Riddick Moss recalls transitioning from football to pro wrestling.
Over the last few years, WWE have signed athletes from multiple other sports, training them at the WWE Performance Center as pro wrestlers, with Riddick Moss being one such case as a former football player.
While speaking to Job'd Out Wrestling at WrestleCon, Moss was asked about his background, and how it was to transition from football to pro wrestling.
"There were some things that were smooth and some things that were difficult. I think growing up as a wrestling fan was a huge advantage because there were some people who.... there's just certain things and mannerisms that come more naturally- movements, when you know what the product is kind of supposed to look like, which can be also... (gestures) If you are too much of a typical pro wrestler, that can work against you, but I think the things that were natural for me were some of the basic movements and the athletic stuff. I think what was difficult for me to learn was that more so than football, where there's some artistry in how you attack a play on defense, for instance, but really there's kind of a right way to do things and a wrong way to do things, and in wrestling, there's just a spectrum of ways to do things and I kind of had to learn like, 'oh, I just need to find out for myself what works for me and what doesn't.' So I would say that was the biggest transition for me."
Elsewhere in the same interview, Moss reflected on his main roster debut. You can read more about that here.
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