The Breakfast Club INTERVIEW: Trick Williams On Bringing Realness To WWE, Proposing To Lash Legend, Ideal Opponents + More
Mar 6, 2026
Trick Williams, WWE star and former college/pro football player, shares his path from football camps to wrestling fame. He talks about training, crafting an unapologetic Black persona, the rise of his entrance chant, balancing real life with on-screen roles, proposing to Lash Legend, and aiming for WrestleMania while courting top opponents.
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From NFL Camp To WWE Tryout
- Trick Williams described his accidental transition from football to wrestling after being cut from the Philadelphia Eagles and contacted by WWE following an XFL trial.
- He trained in Orlando, moved to Philadelphia, worked the independent scene, learned bumps and auditions during COVID before signing with WWE.
Authenticity Fuels Connection In Wrestling
- Trick says authenticity is nonnegotiable: he can't hide his Blackness and believes success helps others who look like him.
- He credits being himself and executing performance (not just scripts) as the path to audience connection.
How Whoop That Trick Became A Movement
- Trick recounted the organic rise of the "Whoop That Trick" chant starting in NXT's small Orlando crowd and exploding in California after he beat Dominik Mysterio.
- The chant became a movement that signaled he'd broken out beyond the NXT bubble.