Leon Slater names his heaviest influences on his wrestling training.
In recent months, Leon Slater has been used more and more on TNA television, striking up an alliance on screen with The Hardys, and is now set to challenge for the X-Division Championship at TNA Rebellion later this month.
While speaking to Ash Rose in a recent interview, Leon was asked about the influences on starting his wrestling training.
"So I don't know if it was one specific person that influenced me to start training, but my guys growing up were always the Hardys, Shelton Benjamin, and Rob Van Dam. They were my four guys. So I guess just the combined influence of them and seeing them make the moment theirs, whether that was – Jeff, Matt and RVD with the crazy stunts off the ladders and the frog splashes through the tables and all the ECW stuff, whether that was Shelton just busting out some crazy athletic stuff I think that really inspired me and just wrestling in general, right? Like, I don't really remember a time in my life where wrestling wasn't what I was into. So like, I think for me, wrestling was always something i was going to get into. It was not a matter of if it was just a matter of when. But growing up, those four guys, Matt, Jeff, RVD and Shelton were, were huge influences on me as a kid."
Elsewhere in the same interview, Slater spoke about his upcoming X-Division Championship opportunity. You can read more about that here.
Elsewhere in another interview, Slater spoke about possibly facing off with Je'Von Evans in singles action. You can read more about that here.
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