As we reported last week here on eWn, Ricky Smokes is a member of the WWE ID program.
While appearing on a recent edition of the “PW Ponderings” podcast, the Wrestling Open Tag Team Co-Champion commented on his reaction to being announced as a WWE ID prospect.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On his tag team partner Brad Baylor being announced a couple nights before: “It was only a matter of time. That kid is an absolute stud, an absolute missile. He’s only 20 years old which is insane. You look at Brad Baylor and you know he’s going places. You see him every week. You know how damn good he is, even though it pisses people off. Baylor on his own can go take over the wrestling world but both of us together are unstoppable.”
On being announced himself: “It’s the biggest moment of my career to date. It was overwhelming being around a crowd of people who boo me every time I show my face there, to acknowledge how much that moment means to me and applaud me and chant I deserve it. It was very emotional. I knew they loved me. Them being able to see my true emotions without me having to put a guard up meant a lot. It was nice to get ID’d there specifically, it couldn’t be anywhere else. For Chase to be out there too, couldn’t replicate it. I had my family there as well. It was raw and real the moment I saw Chase there. It meant a lot that he was the one to present it to me since I stepped into the New England Pro Wrestling Academy. It was a very real and meaningful moment.”
The official ‘WWE Vault’ YouTube channel looked back at the story of the first Elimination Chamber match at the 2002 Survivor Series pay-per-view event, which you can see below:
“At Survivor Series 2002, six Raw Superstars competed in the first Elimination Chamber Match. Watch the intertwined, three-month rivalries that lead to this iconic World Heavyweight Championship Match in New York City’s Madison Square Garden, featuring Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Booker T, Rob Van Dam, Kane and Chris Jericho.”
The latest video from the ‘UpUpDownDown’ channel takes a look back at The New Day’s WrestleMania 33 ice cream kart race inside WWE HQ. You can check that out below:
And finally, you can check out the “Top 10 Moments” from Tuesday night’s episode of WWE NXT below:
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