Kidd Bandit opens up about training with QT Marshall and Cody Rhodes at The Nightmare Factory.
Like every great JRPG, the story must start somewhere. For Kidd Bandit, Professional Wrestling’s Protagonist, the journey began at The Nightmare Factory with Cody Rhodes and QT Marshall. Kidd Bandit is one of the many students that has trained at The Nightmare Factory with Cody Rhodes and QT Marshall. Bandit has also been fortunate enough to wrestle on AEW Dark programming.
In an interview with Fightful Overbooked’s Lillie, Bandit spoke about training at The Nightmare Factory and how the experience has enhanced their journey.
“So the Nightmare Factory, I think was probably what really launched my career,” said Bandit. “I’ve always been proud to represent the school. First of all, QT Marshall is a great, wonderful coach who taught me a lot of the moves I do now. I don’t think he meant to do that. I’m trying to do stuff that no one’s done before. But every time I’m workshopping a move or a sequence, I think of his teachings. I oftentimes think people forget he’s such an integral part of the Factory, too. As much as Cody is. People think Nightmare Factory, they think Cody.”
Bandit also gave a lot of credit to QT Marshall for all that he does for The Nightmare Factory but acknowledges that Cody was the reason they wanted to train at The Factory.
“But, low-key, QT’s also a big part of that. So, major props to coach QT,” Bandit continued.” But in terms of why the Nightmare Factory, the answer is pretty freakin’ simple. I’m a big Cody fan. I’m one of the biggest Cody marks in the world. So when I saw he had a school via Brooke Havok, ‘cause she posted about it on Facebook, I was friends with Brooke before she became Brooke Havok. When I saw she posted that, I had to get there.”
Explaining how their time at school even came to be, Bandit said it started when their training school prior to that was already closed because of the global pandemic.
“My school at the time had already closed because of the pandemic, right? So I tell my training partner, my best friend [Ish], I was like, ‘Hey, bro. What do you feel about Cody Rhodes’ school?’ This was around the time when Cody was still in AEW as the Executive Vice President. So not only could this be a wonderful opportunity to learn from one of the best wrestlers in the world, being surrounded by the All Elite talent, this is also a wonderful opportunity to just get eyes on us, AEW eyes on us. It ended up becoming great. I ended up on Dark. I like to believe my association with the Nightmare Factory was a big integral part of that," Bandit said.
Today, Kidd Bandit is continuing to travel and hone their craft in their quest to become the very best like no one ever was.
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