Ahead of his title match against Tyrus at NWA 75, EC3 reflects on his first year in the company, which he says was accompanied by some tough challenges.
Later this month, EC3 will challenge Tyrus for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship. This title match comes after EC3 relinquished his NWA National Heavyweight Championship in order to receive a shot at the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship. EC3 first arrived at NWA during night one of their 74th anniversary show, where he wrestled Mims.
As EC3 now looks toward his shot at the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship, he takes a moment to look back on his first year in NWA. “A lot can change in a year, and that was a tough year,” EC3 told the Under the Ring Podcast. “Physically, mentally, spiritually, in all aspects. Coming into NWA, it gave me a little stability and something to kind of fight for while I was trying to build. I still am building. What I’m building is what my intention was [for] CYN to be a platform and an ideal and a mindset for, not only the aspiring professional wrestler but any person that finds inspiration and aspiration to become who they’re supposed to be.”
Uncurable Injury
In terms of his physical journey, EC3 revealed that he was previously coping with an undiagnosable injury.
“Physically too, I went through it coming into NWA. I was in tip-top shape, but I had an injury that was undiagnosable. I had something that was wrong with me that couldn’t be cured. You can see it in my body. I had an atrophy develop on my right side and trained through that, worked through that.”
Luckily for EC3, surgery wasn’t necessary as he managed to overcome the injury on his own. Now, he pivots his focus to capturing the title he proclaims as “the one.”
“It was a hard year, but it was a necessary year,” EC3 said. “Only through the hard, going through the suffering, can you become who you’re supposed to be? Can you come out of it on the other side? To have the top spot at NWA 75, to have an opportunity to become the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion, it’s a great honor I do not take lightly. And it’s a great honor to be the future NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion. The title has a prestige, it has a legacy. You can look at any company and world champions, and they’re all champions in their own right. But the history, and the lineage of the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship is, it’s the one.”
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