Mansoor is a former WWE Superstar. He was recently released from the company along with his tag team partner Mace.
Recently, after officially becoming a free agent, Mansoor took to Twitter to share a message. He opened up by stating when he told his dad that he wanted to become a wrestler. His father shared a story about watching his first wrestling show.
“When I was 17, I told my father I wanted to be a professional wrestler. And he just kinda laughed and said, ‘Mansoor, people like us, that’s not we do.’ And I asked him what he meant, and he told a story about when he was at college in Miami, and he stumbled upon a professional wrestling show. The guy came out and they called him The Sheik and he was billed from Mecca, Saudi Arabia. And he had the ‘Genie Boots’ with the curled toes, the whole nine yards. And he came out and he made mean faces and everybody booed and he got his ass kicked.”
“My dad actually found him after the show, and he asked him, ‘What are you doing? Why are you making our people look bad?’ The wrestler looked at him and said, ‘Our people? Buddy I’m Italian. I’m from Pensacola.’ For a long time my dad thought that’s what professional wrestling was.”
Mansoor reflects on the first time his father saw him wrestle
The former WWE Superstar also shared the moment he and his father had following his Singles match against Claudio Castagnoli in his hometown.
“Until four decades later when his son had the match of his life against Claudio Castagnoli in front of 60,000 people in his hometown. I will never forget going up to him after the match to him looking at my eye and saying, ‘Mansoor! I understand.’ I have been chasing that feeling every single day.”
Mansoor wants people to understand him and the concept of professional wrestling
Mansoor promised that he vows to prove to everyone that he is the best in the business and also wants to make people understand the concept of professional wrestling.
“That is all I want from this. To make people understand. Not just the concept of professional wrestling but who I am. Because for the last five years you have known a version of me, an abstract concept. But really this is the first time we are actually meeting. So, allow me to introduce myself.
“My name is Mansoor Abdul Aziz Muhammed Abdul Aziz Al-Shehail but you can call me Mansoor. And you will know me by my works because in 2024 I prove that I am the most capable, captivating, charismatic performer in all of professional wrestling. Many of you will laugh and many of you will scoff at that statement and I look forward to nothing more than coming to your town and making you understand. That is the goal,” Mansoor said.
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