In a recent interview with Rick Ucchino on the “Bleav in Pro Wrestling” podcast, Montez Ford expressed his gratitude for the recognition he received from Big E.
On this week’s episode of WWE’s “The Bump,” Big E praised Ford, and in his interview, Ford revealed that he was humbled and inspired by the former WWE Champion’s support. Ford considered it a great honor to have received praise from someone he admired and respected.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On the importance of respect among his peers: “It means everything, man. We all endure similar backgrounds, similar experiences. We’re all on the road 200-plus days out of the year. We’re all making the same or similar sacrifices, and to have your peers feel like it’s your time, it’s your time to get cooking and it’s deserving, it means a lot.”
On his relationship with Big E and New Day: “Especially coming from someone that, I would say, one of the people I’ve looked up to and idolized, you know, before I even got into business — Big E. You know, being part of New Day and everything that they’ve done and paved the way and the road they showed for myself and a lot of other of my peers as well. Specifically myself, these guys have done so much for me and given me so many examples and motivation and inspiration to achieve and aspire to be more. For them to say that they feel this way, these are their opinions about me. I guess that means I’m doing something right.”
On what it means to have Big E’s support: “It is very, very, very, very humbling, man because, we all put so much effort into this. To have someone like Big E, Gold-E is what I call him, to say some stuff like that, that’s not only inspiring and means a lot and very humbling, but it’s also very motivating for me to just continue going there this weekend and show the world what he feels and what I feel as well. So I really, really appreciate that and I thank God for him.”