Former WWE Star Luke Hawx Discusses Why He Was Never Pushed

Former WWE star and wrestling veteran Luke Hawx has discussed why he perhaps was never seen as a star during his brief stints with WWE during the mid to late 2000s.

Hawx had just the one match on WWE’s main roster, losing a 3-on-1 handicap match against the Big Show. Speaking to Busted Open Radio, Hawx discussed his career, and why it never worked out for him under Vince McMahon.

“I got opportunities early on. I got big opportunities with XPW, when I started working with WWE doing dark matches and stuff like that in the early 2003’s, when I teamed with Kanyon my first time out there as the Mortis character. I wanted it, I wanted it and I wanted it, and I never really got that shot that I wanted. Maybe I wasn’t ready for it. I had to sit back and I had to look in the mirror and say ‘what was I missing?’ I could put on size, I could work on this, I could work on fundamentals. And back then, a lot of guys didn’t tell you what you were missing or what to work on. They would just tell you ‘good job’ or if you did something good. And there’s two sides to that story. Back then there wasn’t as many spots as there are today, or as many opportunities as there are today, so people were protecting their spots.

“But on the other hand, there were so many egos from young guys that didn’t want to be told what to do, and a veteran would come in and tell the guys ‘hey, work on this. Work on that.’ And the guy would go ‘okay, sure’ and then blow them off. So, I see both sides of things. For me, I wanted to keep grinding and I wanted more success. So I was doing as many things as possible to be successful. And unfortunately, that leads to my next topic.

“I see so many young guys now get so much opportunity so quick. And the next thing you know, they’ve been wrestling two or three years and they get signed, and then they get released a year later. Then they say they’re retired, then they come back, go with this company, then that company releases them and they retire again. And it’s like ‘you’re retired? You’ve only been wrestling three years. Put some f*****g work in, man. Put some work in.’ I’m not dissing anybody, I’m just saying I’m really appreciative of blooming late in my career. I think too much success too soon is a recipe for disaster.”

You can check out the full interview by heading over to Busted Open Radio.

While not on screen, you can currently watch some of Hawx’s work as he’s working as a wrestling co-ordinator on Stephen Amell’s “Heels” TV show.

Thanks to WrestlingInc for the transcription.

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