During the podcast, the former TNA World Heavyweight champion expressed that he was upset when he was released by WWE in 2013, but it was the best thing that could have happened to him.
"As much as that sucked at the time, it was the best thing that could happen to me for a numerous amount of reasons." EC3 continued, "and, like, what a better time, what a better opportunity than now? I don't believe in, 'ah, everything happens for a reason'. I believe in that in a sense, but the way that everything panned out, played out, worked out, damn, I couldn't be happier or more excited about what's to come and where it's going."
Additionally, he admitted that his complacent attitude was most likely the reason WWE fired him.
"'What do I have to do to do this?' 'This, this, and this.' 'Yeah, but…' 'What do you mean, 'yeah but'?' Yeah, but do it or don't." EC3 elaborated, "I mean, we're all guilty, probably, of 'yeah buts' in our lifetime too. 'Yeah buts' are probably what got me fired in the first place. There was a sense of complacency. There was a sense of 'yeah, but, like, you know, I'm not going to get this shot because of this'. And then, yeah, you know what? You get fired, you lose it all, your back's against the wall, you refuse to accept 'no' for an answer. You refuse to let anyone else dictate how you're going to live your life, how you're going to make your living, or what you're going to do. Then you go out and you kill it. You just throw that 'yeah but' away and you go, 'yeah, butts!'"