Trick Williams reveals what inspired him to continue wrestling after a failed WWE tryout
While speaking to The Pivot Podcast, WWE star Trick Williams revealed what motivated him to continue wrestling after a failed tryout in 2018…
“I’m in church and I’m deciding, like, ‘bro, do I even want to wrestle?’
I went to a tryout and they said, ‘You’ve never wrestled before. Go learn what to do and we’ll bring you back for another tryout.’ Just like that—nobody checking on me, seeing if I’m actually going to do it. Like, take it or leave it. That’s what they told me.
So I’m in church and I’m like, ‘Am I supposed to wrestle?’ It kind of seemed self-seeking, you know what I mean? I’m coaching kids, substitute teaching and stuff, and I feel like I’m kind of making a difference where I’m at. But teachers need to get paid more money—I’m going to say that on camera right now, because boy, losing hair and sleep—everything.
Long story short, I went to church and the pastor’s word that day—I’m not lying to you—was talking about water coming from the rock. So, ‘follow The Rock.’
I went to church with one thing on my mind: do I need to wrestle or not? And the pastor told me, ‘Follow The Rock.’ I’m not lying to you—in Columbia, South Carolina, at Brook Pastor Timmy—and he said, ‘Follow The Rock.’
I never told nobody that story, but I moved to Philadelphia two weeks later. I said, ‘I’m supposed to wrestle.’ It was something that simple.
And when I say I be jumping, I just be jumping. I moved to Philly, I moved in with my uncle—his name is Sweet Baby James. Sweet Baby James. And that’s where the swag—you know, he’s like, ‘Man, I’m going to put these Stacy Adams on you, boy. They ain’t going to know what hit ’em.’ You know what I mean?
And that’s where everything just kind of kept falling into place.
So, long story short, to see The Rock in the ring and people trying to whoop that trick—I just feel like I already know it’s bigger than me. It’s not even about me. I’m just doing what I’m supposed to do.”