NXT UK star Rampage Brown is one of the most experienced performers on the British wrestling scene, and has worked nearly everywhere in the past, until signing with the black and gold brand in late 2020.
Inside The Ropes recently sat down with Rampage to chat about his WWE signing, facing WALTER at NXT UK TakeOver: Prelude, and also revealed which fellow NXT UK roster member has grabbed his attention. Check out the highlights.
On his match against WALTER at Prelude:
“Yeah, it’s always going to be always going to be easier when there’s fans there, obviously the adrenaline and all that kind of stuff, but when you’re standing across from WALTER, you realise it’s… Literally, you just fall into fight or flight mode. Once you take that first chop, once you take that first bit of impact, it’s game on from then on. You forget about everything and it’s just me and him and just surviving, and not even surviving, just letting them know I’m there as well, you know. I was a bit gutted with the outcome but it’s one of those things. Hopefully we get to do it again, and there will be crowds there, and we get to get a bit more mileage out of it, you know.”
On his initial conversations with WWE:
"Yeah, so right at the beginning, there was contact then. At the time, I had other things going on and then there was a couple, throughout the years, there’s been a couple of conversations, but everything just lined up, everything just lined up. I was completely free at the time. I got a phone call and I was like, you know, “It’s where I want to be. It’s only a matter of time.” I always knew it was only a matter of time until I was here, so everything just kind of, “Let’s go. Let’s do this.”
On being a locker room leader:
"Everybody! Everybody’s been welcoming. I mean, again, over the years, I’ve got relationships with everybody coming in pretty much so it’s literally just like walking into any locker room over the years, it’s familiar faces and friends and the respect’s there, open arms. Basically, they’ve allowed me into the locker room. So, yeah, there’s a few people that haven’t interacted with a lot like Ilja and guys like that but same thing, though. As soon as I’ve come in, they know what I’m all about. So they’ve literally been the same way. The respect is there, and it’s been a warm welcome… Until we get in the ring and then…things change.”
Reveals who he believes fans should keep an eye on:
"You know, one that’s really opened my eyes is Saxon Huxley! He’s really turned the corner and he’s really kind of… Like, I see a different look in his eye and he’s always picking my brains for stuff so I can see good things for him in the future. Definitely."
(H/T and transcribed by Inside The Ropes)
