During a recent interview with the Submission Squad podcast, ACH commented on his release from WWE and then his “meltdown” on social media. You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On his public reaction to the whole situation: “I always do my best to be a positive person, and I always try my best to be a good person. And man, being attacked by people you don’t know coming from all angles, all cities, states, countries, telling you you’re wrong. It’s like, f**k, dude. It broke me. It really rocked me to my core. And I’ll be honest. I wish I could’ve did things differently. I wish I would have just turned my phone off and just kinda let things die down but being so in the moment and angry, and feeling like no one’s listening to you. I felt like I was trying to tell everybody something, my side or like, trying to be heard. And I was just constantly being ignored. So I would pick up my phone and say ‘You’re not listening!’ And I would just start texting and going off, and ‘This guy, blah blah blah.’ And I remember sitting back and thinking, ‘Man, this is not me’…but I was so angry, and I felt like I was not being heard, and I was constantly being attacked.”
On not wanting to use mental issues as an explanation: “I feel like I had people trying to tell me to use like ‘mental issues’ as — not as an excuse, but say that’s the thing. Your anxiety, or your depression. ‘You’re depressed right?! That’s why you’re outlashing.’ To help smooth things over. And it’s like man, I’m not one of those people. I don’t come up with excuses for myself. I was angry. I mean, what was I gonna say? I was angry. I’m not gonna go out and be like, ‘Sorry, guys, like, mental health issues.’ Because people deal with that stuff in serious ways. People, like that’s a serious issue. I’m not gonna publicly say things like that to help smooth things over. That’s just not the type of person I am. I had a real life situation. I had a freaking meltdown in front of the entire world. That’s really what happened. I had a meltdown. I broke down in front of the entire world. The only thing is the people didn’t see me cry.”
(h/t – 411 Wrestling)
