Big Kon Praises Impact Wrestling, Recalls Landscaping For Sgt. Slaughter

On the latest edition of “Busted Open Radio,” WWE alumnus Big Kon lavished praise on Impact Wrestling, highlighting the things he most appreciates about the Anthem-owned promotion.

The former Ascension member also reflected on his early wrestling career, doing landscaping for WWE Hall of Famer Sgt. Slaughter, and more.

You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:

On what he most appreciates about working for Impact: “I think, for me, it’s the community. That’s number one. It’s the fact that we’re all there to help and elevate one another, which is really nice… I’ve seen people walk up to [Bully Ray] and he’s always going to be there if you ask him questions. I think that’s the biggest thing. It’s the fact that you get input. It’s the fact that it’s an older generation and a newer generation and that they’re all there to help one another. That, to me, is a perfect element for success.”

On meeting Sgt. Slaughter before he (Konnor) had begun training to wrestle: “I had a buddy who was doing landscaping and he said, ‘Hey, man, come on over.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, I need a couple of bucks,’ whatever. So we started doing landscaping. He looks at me, he says, ‘You’re never going to believe whose place this is.’ Lo and behold, you see this massive man walk out and it was Sgt. Slaughter. I was like, ‘Holy crap, I’m doing landscaping for Sgt. Slaughter. This is amazing.’ He was always a hero of mine… To this day, when I see Sarge, he asks me if I’m ever doing any landscaping for someone’s backyard.”

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