Johnny Gargano recently appeared as a guest on the El Brunch de WWE digital series for an interview.
During the discussion, the WWE Superstar spoke about the similarities between pro wrestling and comic book heroes, as well as how he can feel like a super hero when wearing colorful ring attire and performing inside the squared circle.
Featured below are some of the highlights from the show where he touches on these topics with his thoughts.
On the similarities he saw between pro-wrestling and comic book heroes: “As we talked about already, I am a big nerd, and I love superheroes and larger-than-life characters. So when I was younger, I was a fan of the Power Rangers and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. One of my best friends at the time was a big wrestling fan, so he was watching this thing called professional wrestling, and he showed me it. I was like wow, this is kind of like superheroes and larger-than-life characters in the real world, like come to life. I think I realized at that point like I can’t be a Power Ranger, and I can’t be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle in real life, as those aren’t real professions and real jobs that I could attain.”
On how he can feel like a hero wearing a colorful costume and performing in the ring: “But I can be a professional wrestler, and I can do that in real life, and I can wear these crazy costumes and do this larger-then-life acrobatics and have this crazy entertainment value. So I think those kind of things kind of go hand in hand. I kind of always think wrestling is like a comic book come to life. So the fact that I’m able to be a kind of real-life kind of quasi comic book character/superhero guy, I think it kind of goes hand in hand there. So I think that’s why it really appealed to me when I was younger. Like I can’t be Batman, but I can be Johnny Gargano I guess.”
Check out the complete Johnny Gargano appearance on El Brunch de WWE by visiting Facebook.com. H/T to Fightful.com for transcribing the above quotes.
