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#3 Roderick Strong wanted to retire 10 years ago

Current NXT North American Champion and key member of The Undisputed Era, Roderick Strong, was recently part of the After The Bell podcast with Corey Graves and talked about why he wanted to retire 10 years ago.

'The Messiah of the Backbreaker' stated that the reason why he wanted to call it a day in the world of pro-wrestling was that he felt he would never make it big in the industry.

I think it was about 2008 into 2009 a little bit, I kind of contemplated, ‘I don’t know if I necessarily really want to do this anymore.’ Not like I was jealous of all the other guys’ success; I just felt personally that I’m in the same league as them, and I wanted the opportunity to show the world.

And you know, it was a small stretch of time, I’d say just a few months, but after that, I kind of had a ‘come to Jesus’ meeting with myself, and looked in the mirror and said, ‘You know, your path has always been different, and it’s going to continue to be different. And eventually, when you get the opportunity, you’re going to make the most of it.’ And here I am today.”