Juice Robinson has been enjoying success on the indie scene ever since he left NXT back in 2015. The man formerly known as CJ Parker will once again be tested against a former WWE performer who’s made a name for himself outside of the company as well, and leading up to their one-on-one encounter Sunday, Robinson has claimed that he is the new 'American Dream', not Cody:
"It would be really easy for me to sit here and say, 'Cody, American Nightmare! Born with a silver spoon up his as*', right?", Juice said during his post – match interview.
"Cody is everything I am not; he has got a beautiful wife, a beautiful dog, millions of dollars, thousands of dollars – worth of suits, drives around in nice cars… he's the American Nightmare. He ain't the American Dream. That belongs to me now. I'm the American Dream now. That's true, right here, red, white and blue.
"The son of a machine operator. Cody was put on this earth to be a pro wrestler, ladies and gentlemen. And you know what? He backs it up, because he is a talented son – of – a – gun. To get here right now for me, everything had to line up right. The planets had to line up, the stars had to line up. Everything had to work out just the way it did for me to stand right here with the U. S. Championship."
Robinson noted that keeping his title will be hard, but he looks forward to facing Cody this Sunday:
"I know at Long Beach, Cody versus Juice for this right here (points to the title), we are going to find out who the best pro wrestler is. Getting it (title) was hard enough, but keeping it is going to be harder."