Former WWE star Heath Slater recently appeared on the Wrestling Inc Daily to discuss all things pro-wrestling. Highlights from the interview can be found below.
Why a 3MB reunion never happened:
Maybe because I wasn’t ready… because I wasn’t. I mean, I could have went out there and went through the motions. That could have been alright but maybe it was all on me and was my fault. The one reason they did that was to stay healthy and live longer. Of course, it works in the wrestling business. It’s one of those things where – I ain’t gonne lie – I was burnt out for a little bit. Not being used takes a toll sometimes. That was all on me and I don’t blame anyone as I could have easily stepped it up at any time. I guess I needed that smack in the face just like Drew and Jinder got.
On accomplishing goals outside of WWE:
I know for a fact that I was there for 14 damn years and I did a lot in my career, but there’s a lot that I haven’t done. There’s bucket list stuff. So, that’s why I’m excited to go out from WWE and nail some of my bucket list things. If I go back, I go back. If not, who knows?
Getting paired with Rhyno:
Truthfully, I feel like we got picked because I had a storyline where I was a free agent and was not on a brand and getting attention. So, the lights can either be out or I’m gonna turn them back on. I wanted to flip that switch,” stated Slater. “So, the free agent thing went on and I pitched that I’m going for the IC Title. But they wanted to bring up Rhyno so the IC Title thing ended up going for the tag titles. Me and Rhyno, they put us together and the people liked us: Beauty and the Man Beast. It was working and the people related to it. He was helping me get to my contract and get to the titles. It was a beautiful story.
Full interview below. (H/T and transcribed by Wrestling Inc.)