{"id":375411,"date":"2026-08-01T23:04:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T17:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=375411"},"modified":"2026-08-01T23:04:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T17:34:02","slug":"wwes-trick-williams-recalls-first-ever-indie-match-staying-awake-for-days-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/08\/01\/wwes-trick-williams-recalls-first-ever-indie-match-staying-awake-for-days-after\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE’s Trick Williams Recalls First-Ever Indie Match, Staying Awake For Days After"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WWE star Trick Williams has had a meteoric rise on the foremost roster following his call-up from “WWE NXT” to “WWE SmackDown” just seven months ago. Before his skilled wrestling profession got underway in 2018, Williams played college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks and even took part in Philadelphia Eagles mini-camp on a tryout basis<\/p>\n

He recently sat down on “4th And South w\/ Jarvis Landry & Leonard Fournette<\/a>,” and spoke about how his football profession compares to skilled wrestling. He said walking to the ring for his first-ever match on the independent scene was like walking out for a game, but multiplied by 10.<\/p>\n

“There have been probably 20 people, and for the primary time, after I walked out and that music played, it was all about me,” Williams said. “No helmet on, no teammates. It was 20 people, however it was about Trick Williams, or ‘Sweet Daddy’ Trick on the time. I didn’t fall asleep for 48 hours [after that.] I never felt that before in my life. Two days, I didn’t sleep. I used to be up. I knew, ‘That is what you are imagined to do, right here.'”<\/p>\n

Williams officially signed with WWE in February 2021, after training and wrestling for Combat Zone Wrestling in Philadelphia, in addition to KnokX Pro Wrestling in Los Angeles. He debuted for “NXT” that September, as a friend of Carmelo Hayes.<\/p>\n

He held each the NXT Championship, in addition to the TNA World Championship, during his time in developmental. Williams captured his first foremost roster singles title quickly, when he won america Championship from Sami Zayn at WrestleMania 42.<\/p>\n

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Rob Kim\/Getty Images WWE star Trick Williams has had a meteoric rise on the foremost roster following his call-up from “WWE NXT” to “WWE SmackDown” just seven months ago. Before his skilled wrestling profession got underway in 2018, Williams played college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks and even took part in Philadelphia Eagles mini-camp […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":375412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[35778,3354,6627,5756,2064,2514,9415,1843,875,16198],"class_list":["post-375411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-awake","tag-days","tag-firstever","tag-indie","tag-match","tag-recalls","tag-staying","tag-trick","tag-williams","tag-wwes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t