WWE’s Omos reflected on his early years training as a wrestler and the challenges he faced in his first few months.
The WWE star recently spoke on “MuscleManMalcolm” about his transition from basketball to skilled wrestling. Omos believes that playing basketball, particularly in his position, helped him adapt to the physical nature of WWE, noting that the game prepared him well for skilled wrestling.
“So, me coming into WWE wasn’t really a challenge. I’m actually grateful that I played basketball because I feel like basketball type of prepared me for wrestling and what I’m doing within the wrestling ring,” he said. “And although I might say, you recognize, going from running and jumping and to, you recognize, learn the best way to take bumps and know the best way to hit the ropes and, you recognize, learning the best way to do forward rolls and back rolls, learning the best way to take a bump properly so you recognize you do not break your hands, that was something that I wasn’t really aware about. So it took some time to get used to it, but you recognize once I got used to it [it was good]. I knew from my very first tryout that that is what I used to be meant to do. I actually have never felt passionately about something that fast until once I got into the ring.”
The previous WWE Raw Tag Team Champion recalled being trained by Chris Hero on the Performance Center, where he learned several different moves. Nevertheless, after injuring himself throughout the first few months of coaching, it was decided that he would limit his moveset to avoid further injury. Omos played college basketball within the NCAA and joined WWE a couple of years later, signing with the promotion in 2018, training on the Performance Center, before making his debut in 2020.