Swerve Strickland discusses Travis Scott getting involved with WWE.
Scott became part of John Cena’s heel turn at WWE Elimination Chamber. He joined in when Cena attacked Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, and he slapped Rhodes on the head.
Speaking on The Bootleg Kev Podcast, Swerve Strickland was asked to share his thoughts on Travis Scott hitting Cody Rhodes.
“That’s a very excited artist who finally got to do his dream, you know what I mean? You’re in there, and you’re in there with the two biggest icons that we have left…that’s ever done it,” he said. “So of course, you’re excited, and you’re with the world champion. So this is the guy that’s gonna be the one for this era moving forward.
“So that’s a lot of excitement, that’s a lot of pressure, and that’s what happens when you get excited with someone who’s not in our industry. It’s an exciting moment. It’s like, what the hell would we do if a wrestler got on the stage? They would do dumb sh*t too on a concert. But that’s not industry etiquette. So it’s just a crossover thing. He doesn’t know.”
Swerve Strickland Talked To Travis Scott
Strickland went on to note that he didn’t think the spot was rehearsed beforehand. He then said that Travis Scott had told him that he was training with WWE Hall of Famer Booker T.
” I don’t believe [they went over it beforehand]. I feel like they wanted that so they could feel natural,” Strickland said. “Sometimes, you want just a natural reaction from other people outside of wrestling. You want them to just be natural, just flow and feel because then it’ll feel real. But sometimes, that stuff happens, and it’s like, ah, too far. Too much. I don’t know.
“I was on the golf course with Travis not that long ago. He didn’t know that was coming, but he was telling me, ‘I’m excited man, I’m training with Booker T. This is gonna be wild.’ He was more wanting to talk about wrestling than he wanted to talk about music. So he was excited. I’m like, oh, cool, he’s excited. Just make sure you take care of yourself and others.”
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