Nick Wayne has been through a lot in the world of professional wrestling at a very young age.
All Elite Wrestling‘s Nick Wayne was a guest on Busted Open Radio. When asked how he handles the social media pressure of being a heel and being hated at such a young age, Wayne said he ignores the noise nowadays compared to how he was when he first started out.
“So being a heel and seeing stuff on the internet on a weekly basis, I see people tweet saying Nick Wayne has such a punchable face, which I think is perfect,” Nick Wayne said. “I’m like, I got you. You want to punch me in the face? I got you.
“But then there’s other people who say Nick Wayne is a f**king terrible wrestler. Why does he have the TV time he does? Why is he in the position he’s in? But then again, it’s like there was a time where when I was a face, I would see comments like that. And I would be like, damn, why? And I start to maybe question am I doing something wrong.
“But then I kind of realized these are just people behind a keyboard. I will never see this person. They’re just very opinionated. And there’s a lot of people who try to say what they think is best and try to book the show, honestly. But being a heel and kind of seeing that stuff is like, maybe I got you, you know what I mean?
“So yeah, it’s very opinionated, and everyone thinks they have a valid opinion, kind of behind the keyboard. But I just ignore it now. It’s one of those things where when I first started, I would vanity search my name on Twitter, like, what are people talking about about me? I would see bad comments, and I start to think about it like, why? And I kind of question, and I’d ask other people am I doing something wrong?
“And they’re like, it’s so opinionated. This happens with everybody, with every wrestler that’s on that national TV stage. Everyone gets hated on. It’s a part of the deal, so it doesn’t really affect me at all. And if I had hate when I was younger, when I was like 15 – 16, and people would hate on me. I never let it get to me back then, either. I would just use it as a motivation to get better and to try to prove them wrong one day. But now, living in a world where it is very opinionated. I don’t really let it bother me.”
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