Prince Nana has been leading the Mogul Embassy for several months now, and he recently appeared on the “Talk is Jericho” podcast to discuss how he came to signing with All Elite Wrestling.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On his first contact with AEW: “AEW was a company that was kind of birthed through ROH at that particular point in time. That first All In show, I wasn’t a part of it, I wanted to be a part of it, but history was made. The years went by, and I was beginning to kind of lose my luster because I had parted from Ring of Honor, it was still owned by Sinclair, and I had to make a decision on whether I was going to continue trying to perform or get a job doing something else. Luckily, I touched base with a couple of good friends, Homicide, Cary Silkin, CD [Christopher Daniels], and Nick Buck [Nick Jackson] and these guys encouraged me. ‘There may not be an opportunity right now, but keep doing your thing, go out there and try to get some local and national bookings. Get your Embassy thing going.’ I took their advice, I did it, I did one dark match in New York with two local guys, it went well.”
On being brought into the company: “Six months later, six months I was like, ‘I’m done. There is no going back to AEW. That was my little trinket,’ and then I’m in my basement, I’m there with one of my trusted advisors, sipping on some tea, shooting the shit, and out of the blue I get a text message. ‘How soon can you make it out to Boston?’ I jumped out of my seat. Everyone in the business knows that I don’t drive. I can drive, but I usually like to get driven. I looked at the schedule, it would have gotten me there at 8 PM. ‘We can’t do that, we need to get you here immediately.’ ‘I can jump in an Uber and be there in two or three hours.’ I’m in New York City, in Brooklyn. Did the pricing for the Uber, it came out to $650. ‘Let’s do it.’ One Uber car came by, he saw where I was going, and said, ‘Sorry, I can’t do it.’ The next one came, ‘Sorry, I can’t do it.’ Third guy came, I begged him, I got on my knees for the first time in my life, got down on my knees and begged the driver, ‘Can you please take me to Boston. I’ll do whatever you want. I have a big tip for you. This is very important.’ He saw it in my eyes, ‘Get in the car,’ and that’s when history was made. I made it to Boston, met Tony Khan, he hired me on the spot, and history was made.”
In other news, Mike Bailey was a recent guest on the “Sunday Night’s Main Event” podcast to discuss life after wrestling wrestling, his time in Impact Wrestling, and more.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On if he’s thought about life after wrestling: “Yes, of course, I think about it all the time, and I feel like it’s been a very long time since I’ve been kind of building toward that. First off, I don’t intend to ever stop wrestling. It’s interesting to see that happen now. You look at PCO. Not that I’m comparing myself to PCO in terms of toughness or inability to die or ability to get set on fire multiple times and still come back to wrestle. He’s several years older than I am and he’s still going strong. We’ve seen wrestlers still being able to perform as they get older and older as the technology, in terms of in-ring performances, keeps moving forward and people keep getting better and wrestling longer, staying away from injury and staying safer and being able to recover. Ever since I’ve started getting international experience and I’ve been doing seminars and teaching, and I really love that aspect of professional wrestling. I feel like things were difficult for me coming up where I didn’t have a great trainer, so I take a lot of pride in telling young wrestlers the things that I wish I would have been told that would have saved me a lot of heartache.”
On his other ventures: “Training is something I’d like to do. I’m on Twitch, I love doing interviews, I love talking about pro wrestling. I think, the wrestling world, as a whole, does not give enough credit to all the great minds that have great ideas, thoughts, feelings, and opinions about pro wrestling that aren’t involved in wrestling. You read a lot of really dumb comments on the internet, but for every dumb comment, you read a really smart one and I think there are a lot of people worth hearing and talking to and my Twitch channel has been a great way to communicate and engage with the community and fans of myself and IMPACT and wrestling as a whole. I could see myself doing that as well for a long time. My partner, Veda Scott, has moved from in-ring work to commentary, though she still wrestles from time to time, but we’ve been doing some commentary together. The beautiful thing about wrestling is that it’s fully open-ended and it’s a community going from the wrestlers, the producers, the people that talk about it, the people that promote the show, and there are so many things I would love to do.”
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Prince Nana, the leader of the Mogul Embassy, recently appeared on the “Talk is Jericho” podcast to discuss his signing with All Elite Wrestling (AEW). In the podcast, Nana shares his journey to joining AEW and the challenges he faced along the way.
Nana reveals that AEW was initially created through Ring of Honor (ROH), and he had missed the opportunity to be a part of the first All In show. However, he received encouragement from friends in the industry, including Homicide, Cary Silkin, Christopher Daniels, and Nick Jackson, to continue pursuing his wrestling career. Taking their advice, Nana performed in local and national bookings and even had a successful dark match in New York.
After six months of thinking he would never have a chance with AEW, Nana received a text message out of the blue asking him to come to Boston immediately. Despite not driving himself, Nana decided to take an Uber to Boston. However, he faced multiple rejections from drivers due to the long distance and high fare. Finally, one driver agreed to take him after seeing Nana’s determination. This led to Nana meeting Tony Khan, the founder of AEW, who hired him on the spot.
In another wrestling-related news, Mike Bailey, a former wrestler, discussed life after wrestling and his time in Impact Wrestling on the “Sunday Night’s Main Event” podcast. Bailey expressed his intention to continue wrestling while also exploring other ventures such as training and engaging with fans through platforms like Twitch. He also emphasized the importance of sharing knowledge and experiences with young wrestlers to help them avoid unnecessary hardships.
Overall, these interviews shed light on the behind-the-scenes experiences of wrestlers and their journeys to success. It highlights the determination and passion required to make it in the wrestling industry and the various opportunities available beyond in-ring performances. Fans can stay updated with all the latest wrestling news on eWrestlingNews.com or follow them on Twitter and Facebook.