You probably have realized by now that Enzo Amore has a pretty unique fashion sense. A part of his style is rocking a fresh pair of sneakers to the ring instead of the traditional wrestling boots that most WWE stars wear. In a recent interview with SoleCollector.com, Enzo explains why he doesn’t wear wrestling boots.
Enzo explains that he was required to wear wrestling boots when he first signed with the WWE:
“It’s actually a funny story. I used to wear wrestling boots when I first got signed to the WWE. It was mandatory that each and every single superstar under contract buy and wear boots, or wear amateur wrestling shoes, which are thin cut. It wasn’t a stipulation in our contract or anything, but when you showed up to wrestling school, the head coach would say “Hey do you got your wrestling boots?” So I had to go out and buy wrestling boots, which I had never worn before in my life. I did not feel comfortable in them” (Source: Sole Collector).
A broken leg while wearing his wrestling boots was the turning point for him:
“What ended up happening was I had a freak incident where I broke my leg in training in the performance center while wearing wrestling boots. It wasn’t so much “Oh, he was wearing wrestling boots,” but in my mind I was like “It’s the wrestling boot”. If you ever looked at the spectrum of people in the company wearing sneakers for a long period of time, it’s only John Cena. When I broke my leg I came to our head coach with a doctor’s note that said “Enzo needs to be wearing sneakers when he wrestles because he broke his leg and that’s what he feels comfortable in.” Breaking my leg was the be-all, end-all of wrestling boots [for me], and I turned it into an opportunity to capitalize on a market that I am infatuated with. When I came back, the first pair of shoes I wore when I got in the ring was the Ferrari 14 Jordans” (Source: Sole Collector).
You can find the full interview at SoleCollector.com