The Creed Brothers discuss their journey to the WWE and possibly competing at WrestleMania.
Before they were WWE superstars, they were All-American amateur wrestlers with Julius competing at Duke and Brutus competing at Otterbein University. Speaking to Jim Varsallone of the Miami Herald, the Creed Brothers discussed their path to WWE.
“We both have different paths. At first, it wasn’t really a choice or opportunity because we didn’t know how to get there. Then, I got in college and he started being an All-American and he was like, ‘Hey, I have younger brother, he’s always loved this, he would love to tryout.’ I eventually end up being an All-America, I get the tryout, it was awesome. The experience of always wanting to do it was there, but the opportunity and how to go about it wasn’t. We weren’t really sure, we just knew it was something we inspired to be something great and we’re taking that path one day at a time with it,” Brutus Said.
“I was getting ready for the Olympic trials. He was obviously distraught and upset. I just told him, ‘if the biggest thing you take away from these experiences are some materialistic accolade that will sit on a trophy shelf and gather dust, then you probably failed at what it was trying to teach you. It’s the experience, the opportunity, and a launching ground for something bigger to come.’ NXT In Your House was maybe something bigger than that. I certainly have goals to be in WrestleMania. I was born in 1994, the year of Bret and Owen (Hart), those are goals I have for myself and I have for him whether he wants them or not, I’m going to drag him and push him and make sure he gets there too. There are things I want to do in this business and I’m fortunate to get to do them with my brother. We don’t have plans of stopping anytime soon. Growing up, it was what we wanted to do, it seemed like the natural transition from amateur wrestling to international style and eventually to WWE style. As you get older and some of the naiveness leaves you, you’re not sure how the best go about it.” Julius said.
Creed Brothers to THe Miami Herald
The Creed Brothers are set to challenge Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) for the NXT Tag Team Championships on tonight’s episode of NXT in a cage match.
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