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ROH Star ACH Talks His 2014 WWE Tryout and Why He Thinks WWE Did Not Offer Him a Deal, Talks a Possible WWE Future, In-Ring Style & More

August 9, 2016

Total Wrestling Magazine’s latest issue contains an interview with Ring of Honor star ACH which you can view at this link. Below are some interview highlights:

On what inspires his in-ring style:

I draw a lot of my ideas from anime and video games because in today’s wrestling world there’s tons of guys out there that are so athletic, I mean guys are doing some impressive stuff, and some stuff that I can and cannot do and some stuff I just don’t want to do.

On his 2014 WWE training camp experience:

It was pretty much a who’s who as far as the people that were there. It was pretty awesome. And it’s not necessarily the wrestling that they taught us, but the one thing that they taught us, and a lot of wrestlers should know this, is you don’t give up, you always try your best. That’s the one thing I definitely picked up while being there. I just learned that I had so much more fight in me and I just learned that I do love the sport of professional wrestling as much as I say I do.

At the end of the camp, they didn’t offer you a contract. Did they tell you why they did not offer you a contract?

Just not the right time, and I’m totally okay with that. If you ask me personally, the more time that I spend in Ring of Honor, the more time I have to raise my stock. Timing is everything in wrestling, and I never look at anything as a failed opportunity. I believe that losing and failure is a state of mind, and if you tell yourself you lose or that you failed then of course you’re gonna feel like a loser or a failure. It was actually a blessing in disguise because without that, I wouldn’t have had some of the matches that I’ve had since then.

So down the road if the opportunity came up to participate in another tryout camp, you would definitely take it?

Oh yeah, absolutely. I had such a great time. But right now, like I tell people, my heart and soul is all in on Ring of Honor right now.

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.