Man Like DeReiss looks back on his TNA debut in March.
On the March 14th edition of TNA Xplosion, Man Like DeReiss would make his debut for the company, taking on Jason Hotch in singles action. DeReiss would come away the loser of that bout, but believes it was still an amazing opportunity.
While speaking to MuscleManMalcolm in a new interview, DeReiss spoke about his experience with TNA, calling it an amazing opportunity for someone who grew up watching the promotion.
"Oh, that was awesome. See, everything just happened all, like, all at once at the same time, so it's just, like, amazing things happening. Like, TNA was great. I used to love TNA as a kid. Like, I grew up on AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Beer Money, X Division, Kurt Angle, Main Event Mafia, Aces and Eights. Listen, yeah, man. People say they didn't like Aces and Eights, bro. I loved Aces and Eights, bro. Aces and Eights were wicked. But, yeah, I used to love TNA, because that's the channel that the majority of the country would have to watch wrestling. So yeah, it was amazing to be there. Also NXT ran that venue, Full Sail, Black and Gold era, which is my other favorite era of wrestling. So I got to do it together, my boy Leon Slater was there. So all these things adding up, it just made it an amazing opportunity."
Elsewhere in the same interview, DeReiss discussed recently attending WWE's UK Tryouts earlier this year. You can read more about that here.
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