Tyler Franks recalls training with Dr. Tom Prichard.
Shortly after kicking off his career on the independent scene, Franks trained with Prichard and Kane at the Jacobs-Prichard Wrestling Academy in 2020.
Despite being a part of a COVID class, Franks seemingly learned quite a bit from Prichard and Kane, noting that he would recommend the school to anyone that is looking to get into the business.
"It was tremendous. I was there during the summer of 2020. We were the COVID class. At the time, when I went up there, I had been doing matches for a little over a year and had been training for two and a half years. Going in, I had a little bit of experience edge over a lot of the guys, but the mental aspect you learn from it is completely unreal. It opens your eyes to things you didn’t realize at the time when you’re just doing matches and you’re traveling. I’ve taken so much from those three months that I was there to now and apply it in every match. By far, that was the best ring shape I had ever been in because it was five days a week, you’re in the ring four days a week, and the building we were in; no air conditioner, hot as hell, one big fan. That’s it. He wants everybody to work hard. The people that want to succeed from his school will succeed. If you see people come out and say they are Dr. Tom guys, but they don’t deliver what you expect from a Dr. Tom guy, it’s because they didn’t put in the work. It’s not because of the training that was given out there because it is top tier. I’d recommend any looking to get in the business to go to Dr. Tom’s school." Franks said while chatting with Jeremy Lambert and Stephen Jensen of Fightful Overbooked's Spotlight podcast for a new interview.
Elsewhere in the interview, Franks talked about the trajectory of his career since splitting up his tag team with Hunter Drake. Check out his full comments by clicking here.
Fans can check out Fightful Overbooked's full interview with Tyler Franks in the video linked at the top of this article.
