Hornswoggle Talks WeeLC; Says It Stole the Show

Today, June 10, WWE will be taping this week’s edition of “Smackdown” in Green Bay, Wis. In preparation for the event, WWE Superstar Hornswoggle, who grew up near the Green Bay area, chatted with PostCrescent.com. Hornswoggle, real name Dylan Postl, talked about a number of topics such as the WeeLC match at “Extreme Rules,” his start in sports entertainment, and many others.

Hornswoggle talked about what drew him to sports entertainment, bringing up the late great Ultimate Warrior:

“The now late Ultimate Warrior. He was my hero growing up. I didn’t care about sports. I didn’t care about the (Milwaukee) Brewers. I didn’t care about the (Green Bay) Packers. I didn’t care about basketball or cartoons. All I cared about was wrestling. It’s all I’ve wanted to do since I was 6 years old.

I told my dad and I told my grandpa, that’s going to be me. Now a guy of my stature, obviously it shouldn’t happen. I had major back surgery and was actually paralyzed when I was 6 years old and the one thing my doctor told me was no trampolines and no contact sports. Obviously, I didn’t listen to him (laughs). … Now it’s all I know. It’s in my blood.”

The former WWE Cruiserweight Champion also talked about the WWE Universe not taking him seriously, referencing the WeeLC match:

“Man, I still don’t think they do. I get four, five tweets literally every day saying, “Why do you still have a job?” And I guess it’s staying under the radar more than anything (laughs). I really think this whole storyline and these matches with (El) Torito has really made people look at me like, wow, he can do this. …

Before this, I really didn’t have matches. I’d wrestle a little boogeyman or I’d juggle around or use squirt guns, but now I’m having legit wrestling matches. Our WeeLC match at “Extreme Rules” stole the show. I don’t care what anyone says. It was a pre-show to the pay-per-view and I will go to bat for that match against any match that was on that night. That match stole the show because people didn’t expect what we did and the crowd tore the roof off.

New Jersey fans are the most ruthless fans in the country for booing and hating on whatever’s in the ring if they don’t like it. We had them chanting, “This is awesome” and “Holy (expletive)” the whole match. That’s when I realized I can do this. It felt so good to finally have one of those moments after eight years. It was great and I really think people are starting to take me seriously and realize that I’m more than a circus act.”

Be sure to read the entire interview, here.

Editor’s Note

Solid interview here with Hornswoggle. Do not be surprised if he appears on “Smackdown” in some fashion, as it is close to home for him. I wholeheartedly agree with his assessment of the WeeLC match. It was a good match, far more entertaining than some of the stuff on the main card.