Sidney Akeem doesn't want to be remembered as a gimmick act.
After spending four years in WWE, Akeem is a now a free agent after securing his release from the company in May.
Throughout his time on the main roster, Akeem, then known as Reginald or Reggie, was often used a comedy act in his stints with the women's division and the 24/7 Championship division.
While speaking to Fightful for a new interview, Akeem stated that he wants to carve out his own career to avoid being remembered as a gimmick performer.
"You know, everything that I did in my WWE career has been four years, four incredible years, and every opportunity is an opportunity. But like you said, I was presented in such a unique way. I do sometimes think that if I never got the opportunity to do the whole sommelier thing, how different would my career have been? I don't know. I don't know if I would be this popular because it did give me a platform to showcase my skills. But I know that that's not all that I have to offer. So I'm very much so trying to carve out a career and not just be known as a gimmick act, a gimmick performer and whatnot. Because regardless of what gimmicks I was given, the skills are real and all of those views tell you that. My skills aren't a gimmick. It's really stuff that people can't do and it's unique in its own way of like a Ricochet, of like early on Rey Mysterio, AJ Styles or whatever. It's different, but it's unique enough to where, ‘Oh, if given the proper storyline and the proper situation, he could be a real contender, a real deal.’ I look at the match with Ricochet, It had the 24/7 stuff at the tail end of it. But man, the beginning we were going to do, we were going to get some things cooking most definitely."
Elsewhere in the interview, Akeem talked about his time chasing the 24/7 Championship. Learn more by clicking here.
Also, check out Fightful's full interview with Sidney Akeem in the video linked at the top of this article.
