During a recent interview with Gambling Industry News, WWE Superstar Omos expressed his desire to showcase his promo skills in WWE, something he has not yet had the chance to do.
As we previously reported here on eWn, Omos recently signed a new WWE contract.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On not getting the chance to show off his promos skills: “Promos? I’ve been able to show how powerful I can be as a wrestler, but I’ve never had the chance to show the world my promo skills. And I think during my last run, I was kind of boxed into this idea of what they wanted to present me so they told me exactly what they wanted me to do. Doing matches, when I first started I just listened to the veterans and those behind the scenes because I was a young guy starting out in the business. But the more experience I got, the more input I would add. When I was with MVP and were together, I would boss up ideas over to him and ask him what he thought about certain things and he would help me out. And whenever I would get caught in a bind, when figuring out a match, he would tell me what would work well. So that’s how most of my promos and matches have gone.
On getting the chance to do more in Japan: “But when I was in Japan, I had a chance to do things my way. That’s my first time being on my own since MVP’s contract wasn’t renewed. So in Japan, I got to really sit down and put all my matches together and to figure out the creative ways when we were stuck in tight spots based off what book I wanted and we had to find a way out so that was my first time doing my own stuff.”
On building his in-ring persona: “I think once I understood who Omos was, I was able to take acting classes which helped a lot when shaping Omos as a character. I needed to work out what he did, what his mission was. So doing that on my own helped me with whatever WWE gave me, I was able to build on top of that.”
On how much he learned from his former tag team partner AJ Styles: “I learned a ton from AJ Styles. I have so much love for that guy. No pun intended actually but he really is phenomenal. I had a blast working with AJ Styles. He has such a creative mind for the business and he’s someone at his age who is always still learning. So it was quite admirable to see someone of his level and stature to still be a student of the game. I was like, ‘wow, this is AJ Styles and he’s still learning.’ So that made a huge impression on me.”
