EC3 pulled out all of the stops on Saturday Morning Slam.
The show, which ran from August 2012 to May 2013, was WWE's first ever show that was rated TV-G. Airing on The CW, Saturday Morning Slam often featured tamer in-ring action, as moves that targeted the neck and head were often edited out of the broadcast.
While speaking to Fightful for a new interview, EC3 recalled dislocating his knee after performing a suicide dive on Cesaro (Claudio Castagnoli) during a match on Saturday Morning Slam.
"There were restrictions because they wanted it to be super family friendly, beyond PG. Dare I say, G. But I didn’t mind that because it just made you think outside the box, gave you a different look at having a different kind of match, if you understand the audience. Ironically enough, I wrestled Cesaro on that. So I’m wrestling Cesaro and they didn’t outlaw the suicide dive. So I’m working with Cesaro, I’m beating him up, I knock him out of the ring. I hit a suicide dive and my knee dislocated. It hurt. It dislocated. So if you watch it back, while I’m laying on the ground, you see me grinding my knee into the mat because the first thing I thought of was Lethal Weapon 2, where Mel Gibson dislocated his shoulder. I got it back in and the finish I had to go off the top rope. So I climbed up to the top rope with a the dislocated knee. I missed a wild crossbody and I think he defeated me. But, yeah. The show where they tried to take everything away, I was hurt on."
EC3 competed under the Derrick Bateman moniker for this bout, which was the name he went by during his first run with the promotion.
Fans can check out Fightful's full interview with EC3 in the video linked at the top of this article.
Furthermore, head to Fightful's YouTube channel to catch up on our recent interviews with Scott D'Amore, Mark Briscoe, and Orange Cassidy.
