Montez Ford is an exciting young prospect on the wrestling landscape with tremendous athleticism and vigour.
Ford idolizes The Rock and recently in an interview with Ryan Satin’s Out of Character podcast, Ford mentioned the legend’s influence in his journey to become a WWE superstar.
“He’s such an inspiration to myself, my family; getting us through some hard and rough times going through personally,” Ford said. “That’s why I hold The Rock true and dear to my heart in a lot of ways.”
Ford has already won the Raw, SmackDown and NXT tag team championship in his career alongside Angelo Dawkins, till now.
Ford had previously mentioned The Attitude Era being a strong reason behind him becoming a wrestling fan. The Rock was arguably the biggest name in the roster during those days, and there’s no surprise to the fact that Ford idolised “The Brahma Bull” since then.
The Rock might have been missing from or a while now but his love for the business is second to none. When the words of gratitude from a long-time fan caught his attention, he couldn’t help but acknowledge.
The Rock has always brought smiles on the faces of his fans, be it inside the squared-circle, or in the theatres. This time he gave an ardent fan in Montez Ford, a message that will motivate him to achieve greater heights in the future.
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The Rock wrote, “Just taking a moment to tell this man @montezfordwwe how much I appreciate his kind and beautiful words 🙏🏾👊🏾 🖤We’ve never shared the ring together, but pro wrestlers all have a very special bond.Pro wrestling is a very unique, intense and wild culture that’s not for everybody.
When you love the wrestling business, you become very respectful about the wrestling business.
And when you’re respectful about the wrestling business, you become PASSIONATE about the wrestling business.
It seeps deep into your DNA.Fans can always sense who’s passionate inside that squared circle ~ and who’s not.This man is passionate.
We share that DNA.
(And he flys like the Superfly 🤟🏾)Keep kicking ass brother and give my love to your family.And when you become world champion one day, I’ll be right there rooting ya on.”An overwhelmed Montez Ford commented on the post saying: “Thank you for everything you’ve done for myself & my family. They went wild when they all saw this post. Full circle for us, coming from my hero.”
Montez Ford is quite a talent, and if The Rock sees him as a future champion, you wouldn’t want to bet against it. Well, when you have The Rock rooting for you, sky is the limit.
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