Trick Williams thinks his football career helped him become a star in the WWE.
He has been one of the most impressive rising stars in NXT as of late. Williams has impressed in the ring in NXT. He has been earmarked as a future star following an appearance on Smackdown last month.
However, he credits his football career to his WWE success. He recently spoke with the Philadelphia Inquirer about his pre-WWE career. Trick Williams revealed that the discipline and ability to overcome adversity in football helped him in WWE.
“Playing football for a long time, you’re really trying to be a soldier. Learn how to take critiques, take coaching, and then perform at a very high level. Our bodies were built to take all the type of impact and take all types of adversity. But on a deeper note, learn how to overcome adversity mentally.”
“My football journey was not easy at all. I went to Hampton University my freshman year, where I decided to take a chance on myself and leave a full scholarship to walk on at the University of South Carolina. I walked on — I competed and I found a spot on the team. Won breakout, outstanding offensive walk-on, to being in the starting lineup as a walk-on at an SEC program. That takes resilience. Going through all of that to my senior year and I didn’t get as much playing time at University of South Carolina.
“[It’s a] similar story. Taking the cards that were dealt to me and learning how to overcome and how to fight in these situations has come in handy for me transitioning my career. No matter what cards I’m dealt, I know how to fight through and know how to make the best out of my situation.”
Trick Williams Wants To Make People Feel Better In The WWE
Later in that interview, Trick Williams spoke about his goals in WWE. He claimed that he wants to make people feel better when he walks in to any arena.
“I just think I have a natural feel for liking people, liking to be around energetic situations. It’s really my goal in life that every single room that I walk in, I want people to feel better that I’m there. It started off with little things, maybe in a wide receiver meeting room or class, to now on a grand scheme. When I walk into the arena or stadiums, people can feel my presence now. It seemed like a little thing when I told myself, “That’s the goal, I want it,” but now to see it on the big stage is awesome.”
Trick Williams will be in action at WrestleMania weekend. He faces former partner Carmelo Hayes at NXT Stand and Deliver 2024.
