WWE NXT star Myles Borne has explained what it meant to win the North American Championship.
Borne won his first title in pro wrestling when he got the higher of Ethan Page, and he recalled the many emotions he experienced after the win in a recent interview with Denise Salcedo.
“As soon as I hit the Borne Again and I heard the one, two, three, it was very emotional. I felt so many alternative emotions because I had worked so hard and, you already know, all my life — I remember I used to play the video game, SmackDown vs. Raw, and I’d sit in front of my TV on the carpet, and I remember I used to be like, ‘These guys are so awesome. I need to do that.’ And, you already know, all my life I used to be inspired by it,” he said.
After his North American title win, Borne went home to his garage to coach, which is when the magnitude of his achievement hit him.
“I just stopped for a second, I said — I had the title — ‘Holy crap. Not only did I achieve my dream of coming to the WWE, I said, Myles, you at the moment are the boys’s North American Champion.’ And, you already know, that is when it hit me ’cause I have been training and dealing so hard and I’m surrounded by amazing talent, amazing coaches. And it just becomes, you already know, a whirlwind,” Borne added. “After which once all of it happened in front of you, there’s so many emotions to where I am unable to even — I desired to tear up and I could not tear up ’cause I used to be too excited.”
Borne, who was born deaf, said that there was doubt and various obstacles while he was growing up, but he believes that his disability is a boon in a way, because it pushed him to prove himself. He added that he was often unnoticed in his younger years, which drove him to work extra hard to beat the situations he was put in. Since his title win, he has successfully defended it just a few times, with one victory over former NXT Champion Johnny Gargano.