Lexis King doesn’t know if he’d do a “Loose Cannon” gimmick like his father did, but if he did, he says he would do it differently.
Speaking on a recent edition of the “Insight With Chris Van Vliet” podcast, the WWE NXT Superstar commented on potentially taking up a gimmick like his father’s, what he’d like to do if he does decide to take that route, and more.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On potentially taking up a gimmick like his father’s: “I would say his career, his life ended the way it did because he was living on that edge, and maybe the character and the injuries and everything just all came to a head. I hope that if I ever do become a loose cannon, in kayfabe, my personal life is super boring. I hope I’m just super chill at home and like, my kids are fed and everybody’s money is saved, and the bills are paid, and then I can go to work and be a psycho. I don’t want it to be ‘I’m crazy’ and then it’s like I come home and there’s chaos at home. I want to make sure that there’s that balance. Right now, it’s just a building stage of getting my s**t together. But also building my stock in NXT and then WWE, and then building up that person of who I am. But I think at some point, there might be a little…I don’t know. Maybe never.”
On going his own way with it if he does: “Lexis King is Lexis King. If I’m crazy, it’s because of how my childhood went and how my stepfather abused me and how I was neglected by my mother and how I have all this built-up hatred towards the world that I’m going to take out on everybody in the ring. That’s my crazy. I’m not crazy because my dad was the ‘Loose Cannon’ crazy. I’m crazy based on my real life, and how that plays into my wrestling, you know what I mean? So I have all my own reasons for wanting to snap at some point. But maybe I will, maybe I won’t. Lexis King has a lot of composure…he’s in control. There’s probably a little sadistic mind in the back there, but right now, I’m just soaking up all the attention and having some of the best matches of my career.”
