WWE Champion Kofi Kingston was recently interviewed by The Wrap to discuss several professional wrestling topics. During the interview, Kingston was asked about wrestling in sneakers, and being forced to wrestle in boots by Bill DeMott in Deep South Wrestling, as DeMott required all his students to do so.
Here are the highlights:
Wrestling with sneakers on:
Everything that I’ve done athletically has always been in sneakers my entire life.
Having to wrestle in boots under Bill DeMott in Deep South Wrestling:
It instantly cut my athleticism down by 60%. I couldn’t move, it was all clunky, I didn’t feel like I had traction or grip on the ground. Luckily, on the main roster now, I’ve been kinda able to do what I want to do, no one’s said anything to me — yet.
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