Former WWE Superstar Damien Sandow recently spoke to Sports Illustrated’s Extra Mustard blog about his WWE release and more. You can check out the full interview here along with some highlights below.
Mark Carrano informing him of his release:
“I don’t think he enjoyed doing it. I felt bad for him, and I was saying, ‘I have other things lined up, I’ll be OK.’ I knew him well and still think highly of him. That’s business. Not everything in life is a bowl of cherries.”
Thoughts on his time with WWE:
“As a performer, I will always be grateful to the fans. The fans made me. All I did was go out there and put everything I had into it, and the fans made up their minds. But there are other guys who need to be given a chance. All I can control is fan response, and the fans made up their minds very organically. That was based on my body of work over the years. I look at the WWE and professional wrestling a lot different than most people. If it’s an on-going TV show, what more could I have done as a character? I have accomplished everything I want to accomplish. In the entertainment business, we aspire to entertain people. We entertain by our performances. There is an absolutely an athletic element to the WWE and the performances in the WWE. But I look back at my career and feel the spectrum of emotions I have extracted from the audience in a fairly short time. I can say it was a job well done, and now is time to move onto the next thing.”
If he’s open to returning to WWE:
“You never, ever say never,” said Stevens. “Right now, there are so many opportunities that have presented themselves. I was in a voiceover studio recently getting things together for a possible project, and I’m starting to explore a couple film and television opportunities. I also have a very good management team that is guiding me through the unknown, and I’m learning that you need to take the right project as opposed to the first project.”
