We all have accolades that we can talk about. I’m just glad that I was able to show the world that I’m pulling my weight in this group, too. Seeing Kofi become heavyweight champion, seeing E become heavyweight champion, I’m so happy for my friends and their success and it’s just real love when you’re honestly happy for somebody to do something. That’s when I gravitated toward tag team wrestling but still always that idea of becoming king and having the crown as just the main goal in the back of my mind, that itch that I had to get scratched, the thing that would make me stay awake at night. And then later on in life I understood the concept of friendship that became such a big part of my life. I wasn’t thinking about anything but the crown. But this is something that in elementary school when (they ask) what do you want to be when you grow up and (I) say I want to be a pro wrestler, this is what I was thinking about. That’s why it meant so much to me because this wasn’t something that just came about in just high school. Q: Did the teenager in you come out grabbing and looked at that crown?Ī: The five-year-old in me came out putting this robe on and grabbing the scepter, grabbing this crown. So I think Hail King Woods because I want my people to have an easy time. It’s going to be very difficult to chant, Hail King Xavier. I’m going to have to have work with that man with the microphone because he said it incorrectly. Q: What was cooler, putting the crown on your head or hearing the announcer say, “All hail King Xavier”?Ī: I would say putting the crown on my head because I refer to myself as King Woods. So for me to be able to translate my tag team success into singles success into become royalty is for me, in my career, literally the best case scenario.Ĭrown Jewel delivers everything but the answer to WWE’s biggest question You don’t know if you’re going to get hit from the left or the right. You got to keep your head on a swivel at all time. I feel like tag team wrestlers have a much better chance at becoming incredible single performers because they are used to so many more bodies and so many more things coming at you. I very much am a tag team wrestler, but I very much believe that singles competitors have a harder time transitioning into tag team wrestlers because tag team wrestling is so complicated and so intricate and there are so many more bodies. Because as you stated, this was a chance to break out and show everybody in the company that I have worked in whatever capacity that I can be put in. What’s that meant, even if you hadn’t won, to get this opportunity to show people what you can do on your own?Ī: It means everything. Q: You’ve talked a lot about how this was a chance for you to shine as singles wrestler and get this moment. Xavier Woods defeated Finn Balor to become King of the Ring. But then to win and be crowded king, something I always dreamed of and it’s just surreal that it just happened. The fact that I even made it to the finals, it means so much in itself. It’s so cool to be part of a tournament because every match matters, every match means something. So obviously we’re going to use this king situation to take over (WWE) and gain as much control as humanly possible, which will be total control because the SmackDown kingdom belongs to me now.īut as a kid, this is what I was obsessed with. This is the first thing that I ever wanted. On a real note, this is what I cared about in wrestling. Is there any way to describe what you’re feeling and what this meant?Ī: I feel royal. Q: This is a moment you have been dreaming about and talking about for a long time. The Post caught up with King Woods after the big moment for some Q&A: After watching Kofi Kingston and Big E both win world titles in the past three years, Woods has a major singles achievement to call his own. Woods, 35, built a groundswell of support on social media by being a vocal proponent of the bringing King of the Ring back and expressing how much a win would mean to him. The New Day member was the people’s choice. He can finally call himself king after getting the win over Finn Balor in the final at the Crown Jewel pay-per-view in Saudi Arabia on Thursday. Money in the Bank predictions: WWE has chance to get it very rightįormer WWE star paralyzed during match dead at 54īecoming King of the Ring in WWE has been Woods’ goal since the tournament sparked his wrestling fandom as a kid. Stunning Money in the Bank ending changes everything for The Bloodline, Roman Reigns AEW star’s heel turn is off to a rocky start
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