Mace discusses getting that phone call.
On September 21, Mace and Mansoor of Maximum Male Models were included in another round of mass roster cuts. Despite being with the company for eight years, Mace wasn’t exactly surprised.
During a recent interview with Denise Salcedo, the man now known as Mason D. Madden explained how he felt when he received the news.
“When it came down to the end, it’s not like I was super surprised,” Mace said. “I had heard that, you know, releases were happening. And when my time came I actually missed the call because I was going through a dead zone picking up my youngest daughter from school. There’s like a bad cell phone tower area. And when I pulled in at home, I had gotten a message from the guy who was doing the firings and I was like, ‘Oh, there it is.’ And I had already heard from Mansoor that he had gotten released.
“So, I wasn’t surprised, but at the same time, every time something has ended for me, whether it be football or WWE, it’s instantly become, ‘All right, next step. How do we move forward? I gotta keep this ship going.’ So, it became very exciting and fun and just diving right into it. It’s been fun.”
Mace shared that the fear of being released was always in the back of his mind when rounds of mass cuts would happen. Now that it has happened, he no longer has to fear it and is looking on the optimistic side.
“It’s not even just the individual, it’s their family. It’s the people around them,” he added. “It affects a lot more than you’d really think about when they just post a big list of names. So it can be the worst day of your life or it can be the best day of your life, and I plan on making it one of the best days of my life.”
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If you use any quotes from this article, please credit Denise Salcedo with a h/t to WrestleZone for the transcription.
