Roderick Strong Owes His Career to His Father

Roderick Strong has had a quick rise to success. One of the new blood in NXT, it seems he’s quickly getting in line for a shot at the NXT Championship.

Recently he sat down with WWE to talk about his road to the top, and what drove him into wrestling. He credits his father for going into the business by saying, “At the time, I was living with only my dad, so he brought me to training. From the first day I was around wrestling, I fell in love with it, but not in the way a lot of people do by just being a fan.”

He also cites his reason for continuing in the ring as “proving that the 12-year-old kid who believed he would do this for a living was right, and to prove to myself that I can do this at the highest level possible.”

Despite his size, he also believes he would be capable of making it into the WWE, saying “When I first got into wrestling, guys my size weren’t really being signed to WWE like they are today.  But deep down, I knew if I worked as hard as I possibly could, it would eventually happen. Timing is everything, that’s for sure.”