Sonjay Dutt says his pencil is a very important aspect of his character.
All Elite Wrestling is in Washington, D.C. this week to celebrate the three-year anniversary of Dynamite, and Sonjay Dutt stopped by The Team 980 AM to promote Wednesday’s show. Dutt was asked what factors he credits for his longevity in the business, and he said it’s all about being a realist and knowing when to pivot.
“I think the two things that I attribute my success over two decades is being a realist, being realistic about what professional wrestling is and what it can do for me and my position, and then adapting. Figuring out when the right time is to adapt to the next stage of my career. Before I was even forced out of the ring due to injuries I had kind of made that adaption to learning the backstage aspects and production. That was ten years ago,” Dutt noted, “so ten years later now, I am fully wet in the pool behind the scenes and helping cultivate the new talent that we have and providing the greatest product on television that we can.”
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The pencil behind his ear has become a big part of his character, and Sonjay Dutt also shared how it started in the first place.
“That’s a great question and I’m shocked nobody’s really asked me the origins of the pencil. The actual origins of me and the pencil go back a way’s back, but the pencil behind the ear is something that I’ve done pretty much for I’d say the last 4-5 years, when I really adapted into a backstage role,” Dutt explained. “The first time that Jay [Lethal] and I were on camera, he looked at me and said, ‘Hey, we’re about to go live. Take that pencil out of your ear.’ I looked at him and said, ‘Oh no, it’s staying.’ And we’re off to the races from there. It’s just kinda been my thing and I’ve got to say, having that pencil there is like a security blanket at this point on TV.”
Sonjay then shared that he switched from pens to pencils after one exploded in his pocket during his time as a producer in WWE.
“I’d always have a black or a blue pen, and it exploded in my suit jacket and I saw this big stain,” Dutt said. “I go, ‘Oh my goodness… that’s why Vince McMahon never carries a pen!’ He’s always got a pencil, and then I switched to pencils from there.”
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