Uhaa Nation Comments on Signing With WWE

Multiple sources, including The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, first reported that independent star Uhaa Nation had signed a deal with World Wrestling Entertainment to work down at the Performance Center near the end of December.

He, along with several other new recruits, were unveiled to the press on April 13.

Per Brian Fritz of SportingNews.com, here’s what Uhaa had to say about signing with the company:

“I’m just going to keep my mouth closed, my eyes and ears open and listen and if there’s something they want me to do different I’ll try it out. The knowledge and experience these guys have is well beyond any kind of acknowledge I have. I was talking to my dad about this other day and I told him that there’s no place I’d rather be than right here.”

He also talked about what it was like leaving the different wrestling organizations he had been working for:

“It was a bittersweet thing, especially leaving Japan. That had become my new home. The guys there accepted me like family and saying goodbye to those guys was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do in my life but they understood it was a great opportunity for me.”

“So many people would kill for that opportunity and for me to have it and not take it would be probably the dumbest thing I could ever do. It was something I’ve always dreamed of as a kid. Ever since I started watching wrestling I haven’t stopped.”

For a full look at the other NXT recruits, click here.

Editor’s Note

Uhaa Nation is a tremendous athlete with a fantastic physique that WWE will surely gawk over. The wrestling will come naturally to him. Now it’s time to see if he can connect with an audience on a different level.

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