Ryback recently talked to The Miami Herald where he discussed about a lot of exciting stuffs including his time with Paul Heyman, his life inside and outside of WWE and his tag team partner Curtis Axel. Here are some highlights;
The roller coaster ride of being a WWE Superstar:
“I came in 2012 and burst on the scene. I believe I was the most popular thing. Before the ‘Yes Movement’, there was the ‘Feed Me More’ movement. I took the WWE by storm. I was undefeated for some time, sometimes taking on two guys at one time. I jumped in the main event scene very quickly and stayed very popular with the WWE Universe for a long time. We made the switch and went an opposite way and took it all away. Not that I necessarily agreed with it at the time, but I feel it was a good move.”
Ryback in and out of the ring:
“Through Twitter and everything else like that I’m just myself. A lot of people like to see that. When I’m in the ring I’m very intense. I consider myself a modern-day gladiator when I go out there. Social media and things like WrestleMania Axxess, this is my whole personality. On TV you can only catch so much. When I’m in the ring performing I’m a gladiator. Outside of it is different. If look at guys like Kurt Angle, ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin and The Rock, they were very diverse characters. Ryback is a very diverse character as well.”
His time with Paul Heyman:
“I got absolutely nothing [from that]. It’s a time period I will not even think to look back on.”
He talked about his tag team partner too. He believes Curtis Axel is a great superstar and together they could be quite destructive. However, they struggled a bit in the recent weeks, but they are doing quite well in the recent weeks. Ryback believes that along with Ryback he has a long way to go and they will rule the tag team division of World Wrestling Entertainment in the upcoming days.
Curtis Axel:
“Curtis Axel is a great, amazing human being. Working with him is the most fun I’ve had in wrestling in some time. The only positive thing from Paul Heyman was getting to be around Curtis Axel and getting that out of it. Me and Curtis go back to developmental together. I’m very happy we are getting a chance to mesh and gel on TV and come together as RybAxel.”