Trick Williams Recalls A Special Fan Interaction He Had At An NXT Live Event In His Home Town The Night John Cena Retired From WWE

Trick Williams recalls having a special fan interaction at an NXT live event on the night that John Cena retired from his full time in ring career.

Since becoming a staple of NXT programming, Williams has become a massive fan favorite in the eyes of the WWE universe. Now, he has shared a special fan interaction he had in his home town last year.

While speaking to WISTV in a new interview, Trick Williams recalled a fan interaction he had in a WWE NXT live event last year on the night that John Cena retired from WWE at Saturday Night’s Main Event.

“It happened right here in Columbia, South Carolina. So we had a show. I was at NXT at the time. It was the same night that John Cena retired. So that means everybody who was at this NXT show the same night that John Cena retired really wanted to be at NXT this night, and I lie to you not, there’s probably 500, 600 people there in the kids section went nuts. They was just jumping all over the rails. They was reaching and grabbing, and they was just having the time of their life. It was right here in Columbia, South Carolina. I thought, ‘wow, man, that was me 20 years ago.’ My dad, he was there. He said, man, ‘that was me 45 years ago when I saw Ric Flair. I was one of those kids jumping over the rail to be right here in that spot.’ So it was moments like that that made me realize how important it is to be home and represent the people who are from where you’re from and look like you and talk like you. So everybody feels represented. So I feel like for me, that’s the biggest moment of my career so far.”

Elsewhere in another recent interview, Shawn Michaels spoke about Trick Williams becoming a star in WWE NXT. You can read more about that here.

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