Lawal is also rehabbing a knee injury, but on his debut to Impact he had the following to say:
“I’m going to be on TV sooner than you all think.” … “You have to put in the hard work because it’s not easy. It’s going to be hard, but I’m going to put forth the time and the full effort into it. I’m going to study film and learn as much as I can. Everyone thinks that pro wrestling is easy, but if it were easy, you would see more pro wrestlers last in the game. I’m going to take this all like I’m fighting. I’m going to be very serious about this.”