Former WWE Superstar Scotty 2 Hotty recently appeared on the Wrestling With Johners podcast, where he talked about a number of topics such as how him doing the worm was an accident as it was something he used to do in grade school.
Scotty 2 Hotty said:
“It was an accident, first time I did it was grade school — 4th or 5th grade — something we used to do. We’d breakdance at recess and try to do ‘the worm,’ try to do ‘the moonwalk,’ try to do ‘the backspin,’ and then years later I could do ‘the worm. I would do it during our entrance or during a match, I’d do ‘the worm’ and have a guy drop an elbow on me and I’d roll out of the way. I never did it on television but I was doing it, and I was starting to get a reaction. Every time I did it I got some kind of reaction. I just didn’t know what it would be and how big it would become.”
Scotty 2 Hotty also talked about how the WWE fans were the ones who made the worm as big as it was.
Scotty 2 Hotty said:
“I always say it’s not what I did that made ‘the worm’ as big as it was, it was what the crowd did. It was the crowd going ‘W-O-R-M’ and all of the stuff that goes along with it. That’s what made it fun. It wasn’t what I did. If it was just me hitting the ropes and worming across, it would’ve been a flash in the pan. I’ve never been the Austins or the Rocks. I mean we were climbing pretty high but to be 22 years later and there’s these [rappers like Migos and others] putting it in their songs is pretty cool. It’s mindblowing honestly.”
You can check out Scotty 2 Hotty's full comments in the video below. H/T to Wrestling Inc. for transcribing the above quotes.
