Trick Williams Praises Booker T, Says That The Hall Of Famer Has Been A Good Mentor To Him

WHOOP THAT TRICK!

In the last couple of months, Trick Williams has skyrocketed into a star for the NXT brand. Starting as the sidekick to Carmelo Hayes, Williams would go on to win the North American Championship before being involved in a feud with Hayes and then winning the NXT Championship off of Ilja Dragunov.

During an interview with Jim Varsallone of the Miami Herald, this is what Williams had to say about the help he’s received both for his entrance and career from the legendary Booker T.

“‘Whoop That Trick’, Booker T has been part of the movement since the beginning. That’s my uncle, Booker T, for all those who don’t know. He’s always been a good mentor to me. He treats me like family. I love Booker,” Williams said.

“To be honest with you, I didn’t come up with it. The ‘Whoop that Trick’ chant started early into the [NXT] 2.0 days, and I was still alongside my ex-brother, my ex-best friend, Carmelo Hayes at the time. I remember we came out for a tag team match, and a section of the crowd was chanting, ‘Whoop that Trick.’ I remember looking at Carmelo like, hey, are they chanting for me or against me? We just kind of shrugged it off and went about our business. Then it just so happened, every single time we had a match, every single time I match, the crowd continued to chant. It really broke out, I would say NXT Heatwave, when I had a match against Ilja Dragunov, and my entrance music changed to an instrumental beat, and the crowd filled in the instrumental beat with the ‘Whoop that Trick’ chants, and it’s taken off ever since. It was all crowd participation, the energy in the room, Booker T on the ad-libs, and then I just do my entrance and do my thing. Everybody gets involved, it’s like a nightclub,” Trick Williams said.

h/t from Fightful.

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