Paul Walter Hauser has made a name in Hollywood, now he’s looking to build a career in professional wrestling. While speaking to Chris Van Vliet on his Insight podcast, Hauser shared why he chose to train and become a professional wrestler in the first place.
“Part of it was just because I wanted to know what it was like. Kind of like when you do research for role and I was like. I can see Cardona now, he’s probably like, ‘Oh, you’re gonna do the Bastion Booger biopic.’ I learned it because I thought it was interesting. And I never done it and I wanted to. And in doing so, I had people like Dallas Page, Sean Waltman. Anthony Ogogo, and Paul London all telling me, ‘hey, you’re actually really good. And you’re taking to this pretty quickly.’”
Paul Walter Hauser takes inspiration from people like Kevin Owens and Vader
Hauser also revealed that he had sent his wrestling footage to a lot of stars. He also got feedback from people such as former WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Natalya. The Emmy Award Winning star also revealed that some may judge him by his appearance but at the same time, some of the most athletic stars in WWE are also big stars such as Kevin Owens.
“I sent footage to people like Nattie Neidheart. She’s saying you have it, but it just needs to be refined. So it’s like, and also from a physique standpoint, they can say what they want about me being a big guy. It’s like, some of my favourite wrestlers are you know, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Kevin Owens and Vader. These guys are not known for being in shape. They’re known for being agile and strong, and having some form of charisma or something.
“So I look at it like this, too, because I’ve had some people, there was an interview with Tony Deppen, indie wrestler, he, I guess he’s a GCW guy. But somebody mentioned my name to him. And he was like, Tony is like, yeah, I don’t know who that is. But they’re probably just copying what me and Ron Funches did. And I’m like, maybe you and Ron Funches copied what Dennis Rodman did before you. And maybe Dennis Rodman copied what Lawrence Taylor did at WrestleMania 95. So it’s like, everybody likes to think that it’s like, oh, some actors coming in to do their 15 seconds of wrestling fame. And it’s like, no, I’ve been a student of watching it my entire life. Now I’m actually doing it in the ring. And to be fair, I don’t know who Tony Deppen is either. So it’s mutual bud.”
Paul Walter Hauser wants to learn the craft of wrestling
Hauser mentioned that he is determined to learn professional wrestling. But at the same time, that does not mean for him to get back in line but rather can learn the craft by working in big matches too,
“I disagree, I don’t want to pay my dues, I want to learn the craft. I don’t have to pay dues. And you know why? Because when a guy like Dave Bautista comes into Hollywood and gets Guardians of the Galaxy, I don’t say to him, Whoa, get in line, you have to go do a guest star on NCIS before you get to this Marvel film, it’s not really the way the world works right? Now, wrestling thinks that that’s how it works. And they try to put people in line.
“The reality is a guy like Maxwell Jacob Friedman, or Goldberg, or Sheamus can have a very quick rise out of nowhere because they’re just good. So I can pay respect, which I’ll always do, but paying dues. It’s like if somebody asked me to be in a WrestleMania match and do the Snooki routine, where they’re like, you’re gonna be the random celebrity who gets in a tag match. Like, I’m doing it. I’m not doing seven years on the Indies until then. I’m just going to do what comes across my plate.”
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