m on the road 300 days, over 250-280 matches a year.
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Credit: WINCLY.
