Former WWE Superstar Erick Rowan was recently interviewed by The Ten Count’s Steve Fall for WrestlingNews.co to discuss several professional wrestling topics.
Rowan discussed Baron Corbin and his dedication to improve, his own journey on the indie scene, and much more.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
Baron Corbin’s dedication to improve:
“There’s some naturally gifted athletes that don’t have that dedication. That they made it so far in their sport that they played before, and now they get a chance and an opportunity with WWE. And there’s some people that have dedication that’ll prove [it] every day and get better and better. Baron Corbin was one of those guys that had dedication in him. There’s other guys that didn’t have that dedication in them, to improve and get better.”
His own personal journey on the indies:
“The same with independent wrestling, I include myself in that, in that I’m a guy [where] I had to be on top of a lot of things, but I kept going and I kept improving because I’m a dedicated guy. And when I put my mind to stuff, I follow through, I do it, and those are the kind of people you need in the business.”
Athletes from other sports who get into wrestling:
“You need people with ‘check your ego at the door’ [attitudes]. It’s weird to me because wrestling is — people call it art, people call it dancing, but it’s two to four to six people in a ring at a time having to work together to make each other look like they’re beating the crap out of each other, stretching each other to the limit, without hurting each other. There’s no room for egos, to say ‘I’m the best,’ because no, you’re doing the best to make the fans happy.”
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