My Mom's Basement - EPISODE 488 - TRICK WILLIAMS

Episode Date: March 4, 2026

Trick Williams join Robbie to discuss his first Eliminator Chamber, the inspiration behind his entrance theme, the biggest differences between Shawn Michaels and Triple H, working with Randy Orton (and smacking a mic out of his hand into the crowd), and more! #TrickWilliams #WWE #WhoopThatTrick **************************************** My Mom's Basement is a weekly podcast hosted by Robbie Fox, started in March 2019, to discuss movies, music, comic books, wrestling, mixed martial arts, and more with his friends and idols alike! Subscribe on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-moms-basement/id1457255205 Follow Robbie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatrobbiefox Follow Robbie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobbieBarstool My Mom's Basement Merchandise: https://store.barstoolsports.com/collections/my-moms-basementYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/mymomsbasement

Hey, My Mom's Basement listeners. You can find our episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube, and Prime members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. All right, welcome back to My Mom's Basement, ladies and gentlemen. It is Robbie Fox here with Trick Williams coming off your first elimination chamber. Yes, sir, let's talk about it. How do you feel coming off that? Man, I feel like I'm on Cloud 9, man.

Momentum's running, man. I'm ready to get this thing, you know, keep the momentum high. You know, keep showing everybody who Trick Williams is. Yeah, I had Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch in here last month. Okay. And they were telling me they hate any kind of multi-man match, multi-person match, elimination chambers, money-in-the-bank matches, royal rumbles. I know this was your first one, so it's very exciting. But do you feel that?

Do you like being able to get in there for one-on-one? Does the multi-man match make that stressful? I can see why they would say that, because it's harder to prepare when you got so many moving pieces inside these multi-man matches. But me, you know, the way I operate and move, I like to take advantage when people ain't really necessarily. focused on me so that just kind of works in my favor so honestly it don't matter which way it go any match you put me in i feel okay does it feel exciting right now also because a lot of these you're hitting a lot of firsts on the main roster right right right right do you feel that every time do you take notice of that i do man it's like my adrenaline is at an all-time high you know what i mean like you know we

traveling you know country to country state to state you know barely ever home in Orlando so man at this point everything just feels like it's brand new yeah what are the biggest differences or adjustments that you've made since joining the main roster, whether it be mental or physical. Yeah, I would say the biggest things, bigger crowds, you know what I mean, bigger spotlights, which adds to more adrenaline, you know what I mean? So figuring out how to control, you know, all that comes with that. And, man, at the end of that, you know, laying your head down at night and just going to sleep,

you know, like, that's the hard part now because you just always, you always don't go. You're jacked up from the show. You always jacked up, you know what I mean. Especially with an entrance like yours where it feels like the highlight. of the night arena after arena people are going nuts for this it takes three days to come back down

after the entry so you know I'm still working on it how much input did you have into the creation of your theme? Oh man so you know the original the original pitch that I gave the music guy was man I love family ties by Kenji Lamar

Baby King and that's all I love the horns at the beginning I like the horns I like the bass I like the 808 drums on it like it feels like royalty like hip hop royals he is walking in the room. And that's how I saw myself just like, I represent that hip hop culture

and those horns. It makes it feel like such a big deal. And they came back with the theme that I have now. I'm like, bro, this is perfect. Mind you, the theme is instrumental. Yeah. You know what I mean? So it wasn't.

You didn't realize right off the bat how much it would work, yeah. I didn't know that people were going to be chanting. And since day one, people chanted whoop that trick. So that's always like, wow, this is better than I could have imagined it. But the theme itself, like, I loved it right away.

Is there one moment you can think of, probably on the main roster where you felt the most adrenaline walking out to that theme? Is it nerves or is it just adrenaline? Do you still feel nerves? I do feel nerves. You feel adrenaline. It's like a, man, it's like a big buildup all the way till, dun dun, down me, all day.

Like, you're just waiting to hear that. You know, at least I am. So, like, you know, is there one match? I feel it every single match. feel it, you know, if it's a promo. It doesn't matter. Yeah. Like, I always feel like I'm ready.

I'm jacked up all the time. Obviously, you've got to be jacked up to be on the main roster, but there's got to be something you miss about NXT. What do you miss the most about NXT? Oh, man. I miss being able to train all the time. You know what I mean? With us flying and being on the road so much,

just figuring out how to keep your body in tip-top shape and get your exercises, your workouts in, you know, your constant meal plans, eating like you need to. You know, I think that's a harder thing to do now than because you're always on the road. You know what I mean? You got to find the good food and you got to find the gyms and everything. It's not right there at home.

What are the biggest differences between Sean Michaels and Triple H from like a leadership perspective? Oh, man. That's, I think both are great in their own right. I mean, Sean Michaels has to babysit a little bit more because NXT is younger talent, newer talent, who's still trying to figure out their way in the business. So he has to be hands-on and probably, you know, like I said, babysit way more. Where Triple H is, you know, awesome. He just kind of, he sit back and sees who you are.

He decides how he wants to present you. So he's more doing the polishing and, you know, the brushing up on, like at this point, smack down and roll, you're supposed to be a pro. Like, this is the big leagues. So he's not babysitting, you know, he's making you a star to the next level. Yeah. Did it feel strange at all to go from the top of the mountain in NXT, and now you're like the new guy, not necessarily now,

but were when you first came to the main roster? Did you feel that consciously, or was it immediately like, no, you're just part of the locker room? It was pretty strange, you know, people, you know, being called a rookie, you know, all over again, like, oh, shoot, you know, nobody cares about my two NXT championships, the trick-in-A, TNA world champion, let's talk about it. Like, you know, all of that is kind of a race,

but, you know, I'm okay with that because that's what keeps you hungry. That's what keeps you grinding and, you know, it gives you a heel to climb and get back to the top, which I think is the best part about the whole game in the first place. So, yeah, it was humbling, but. Did you ever play Call of Duty? I play some Call of Duty. I feel it's like prestigious. You go back to the same level, but people see that next to your name.

It's like, oh, yeah, you've made it through the ringer. You've made it through the ringer, you know, once you hit those checkpoints, you know what I mean? Yeah. It feels good, you know what I mean? And that's exactly what it is. And the style you've been working on the main roster, I'll say maybe a, a little more dastardly than we've known to expect from Trick. Do you enjoy that?

Do you find it to be a challenge to work a little more dastardly? Explain dastardly. A little more rough around the edges, maybe in the ring. Maybe less of an underdog style. Yeah, yeah, you know, I don't put on about 10, 15 more pounds. You know what I mean? I'm throwing my weight around a little bit more now. You know, I'm feeling myself.

You know what I mean? Yeah. You know, I'm the new guy in the blood. And I already knew, man, like, I need to set tone now. I need to set a president for myself right away, right out the gate. Like, man, I ain't trying to be on my back foot 24-7. Yeah. Is that something you thought of, too?

Like, if I'm going to be working this style, I want to put on 10, 15 pounds? I got to put on 10, 15 pounds because that's what the heavyweight championship looks like. If you look at the history of the guys who are really carrying the brand of WWE in the past, you know, right now is Drew McIntyre. You know what I mean? Like Cody Rhodes is a big guy. You know, Roman Rings, you know, Brock Lesnar, these are heavyweight guys.

These are the lions, tigers, bears, oh my, of the business. You know what I mean? And if you want to be a big dog, you got to put on that weight. Who were the guys that you looked up to growing up? Man, easy, stone cold. You know, opening a can of whoope at three years old. Watch the stone cold. You know what I mean?

The rock, of course. I just love his charisma, the way he can, like, carry the audience and, you know, and just controlled crowd, you know, with his charisma and present. And Booker T, of course, Booker T was also just amazing. Of course, yeah. Still taught the book a lot. Growing up, he was King Booker for me. King Book.

And there was nobody that I loved to hate more. You know, when I was in the pool, it was always like I was doing moves against King Booker because he was against some of my favorites, Ray Mysterio or Triple H or any of these guys. Right, right, right. So growing up and then looking back and sort of like really appreciating what he was doing, making me so angry as like a seven-year-old kid. Yeah, yeah, for sure. So brilliant.

Yeah, for sure. Man, he's great. He just knows. the ends and outs of playing with people's emotions. Yeah. And do you feel to improve as a wrestler, do you go back and watch old stuff, or do you pay attention to everything around you?

What do you think helps more to improve as a wrestler? Man, me personally, I have an old soul. So, like, I love going back and watching the history of things, the classics. You know what I mean? Hence my style. You know what I have very old schools. I mean, did we get a shot at the living? Get the shot.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I mean? Like, this is, I love old school things, man. And old is new. So I love going back on. I watch a Dusty Rose, man. I watch a macho man. I watch all these different guys, you know,

stupid star Billy Graham. Like I enjoy watching the classics because they had to figure out. They were, you know, they were great in what they did. Yeah. True showmen. Who are the guys that you enjoy watching now? Guys or girls? Man, Lash Legend.

Yeah, she's amazing. You know, tag team. Maybe a little biased. It made me a little advice. Yeah, shoot. You guys were just on Wake Up Barstool together. We just on Wake Up Barstool. Man, we had a great time there last week.

I love that. I'm glad to be back to Barstool. Let's talk about it. Yeah. Is there one match in your career so far that you feel the most proud of? Oh, man. I think, man, I enjoy it. I had a match like three weeks ago with Ray Phoenix. And I feel like that was a great match showing people, you know, on Smackdown what I'm about.

Ray Phoenix, you know, he's great at what he does. You know, he can flip, fly, kick, do everything under the moon and the sun. But I think we had a good style squash. Yeah. Yeah, and you weren't trying to pull his mask off or anything like that. Some of the luchadors now are getting there. You see everybody's doing that. You know, Gunter is doing that, you know, Gargano.

Everybody's trying to pull him out. Keep your mask on. Keep your mask on. I'll kick your ass with the mask. Hello, let's talk about it. Listen, I hope you're not sick of talking about this because I do want to ask you about the mic smack with Randy Orton. Oh, man. You smack it into the.

crowd and I thought the level at which you snapped back into the moment was both hysterical and very impressive. I want to know what was going through your mind in that exact moment. Whereas it's, you don't really know what happened. Right. You said you saw like the Red Sea part. I saw a quote with you where you said that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you have to snap back into the moment. You're on live television. You have to. It's funny because like I made up in my mind early. Like, I'm going to smack that microphone out of room with his hand. I said, if I'm going to do it, And I got a smack to make sure that, you know, I don't look stupid. You can't dribble it out.

You know, it can't just, you know, fall over. You know what I mean? Like, I'm going to smack the microphone out of his hand, you know? And when I hit it, the microphone, he instantly said, watch out. You can just see the microphone just go flying into the crowd. It was hilarious, man. I was like, oh, shoot, like, we're about to hit somebody. And then you're right.

I had to snap back into it. Immediately. And I meant what I did too, Randy. A good second you snapped back in. Had to, had to. But, yeah, it's just one of those moments. Like, I knew we're going to go viral tonight. I'm going to smack that microphone.

I didn't think I was going to go viral like that. Now, we know that nobody got hurt. Thank God. It was all fine. When you get to the back, there are people giving you shit for that? Yeah, a little bit. I mean, I tried to learn some German to say,

I'm sorry real quick, but I don't think they understood what I was saying. Yeah, it had to be funny to walk back to guerrilla and just see everybody in the back after the. What are you doing, Tric? You've been here two weeks, man. What you're doing? We got a couple guys here that wanted me to ask you about SEC football. Okay.

And whether or not, like, basically what's more tiring, the worst practice you can imagine, or a really hard-fought match in the ring. Man, so I'll say this. They're both exhausting. Like, man, like playing football is tough, man. We had two days. We had a lot of different things. You know, you're in a full-on,

collision with grown men trying to take your spot, you know, on a daily basis. Same thing in the field now that we do as pro wrestlers. I would say the biggest difference between the two is what I do now is 52 weeks. Yeah. You know, we build it all the way to WrestleMania, you know, April 18th, April 19th, Las Vegas this year. Then we have Monday Night Raw on the 20th. You know what I mean?

Like, you don't have a Super Bowl and then practice the very next day. Unless you Nick Saban and Alabama and all of them back in the day because I know they used to get into it. But yeah, that's not how most sports work. I think that's the part that adds up with what we do. This show must go on at all time. And if you want to be hot, if you want to be in the mix, you can't take those days off. Yeah.

All right. You heard of hear it here first. Trick says SEC football ain't shit. No, no, no, no, no, don't do me like that. We actually, we have a band here at Barstall when we do like little cover band shows around. We just played a show in Columbia. And it was actually in the parking lot of a bojangles. That's right down the block from the stadium.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And it was one of our favorite shows we've ever played. Such a cool college town. Can I spread out? It is. It is. But the people came out in droves and they were there to party. Yeah, yeah, man.

Yeah, that's top. Man, top, I'm biased for show. But, man, top five college atmospheres, point-blank period, Williamsbrite Stadium. I would love to go to a game there. I've never been to an actual game. Man, you have to, man. Like, man, when Kaki come out and he's shaking on that cage.

And trust me, I know a good entrance when I see what I'm saying. You feel what I'm saying? Calana has a good entrance. Who do you think has the best football entrance? Is there one that comes to mind? It could be college or pros. Obviously, there's probably more in college. Yeah.

I mean, because I'm biased because of the one I saw the most being South Carolina, but LSU comes out with that tiger. I'm sure that's pretty cool too. We've done a couple shows at LSU and we learned about NEC, you know, let the band play NEC, they say. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, we can't say those words on here, but. I mean, I guess we could, but I won't.

Tennessee, good old Rocky Top. Yeah, that's classic. Enter Sandman. That's Virginia, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That one's classic. And Duke, I feel like, Duke does something where you got to slap something on the way out, too. Coach Cutcliff back in the day.

Like I play like a champion today, kind of thing, yeah, yeah, for sure. I'll tell you the worst is Clemson. Man, I can't stand it, man. They just run and trip down that hill all together every single week. It's crazy. I've got some rapid fire questions for you that I ask everybody. Okay. The strongest wrestler you've ever been in the ring with.

Strongest wrestler, Obafin. Makes sense. The funniest wrestler you've ever met? Tony DiAngelo. Really? Arturo. Arturo. We've gotten a lot of art.

Art truth, for sure. My bad, I had to think about it. Our truth is the funniest. But Tony DeAngelo also very funny. Funny dude. Come on. The stiffest wrestler you've ever been in the ring with. Here you're dragging off.

Quick. Quick answer. But I tell you what, he kicked me one time in my heart. vision turned off. Then he kicked me again and it cut back on. He turned the lights out and turns back on? Yes, like, you said, protect yourself, trick. NXT, this was?

NXT. Yeah. Yeah. The best technical wrestler you've ever been in the ring with. That's tough. Maybe ricochet. Man, there's a lot of technicians. Ray Phoenix, he's one of them.

Yeah. Yeah. The most painful finisher to take. Otis. It wasn't even its finisher. It's just his, you know, his fat man slam he does. Man, I'd like now he threw me and I thought it was underneath the ring. It was crazy.

Just boom, real fast. We've also heard Otis as one of the funniest wrestlers, a bunch. Yeah, Otis is hilarious. We've heard Otis is a real funny guy backstage, just an absolute character. He's hilarious. Yeah. Is there anyone that you, I'm sure there's a lot of names out there that you haven't been in the ring with yet, that you're really itching to get in there with? Is there one that stands above the rest?

Yeah, man. the creed brothers julius creed brutus creed like man we came in together and those guys are phenoms in the ring like super strong super athletic and i just feel like that would be a great styles clash um yeah the creeds for sure because yeah i'm i'm excited to see them do their thing you know on the main on the main stage as well yeah and uh that feels like it should have happened already it feels like it should have happened you know like you came it together yeah yeah and besides for them maybe uh you know roman writing something like that you know one you know one You're trying to achieve.

Yeah, got to talk to them. Coming into NXT, getting signed initially, what do you feel were your biggest misconceptions about the way the business worked? Oh, man. My biggest misconceptions about the business. I don't know. I kind of came in just kind of open, like, ready to work, ready to, like, see what this was about. Yeah. I mean, ready to prove myself and just kind of observing game for what it was and then, like, adjusting.

You know, being able to go with the flow and figuring out how much. I'm going to stand out. I say one of the biggest things that I've seen is how cool people are when you meet them in person. Like your first time meeting Triple Age and he's super personable. Yeah. You know what I mean? First time he's like,

he wants to help you. You know what I mean? Same thing with Nick Con, man. Like these guys who you hear the legends about them before you actually meet them. Yeah. And everybody's on the same page trying to make you a superstar. Yeah. That's the coolest thing ever to me.

It feels like this era of what's calling veterans. Like I say a. Randy Orton type are trying to help the next generation more than ever before. That's another Randy Orton, man. He's been awesome. I'm not sure if you saw the clip when I'm inside of the chamber and he's like, oh, you're not a safe five. I did see that.

I want to say right here and make sure everybody sees this. Me and Randy Orton are the same size. He's just standing on his tippy toes. You know, he just got quads. That's the only thing about it. You know what I mean? But same size. Yeah.

Have you ever come close to cracking a smile in the ring ever? Man, only what Randy, man. That one I thought was kind of impressive to keep a straight face for. Randy's always like, he needs to take his job more seriously. You know what I mean? I'm trying to make a name for myself, and he's cracking jokes. You know what I mean? You dancing and whoop that trick.

Come on, man. I'm trying to be a professional. I did just see a quote from him. I think it was last week or maybe the week before, though. Really singing your praises, though. And that, again, just goes to show, like, this generation of veterans don't feel, I think, as threatened. They feel like we should be the guys to help the next generation. That's crazy.

Right? Yeah. I mean, like, because just being honest, he heard a legend by Randy Orton. You're like, hey, man, he's a tough dude. You know what I mean? He's big. He's scary. He's mean.

And then he is all those things to be honest with you. But then he goes off and he says something nice about you. And I appreciate that. Yeah. I'm sure he wouldn't even deny some of the things that have been said about him early on his career. He jokes about it to this day. He's like, oh, yeah. You're lucky you met me now, not 10 years ago.

Yeah, I believe that. I believe that. What have you been listening to lately? What's been on the playlist? Man, shout to Bruno Mars, man. He said Lemon Pepper Step is in his song. You know what I mean? It's something like, man, let me get this album with a little shout out.

Let me see what they talk about. Some kind of Trick Williams promo package, like a little My Way before WrestleMania. A little bit more. I love Bruno Mars. Man, like, I've been listening to like a little more chill and relaxed music before my matches because, like I said, once I get going, I'm gone. It's over it.

You know what I mean? So I might listen to slow jams. I might listen to a little reggae or something like that. Yeah. I've heard boxers and fighters. I interview fighters a lot, and it's a classic, like, old-school fighting thing to listen to classical music as you're training and try to keep your heart rate down. I don't know if it actually works, but I think there is something in your brain that calms you down about that, right? Yeah, man, I believe it's working. You know what I mean? The more calm I am, the better looking I get. Yeah, there you go. I can't say the same. I think I'm pretty much baseline a whole look at it. And what have you been watching lately? What's keeping you entertained on the road?

TV movies. Are you big TV movies got? Man, honestly, I put on like the same two, three movies and just go to sleep. Which ones? Oh, man. Give us a couple of favorites. A couple of favorites? Okay, I might put on black dynamite, a sucker like that.

Or I might watch, man, I don't know, just random things. You said you're an old school guy. Do you feel old school with the movies as well? I do like old school movies, you know what I mean? And I might just watch some. that feels like I don't got to think about it you know what I mean I just put it on and I just go to sleep you know I might watch like no creed or you know rocky or something like that you know what's your favorite Rocky uh the third one for sure yeah clover lang the best yeah and you've got

thunderloops in there you've got a little wrestling mixed in paper champion yeah yeah yeah obviously the Mick moment and that is just heartbreaking yeah yeah yeah Rocky three so good I might watch Rocky 3 when I go home after it is yeah but it's again like there's so many different flavors just in the one franchise because you could go way over the top with Rocky 4 go way grounded with Rocky 1 right and then I feel like Creed kind of combines like the best of all of those movies but I love those creed movies man like it's great storytelling I love all three people act like two and three are like such a big fall off I don't think they are and I tell you if anything I almost feel like I would have switched three and two because like the

like you would put three first you're saying I would put Three at two and two at three. Because you build to the Drago. Yeah, you build to the Drago, man. That's such a big deal. There's that CM Punk quote where he's like, oh, first match hell and a sell. I'm glad you're not booking a wrestling company. They kind of did second match hell and a cell.

They did the grudge match second. Maybe they didn't know it's going to be so good, you know what I'm saying? Three was good too, though. When Michael B. Jordan directs it himself, that final fight scene, and he said he directed it like as it was an anime fight or something. It was like somehow they reeled you back in to like care about, you know, Jonathan Majors. No, he was freaking fantastic looking that too. It was great.

Yeah, great movies. What about TV? You watch TV? Not too much. Like, last she watched TV. Reality House watched this. Yeah, love is blind. Is that in the mix?

Yeah, love is blinded. Traders, maybe. Trainers, love island this. I go to sleep. You know what I mean? I don't do all that. Yeah, that's too much. Favorite cities to perform in?

Man, Chicago's definitely. there. Yeah. New York is always up there. Are you in New York just for press today? Yeah, just for today. Yeah. We're doing a good circuit today. Did breakfast club. Oh, nice. Doing a pivot later. Peter Rosenberg. Man, we got it going on. We have bar stools. Let's talk about it. I love that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Do you like New York generally? Like, had you come to New York a lot before you were a superstar? Man, a few times, man. Like, sadly, this is a random story, but I remember coming up as a kid, the same day Michael Jackson passed away. Oh, man.

That's one of those things, though. You remember where you were. I was at baseball practice. Exactly. You'll never forget. And I remember they had his wax figure, you know. Oh, like Madame Thussaud's over in Times Square. At Times Square.

Yeah. It was just, you know, such a crazy moment. Like, the world just felt different after that. But, yeah, I mean, I've been to New York a few times. I got some family up here. My uncle, my infamous uncle, you know, who I always talk about, sweet baby James, you know, he's from Far Rockaway. Oh, nice.

Yeah, yeah. Nice. I ask a lot of people, what posters did you have on your wall growing up? I feel like that says a lot about a person, what your room looked like growing up. Yeah, for sure. I had a Ricky Williams poster. Okay. He was my favorite running back at the time.

I had Orlando Magic. Tracy McGrady was my favorite basketball player. Still your favorite or no? I still, bro. Honestly, I don't think there's more of a pure score, and I'm probably definitely biased. But Tracy McGregory was so cool to me, man. Him and Vince Carter was just like my favorite guys. Carter Kid, New Jersey Nets, Vince Carter and Jason Kid were the connection growing up.

Yeah, I was team Adidas, like, all the way, for sure, with them too. And, yeah, I probably had, like, Alicia Keys poster up, you know? Nice, yep, yep. Don't tell my lady. Yeah, I feel like that does say a lot about a person, because for me, it was all wrestling, it was comic book stuff, it was nerdy stuff that I'm into today. Yeah, yeah, for sure. But, yeah, obviously, athlete posters, I had Jeter on the wall.

You got to, you know, rep for New York and whatnot. For sure, for sure. Is there anyone in a different company that you would like to get in the ring with if we could knock the forbidden door down? Nah, I feel like I did a lot of forbidden door with TNA. Fair enough. Yeah, honestly, you were the one that constantly be kicking that down. Yeah, I'm going to take a break.

Yeah, you've won a TNA championship. Right. All right, I appreciate it, Tric. This was awesome. Thank you for the time. Thank you for coming in. Yeah, of course. Anytime you're in New York, we would love to have you back.

Yes, sir. I'll be here. And obviously, Monday Night Raw at the end of the month is going to be at Madison Square Garden. If you're looking for tickets to that, they're on sale now and WrestleMania in Vegas this year once again. Peace.