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King Mo On Nearly Signing With WWE, Time In TNA, Not Getting A C
hanges And More.
By: mrmrmr Date: June 25, 2015, 6:50 am
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King Mo recently appeared on the The Two Man Power Trip of
Wrestling Podcast, here are the highlights…
Growing up as a wrestling fan: I loved the NWA, WCW and
Mid-South. The WWE was cool but I always loved WCW. It’s not
anything racial at all but it was the black wrestlers that I saw
in WCW that seemed more real. In WWE you had people dancing, WCW
had Ron Simmons. I loved Ron Simmons. When he beat Vader for the
belt I went crazy because you never thought it could happen. But
also Booker T and Stevie Ray you saw a big difference and the
only guy you saw juking and jiving was 2 Cold Scorpio.
Nearly signing with WWE in 2004 and eventually signing with TNA:
WWE offered me a contract after the Olympic Trials in 2004. I
went there and they offered me a developmental deal but I turned
it down. Shad Gaspard said to me if I want to win a lightweight
title in a fight go do that because wrestling will always be
there. So I did that but looking back maybe I should have taken
that deal. I made the decision I made and I can live with it. I
waited and got an opportunity with TNA and they sent me to OVW
and I got a chance to obtain my dreams, granted it didn’t really
play out the way I wanted to because I didn’t get to have a
match and I was match ready. Things didn’t really work out the
way I wanted and Dixie (Carter) was always busy and they didn’t
seem to think I was ready and I didn’t get a chance to prove
myself.
His initial impressions of the TNA locker room: It was cool and
they are cool people and the locker room was really cool. I had
absolutely no problems, they treated me really well with open
arms and showed me the ropes. Samoa Joe was really cool to me,
Bobby Roode, James Storm, it was a real great welcome.
On his Impact Wrestling TV debut: I was nervous as hell. I just
wasn’t trying to be the “Black Glacier”. Because if you remember
Glacier didn’t get a “pop” after all that build up and that was
the last thing I wanted to do. It all would have failed if that
had happened.
Whether his MMA entrances Inspired by Pro Wrestling?: Pretty
much. I figured that everything I’ve done is pro wrestling,
kung-fu movies, Heathcliff and Walter Payton. Those things
molded my life growing up. Those are things that were most
important to me.
Whether pro wrestling training is harder than MMA: Hands down.
If people want to say “Mo, you really don’t know what you are
talking about.” Find a pro wrestling school and take some bumps
and go through the first few weeks of pro-wrestling school and
see how you feel. Go wrestle a match. Phil Baroni didn’t believe
and said being a fighter is way tougher and I said it is tough
but if you don’t believe me go see and Phil went to FSW (Future
Stars Wrestling) and started to complain to me about his “neck,
back, shoulders, heels, knees” all being sore from taking bumps.
People don’t realize it’s work on your body. Back in the locker
room you see guys before they go out to the ring and they are
struggling to walk. You see guys like a Dolph Ziggler who is my
age and even though he looks good I guarantee that back in the
locker room he’d be struggling or Jack Swagger aka Jake Hager is
probably struggling because they are always putting their bodies
through the ringer for the sake of your entertainment.
The origin of the name King Mo: That came from one of my boys
because they said I was always king of the crowd. I love that
because I am the king of the crowd. They always loved me or
hated me. “King Mo” is something that anyone can be. There are
kings of all races and cultures so I figured that “King Mo”
sounds good. But I am a fan of all the kings of wrestling,
“King” Booker and “King” Harley Race. I always loved them and of
course Jerry “The King” Lawler is a beast too.
Other Pro Wrestlers competing outside of the wrestling business:
It’s the way you process things. I think (CM) Punk will do good.
It all depends on what you learn and what you see. He will
probably get someone he can probably beat, he isn’t stupid. They
will give him someone who is known but not good. Not for his
first fight, I just see them giving him someone that he can
beat. If you think about business, CM Punk’s first fight will do
one million buys. So why risk it with having him get beat for
his first fight. Try to get him a few wins and then see what he
can do later. He is serious about it. Let him fight a grappler
first, let him fight a striker, let him fight a wrestler. Let
him grow and then give him a test. (Brock) came at the right
time and then he left at the right time, he made his money. He
is smart. You know how wrestlers like to work and trick and
prank. Wrestlers are kind of shady anyway, not to bash them but
you can’t believe what anybody says. Like when they said Kurt
Angle was going to try and make a wrestling comeback. I think he
thought about it until he showed up for practice and once he got
there realized he wasn’t that committed.
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