“Me coming into WWE wasn't a challenge”: Omos on his WWE journey

Overview

• WWE star Omos has opened up about how playing basketball helped him prepare for his wrestling career.
• He spoke during a recent chat on “MuscleManMalcolm”.
• He shared how smooth the transition felt from basketball to wrestling.

WWE star Omos has opened up about how playing basketball helped him prepare for his wrestling career. In a recent chat on “MuscleManMalcolm”, he shared how smooth the transition felt from basketball to wrestling.

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"So, me coming into WWE wasn't really a challenge. I'm actually grateful that I played basketball because I feel like basketball kind of prepared me for wrestling and what I'm doing in the wrestling ring," he said.

Omos also spoke about the training he received in his early years as a wrestler and the challenges he faced during that phase.

"It took a while to get used to it" - Omos

"And although I would say, you know, going from running and jumping and to, you know, learn how to take bumps and know how to hit the ropes and, you know, learning how to do forward rolls and back rolls, learning how to take a bump properly so you know you don't break your hands, that was something that I wasn't really privy to,” he added.

“So it took a while to get used to it, but you know once I got used to it [it was good]. I knew from my very first tryout that this is what I was meant to do. I have never felt passionately about something that fast until once I got into the ring," Omos concluded.

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He also mentioned Chris Hero, who trained him at the Performance Center and helped him learn several effective moves. Omos initially played basketball in the NCAA before joining WWE in 2018. He eventually made his main roster debut in 2020.