Ex-WWE star explains how his first failed tryout shaped his pro wrestling career

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Speaking in a recent interview on In the weeds, Dijak noted that he was not signed after his first tryout with the promotion early on in his career. He also explained that this led to him being able to hone his skills in a significantly lower-stakes environment.

“It certainly was unique for me, and I had my first WWE tryout in 2013, which was maybe seven or eight months after I started training. So it was incredibly early in my career. If I had been signed right then, there’s no doubt in my mind that I’d be a completely different professional wrestler, right? Because when you go there, they’re a little more reserved, right? I almost don’t want to put it on the trainers, because if I had decided in the Performance Center, I guess at that time it would have been FCW and then it would have turned into the Performance Center. If I had decided that I wanted to do all sorts of cool high-flying stuff, like they might have discouraged it or whatever, but ultimately if you want to do it, you’re going to do it.”

The former WWE star explained how he experimented on the Independent circuit

According to Dijak, it was much less stressful to fail on the independent circuit than in the Stamford-based promotion.

Adding to his previous comments, Dijak noted that he had much more freedom in the indies.

“If you try and fail under the WWE umbrella, your job’s on the line. I didn’t have a job to be on the line. So I was, I was failing left and right, and it was like, whatever, I don’t care. You know, what are you not going to give me my hot dog? Like, I don’t- it doesn’t matter, you know?”

Dijak is currently signed to MLW, and has been the World Tag Team Champion once there.

If you use any quotes from the first half of the article, please credit the source and give an H/T to Sportskeeda for the transcription.

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