During an interview with Chris Van Vliet, Heath Slater revealed that his “I Got Kids” catchphrase was stumbled upon by accident when he forgot one of his lines during a promo with Brock Lesnar. Here’s what he had to say:
Brother, I literally had a promo with Brock and halfway through the promo cause it was one of those interaction ones, me and Paul [Heyman] going back and forth, I just forgot my next line.
When you’re out there, with all the written promos most of the time, it’s like you forget you know, cause it’s not really you saying it so I just turned into me out there. It’s like, ‘Man, I got kids!’ I guess Vince heard that and was like, ‘That sounds obnoxious, but I love it!’
That was my very first ever singles tee shirt.
You can listen to the interview below:
Credit: Chris Van Vliet. H/T Wrestlezone.