“It kind of happened almost by accident,” the WWE alumni said.
“I was with Global Force Wrestling when they were branding with Impact under one umbrella for a little while. I didn’t know if I would end up here, honestly, but I know that it’s a good place to work. Things are looking really bright for them. And the fact that it was in Florida most of the times I enjoyed compared to Toronto, Canada where I was at. I’m an L.A. guy but moved to Toronto about six months ago, so that’s been an adjustment.”
“It has been a crazy year with all the changes in the company and guys and guys out,” he said.
“…There just needs to be some consistency. Consistency went out the window in the last year, but you couldn’t help that with all the changes. You just have to get some consistency going, which I think they are in route to doing. The sky is the limit.
“…I’ve only just met Don and conversating over the past couple of days, but I have heard good things about him. It seems like he has a bigger pulse on professional wrestling, which is good. He knows the trends of what’s going in and out and how to maybe adapt to the new environment we live in with technology and how the world is evolving in general. Scott D’Amore brings a lot of experience and a good figure to help head it up at the helm. Sonjay [Dutt] is here too. Time will tell, but it seems they have the right players here in place to capitalize on the talent involved.”
Adonis remembers starting out in the business with the help of legends Shawn Michaels, Arn Anderson, and Booker T:
“Booker T., Arn Anderson, Shawn Michaels, those were instrumental guys who helped me with my early development and along the way,” he said.
“Shawn was there early and Arn was there throughout. As things started to make more sense to me, it just became that more useful to have those brains around. You always feel good when you hear their thoughts if I was going in the right direction or not. They are a peer who has gone so far in the business and lent so much to me.”
Adonis is still passionate about wrestling after around 16 years in the squared ring, not looking to slow down anytime soon.
“I want to do it for as long as I possibly can,” he said. Until they tell me I can’t do it anymore. That’s how much fun I have doing it right now.”