Mr. Thomas recalls trying out for WWE in 2018.
In the summer of 2018, WWE hosted over 40 names for a tryout at the WWE PC. Huge names like Chelsea Green, Max Caster, Robbie Eagles, Wardlow, Drew Gulak, 'Daddy Magic' Matt Menard, and 'Cool Hand' Angelo Parker all took part in the tryout.
Another big name that was present at the tryout was current MLW star Mr. Thomas. At the time of the tryout, Thomas was making a small number of appearances on the independent scene, often wrestling for BEYOND Wrestling.
While chatting with Jeremy Lambert and Joel Pearl of Fightful Overbooked's In The Weeds podcast, Thomas recalled the 2018 tryout, saying that he had a bit of a cheat code after also doing a tryout in 2016.
"I think I was involved in the very first tryout that was held at the Performance Center. I am a nobody in this world compared to the talent that was actually in that room that week. Everyone there was amazing. It was insane. I was lucky enough to have done the first one in 2016, the [Performance Center tryout] was in 2018. I didn’t really know what to prepare for the first time around. The second time around, I had all the cheat codes so I knew what the drills were and where my conditioning and cardio should be. It’s the most stressful thing ever because you want to be that cool guy. You want to stand out, but you want to blend in while falling in line, but also being able to do everything that is asked of you. If you have any slip ups or mess ups, to immediately correct them because you want to be known as coachable and teachable. All these things. Everyone does a shitty promo, there is no way out of it. Even if you’re the best promo in the world, it’s kind of nerve-racking being in front of 25 people and five of those are some of the best wrestlers who have ever lived grading you from afar. All the confidence you have walking into that room immediately gets sucked out the second you’re in a suit and tie in front of the camera."
Elsewhere in the interview, Thomas said that he wants to team with Kevin Knight in MLW. Check out his full comments on Knight by clicking here.
Fans can check out Fightful's full interview with Mr. Thomas in the video linked at the top of this article.
