Heath Slater was recently interviewed by Lilian Garcia for her podcast, Chasing Glory. During the podcast, he opened up about his recent release from WWE and more. Below are some highlights via Wrestling INC.
Slater on his release and WWE not listening to his ideas when he pitched them:
“I did try to go in and I did try to talk to them and push, but they just [said], ‘No, no, no. I heard no too many times to where I said, ‘You know what, s**t, I’m not going to push no more.’ Because when I do, it goes nowhere, or if I do pitch something, they give to someone else. I was sitting like, ‘Hello, come on now.’ When you get tired of hearing, ‘No, no, no, not for you, you can’t do that,’ you kind of start believing it.
“Like I said, getting fired, I really believe I needed this. The times are crazy and the times are weird now ’cause you can’t go out and make money and stuff, but I believe I really needed this to get the fire, to get the hunger [back] and to focus.”
Slater also revealed the only belt in WWE that he wanted to win was the Intercontinental Title. Here is what he said:
“Like when I was doing the Free Agent thing, I would walk out with a mic, go through the crowd, and interrupt things. My goodness, I would look and see the people rise, like, ‘Oh, he’s here! Yes, come on Slater!’ My goodness, it made you feel good. Then, the whole storyline for me with the Free Agent thing was to let me prove myself, so they would bring me up to the IC rank. That’s the one title that I’ve always wanted. That was my goal since I got a little foam [replica] of it. I liked the look of it when I was a little kid, but then, I started appreciating it for everyone in the past who held it. If you’re the Intercontential Champ, you’re moving up to World [Championship], boom, next step. That’s the one title I think all the greats actually held; Bret Hart, Rick Rude, Mr. Perfect, the list just goes on.
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