Impact Wrestling and Lucha Underground star Brian Cage was recently interviewed on the The Roman Show to promote Slammiversary, in which he’ll challenge Matt Sydal for the X Division title.
Cage revisited his time in FCW back in 2008, as he recalls Dusty Rhodes pulling him aside and telling him that he needs a character change.
"I am out there having awesome matches with Justin Gabriel, Tyson Kidd, Trent Barreta, and Dusty Rhodes pulls me to the office and goes, 'Let me tell you something baby. You are a phenomenal worker. You got to have something else. You can't be that. Hey Matt, what's that guy called the Honey Badger The Wolverine yeah. But you can't be the Wolverine because that's a trademark, so give me something else.'"
Cage became Kris Logan and had a brief run with Justin Angel (Gabriel) as the FCW Tag Team Champions. Cage impressed WWE officials and was being groomed to move up to the main roster. “The Machine” explained what WWE had planned for him before being released from the company.
"I went back, and I was looking through my trading cards and comics, and I said, 'I'll be like the Dark Claw which is Batman and Wolverine,'" Cage explained. "I made my attire off that, and they were going to bring me up, and then Hurricane came up and Dusty said, 'OK, we are thinking of feuding or teaming you with Hurricane.' So I started doing a bunch of heel promos but I got released."
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