Welcome to Wrestling Inside the Ropes with James Stewart.

I'm the best. I'm the best in the world. I've been the best ever since day one when I walked into this company and I've been vilified and hated since that day.

And Mike Sarge Riley. I don't know if you realize it or not, but you're trespassing a private property.

When you walk through here, through these ropes, you're in my yard.

Bad things happen in my yard.

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privilege to be joined by EC3. What do you say, my man? The privilege is all

mine. Thank you for having me. It's great to have you here, my man. How did you break into the business?

And I'm sure it's been a long road, and I know you had some time on the TNA, but now you're in the

WWE organization. Give me a quick Reader's Digest version here. Well, the quick Reader's Digest version was I started training, and now I'm a huge Superstar. That's it. I co-s-on. There's a bit... It was a long journey. I mean, I started independently in the Cleveland area and about, I don't know the years anymore, but I started, you know, a while ago and eventually once got scouted by a man named Tommy Dreamer who worked with the W.W. Office at the time, and it kind of put me in the system in a sense.

Tried to get signed by going to OVW in Louisville, Kentucky.

Ended up tearing an ACL and leaving there,

thought it fell off the radar, had surgery, healed, came back, eventually got signed to a

developmental deal in 2009, yada, yada, yada, 2013 I was let go 2013, I became EC3, and the rest is history.

I'm a huge superstar now.

And WW couldn't wait to have me back.

They couldn't wait to have you back is right.

And you had some time in TNA kind of getting the reps in there.

How's the transition been from going from TNA to the WWE?

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