The Bella Twins saying they’d never come back to WWE after leaving:
I did a show with them after they didn’t renew their contracts (in 2012). “They didn’t let us do anything. We want to pursue acting and fitness. We’re never going back there.” As soon as that didn’t work out, they went right back. Now they’re on a reality show – they both have abs, but they’re like “I’m so fat. Let’s do a cleanse, let’s starve ourselves.” My business is primarily working with women who have dealt with body issue for decades. Why? Because of mainstream media like these women with abs who are complaining about their bodies, and they see them starving themselves.
They have a chance to influence millions of young woman, but instead they’re just messing up a whole new generation of women to think their value should be dictated on whether they have abs or not. I don’t mean to bash on people, but they’re in such a powerful position to make positive change in the world, and sometimes they neglect that because it’s cool to be on TV.
On his health/wellness company Wolfpack Fitness:
My business is centered around getting people to relearn how to play outside, like kids again. I believe that you don’t stop playing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop playing.
I loved wrestling because I love storytelling and giving people something to believe in. I fell in love with it because of The Rock and Mankind storyline, seeing Mankind be this lovable loser finally achieve his dream. That’s what I get to do with my fitness business. I still get to teach people how to play, I still get to tell stories… it’s just a positive atmosphere for people to get healthy, happy, and to become a better person.
Coming to terms with not winning Tough Enough:
I wouldn’t change a thing. Not winning Tough Enough, in the end, ended up being one of the biggest blessing in disguise in my life. I don’t believe that things happen for a reason; I believe the happiest people make a reason for that to have happened. I don’t believe that I was meant to lose Tough Enough. I think my life would have been great if I had won it, but instead I had to find a reason for myself to have lost. What I ended up creating is the business that I have now (Wolfpack Fitness).
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.
