Enzo Amore recently spoke with ESPN.com about various topics. Here are the highlights.
On his promo style:
“I would say that my forte is cutting the line,” Amore told ESPN.com. “My entire life’s work is me having zero patience and not waiting in a line. Any time I see an opportunity to get ahead, I take it. You put a microphone in my hand on live TV and that’s just an opportunity for me to get ahead in life. That’s the way I look at it.”
On his character:
“If you really put together ‘Stone Cold’ [Steve Austin], The Rock and Shawn Michaels, you can see a little bit of their influence on me, by all means,” Amore said. “But at the end of the day we have an opportunity to create our brand, and the Enzo Amore brand is really an extension of who I am as a person. I think [with WWE] you have an opportunity of a lifetime to literally put on a fashion show every week.”
WWE giving him freedom with his promos:
“A lot of what we do is built on trust, because basically you go out there with a live mic on live television, and the WWE is putting their brand in your hands,” Amore said. “Basically, they are entrusting you to go out there and to be a role model for children and keep everything that you are doing within the PG confines of this great brand. You’re talking to me and I’m not even answering you because I’m constantly thinking towards ways in which words play,” Amore said. “Just things that are funny to make people interact and to keep the audience participating. My mind is always going in that direction.” The result is a notebook that he estimates is well over 1,000 pages of written promo material. Everywhere Amore goes, the book comes with him. I have it backed up on the internet up in a cloud somewhere [too],” he said. “There is no question about that.”
