Cesaro, after nine years in WWE, is finally going to get a one-on-one championship at a WWE World Championship and for him, this is the culmination of many sleepless nights.
Speaking with Steven Muehlhausen of DAZN, Cesaro reflected on his long tenure in WWE and his even longer journey in professional wrestling, all of which led him to his WWE Universal Championship opportunity against Roman Reigns at WrestleMania Backlash.
“I spent many sleepless nights asking myself that question, to be honest. And, you know, I didn’t really find the answer. It’s just for certain people, it takes longer. I remember, when I first got to WWE after a year or two, somebody told me was like, ‘You’ll get there, it will just take a while. That’s just your path’. You don’t want to hear that when you just started. You don’t want to hear it will take a while, and you just see other people just jumping the line or getting the opportunity, and you’re just there working day in and day out. You don’t really want to hear that. But then if you look back at it, you think like, ‘Well, the journey was worth it because you took all those people that watched you over the past nine years, or like you even longer you took them on the journey with you.
“So when you finally arrive, and that journey is not over this Sunday, I tell you that much just starts with a nice shiny title belt. So if you take those people on that journey, it just means so much more. I feel when I talk about that I deliver all the time or working hard and dedicating myself to wrestling, it’s not just, who’s this new guy just saying that stuff? It’s like, ‘No, you’ve seen me for nine years and live by the words that I’m saying’. I feel like they all happen for a reason, and I’ve finally arrived where I want to be now. Looking back, I can say that I took the hard road. I did, and it means so much more.”
WrestleZone will have live coverage of WWE WrestleMania Backlash on Sunday, May 16.
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