WALTER appeared on the latest edition of The Steve Austin Show and covered his career, his wrestling influences, and more.
WALTER On His Wrestling Influences
When discussing who he patterned himself after, WALTER brought up some of the Americans that made a name for themselves working in Japan. He mentioned Stan Hansen, Bruiser Brody, and Terry Gordy specifically.
Naturally, Hulk Hogan’s name came up as well. “Don’t let anyone tell you Hogan can’t work,” Austin said.
“I’m not a believer that wrestling has to be crisp and perfect all the time,” WALTER said.
The Indie Grind
The grind of the indie scene is a common theme when Austin interviews independent talent, and WALTER touched on that here as well.
“Even though I’m really busy, I try to have a good private life. I always try not to jump 100 percent into the life of pro wrestling where I’m really caught up in it. After weekends where I work, my body is sore but my brain is fried too.”
“I’ve had times in the last month where it felt like I was just visiting my girlfriend’s place, rather than feeling like I was coming home… I like to be home and be a normal dude.”
Breaking In
As the topic shifted to breaking into the business, WALTER revealed that he gave up a solid career in another industry to pursue wrestling.
“I had a good real job, I worked at a logistics company, I started there in an apprenticeship on the warehouse, but I worked my way up. I had my own office and I was in charge of a hundred people.
“It was a good job, money was fine and everything. But at the end of the day, you have to care about stuff that is not your real interest,” he said.
WALTER’s Sports Background
WALTER also spoke about his athletic background, as he was something of a high-level youth soccer player growing up. He played as a goalkeeper but chose not to pursue playing professionally.
WALTER attributes that to the fact that in Europe, you need to decide as a young teenager whether or not to pursue a professional football career.
He says that he started getting interested in other things at that age, and chose not to stick with the sport.
WALTER also discussed his personal life and the indie scene in Europe when he first started out compared to now. He also touched upon his work with the WXW wrestling school, his legendary chops, and much more.
A clip from the show can be found below. The full episode can be found here.
When referencing this transcript, please credit SEScoops.com. This transcript has been edited for clarity.
Whose influence do you see in WALTER’s work?
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