Recently Released WWE Superstar Says He Shut Down Mentally During His Run With The Company

There are many wrestlers out there who aspire to be WWE Superstars, but not every wrestler who becomes a Superstar finds success during their run with the company.

The Ascension seemed to be on a roll during their time with NXT, but once they got to the main roster they were barely used.

Back in December WWE announced that both members of The Ascension had been released from their WWE contracts, and Konnor explained to Wrestling Inc. that he mentally shut down during his WWE run.

“The big thing mentality was that I had shut down for like three years. Literally I was just shut down. Mentally I shut down almost like I had lost faith in this profession. I’m home now, and I’m kind of thinking to myself, ‘what is it that you really want to do at this point in your life? Do you want to call it quits and never wrestle again? Do you want to get back at it and find the passion and love again?’ That was one thing I had lost because all I saw with wrestling, and I can’t speak for Vik on this, but for me personally, all I saw was numbers. I was always about the paycheck which is a horrible attitude to have because if you love something, you’re gonna make money off of it.”

The Ascension recently returned to the ring, and Konnor noted that fans will see the team on TV again.

“Of course, you can’t really discuss that because that’s not going to be any fun, but we’re still going to do indies; we’re still going to do signings and things like that, but we’ve got some pretty cool things man that have opened up. We haven’t mentioned it. If we do anything, we want it to be a surprise. We will be back on TV. I’m not gonna say with who, but it’s gonna be great. It’s gonna be awesome. We’re going back to our old ways. We get to be us. It’s gonna be awesome no doubt about it.”

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