Wes Lee captured the WWE NXT North American Championship at the recent Halloween Havoc pay-per-view event.
Speaking on the “Getting Over” podcast, Lee commented on the inspiration provided by other performers such as R-Truth, his perspective on how much progress has been achieved with people of color in wrestling, and more.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On his perspective on how such progress was achieved: “I know that we have had a lot of progression with people of color in WWE over the years and it’s absolutely beautiful, and I am blessed to be part of that myself. But, at first it didn’t seem like that was a possibility. There have been numerous people that have knocked down a lot of doors to make it a lot easier for younger generations for people of color to really be successful with this, and I am 100% a product of that, and I hope that I can put that further along.”
On the inspiration provided by other performers like R-Truth: “Seeing certain individuals on my TV screen kind of put it into my mind that it was possible. [R-Truth]’s had an illustrious career across the board no matter where he was, because of his talent, his ability, his charisma is off the charts to the point where you can’t keep a mic out of that man’s hand.”
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