Recently, we saw a new Impact Wrestling World Champion crowned. Josh Alexander was forced to vacate the belt due to injury, and a match between NJPW star KUSHIDA and Steve Maclin was set to decide a new champion.
It was a hard fought match from both sides, but in the end – Maclin was crowned the new champion. This was the conclusion of a journey that started with his release from WWE in 2020, which motivated him to get where he is today.
Steve Maclin Was Creatively Motivated By WWE Release
While speaking with Tru Heel Heat – Steve Maclin would describe how his release from WWE just drove him creatively to improve. Maclin was quoted saying the following.
“It just motivated me even more. I was told the creative differences were that creative had nothing for me, so I was like ‘okay cool, I’m gonna go create something for myself to make you want me.’ Whether I was to go back or not, but now it’s IMPACT Wrestling has given me the opportunity with the team that they have on the opposite side of the camera for creative.
It’s just a good mold of just working together and throwing ideas and I just love that I get to be creative who I am and how I’ve envisioned myself. For anybody that is out there that is trying to create, just keep working match after match and honing in your craft. Try something new at least one thing new every match but also know like you have to work on your character.
Taking Inspiration From Movies & Comic Books
Maclin would go on to describe where he pulls inspiration from – having the following to share.
“It can be whatever you want it to be whatever your personality if it’s dialed up or you see a character in a comic book. I like to steal from comics, and I like to steal from movies. It’s where I get my ideas and it’s just invest in yourself and be all in on it and just have the balls to be able to stand your ground and know who you are. That’s pretty much all I try to do is just stay true to who I am, and anytime you see that camera on and even behind the scenes, I try not to be a kiss-ass. I try not to politic my way to get what I want. I know sometimes you have to kind of schmooze a little bit to get your way, especially throwing ideas around or pitches and you finally have to get it that way, but I just try to stay true to me and work hard.”
Maclin will make his first defense as champion at Under Siege – facing Canadian wrestling legend PCO. Were you glad to see Steve Maclin as Impact World Champion? Let us know what you think in the comment section down below.
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