Moose on His Nickname, EC3 Joining WWE, Impact vs LU Event, & More

WSVN-TV held a recent interview with Moose discussing the origins of his nickname, thoughts on EC3 joining the WWE, his match at last month’s Impact vs. Lucha Underground event, and more.

On the topic of the origins of his nickname, Moose revealed it was given to him by a teammate during his football career and he actually hated it until he started his wrestling career.

“A teammate of mine gave it to me during my football days. Hated it. Couldn’t stand it. Hated everybody who called me Moose and now Moose makes me money.”

On the topic of EC3 signing with the WWE, Moose stated he feels very happy for EC3 and believes he will quickly become a star for the WWE.

“I talk to him everyday. I’m so happy for him, he’s doing great things with the company he’s with now. Everybody knew he was going to be a star wherever he goes. He looks like a Greek god and he talks great on the mic and his in-ring work is great. We all knew he was going to do great things.”

On the topic of NFL and wrestling locker rooms, Moose stated going from a NFL locker room to a wrestling locker room was a very different experience in terms of atmosphere.

“It’s definitely different. You’ve got to understand, in an NFL locker room we probably had the best looking locker rooms with TVs all over the place and you can get comfortable. In a wrestling locker room, you might come in and you might be changing outside and with no curtain. There’s definitely a big difference there but for the love of wrestling, you go through it.”

On the topic of last month’s Impact vs. Lucha Underground event, Moose stated he felt he disappointed fans by not being able to give them a singles match against Matanza Cueto.

“It was probably the most buzzed and most talked about show of that weekend. When you get two big companies with Lucha Underground and Impact Wrestling joining forces and producing a good show, there’s tons of dream matches that people want to see. Unfortunately I didn’t give the fans the match they wanted to see. I think a lot of people wanted to see a one-on-one match up with me and Matanza Cueto and instead we were in a 6-way together.”

Other topics discussed included his favorite wrestlers, adjusting from football to wrestling, and thoughts on Impact Wrestling’s move to Canada.