“WWE SmackDown” has a brand new sheriff on the town, and that sheriff is Common Supervisor Nick Aldis. A former Affect Wrestling World Champion and NWA World’s Heavyweight Champion, Aldis by no means wrestled for WWE, and the newly-minted GM defined on “Busted Open Radio” that he accepted the truth that he probably by no means would a number of years in the past.

“It was truly one thing of a turning level for me,” Aldis mentioned. “It helped me embrace a few of the different alternatives that kind of got here my method. I suppose I would’ve wasted a while with at all times having one eye on WWE, and finally, I had an epiphany the place it is like ‘Look, they’re gonna give you a chance or not, all you are able to do is be the perfect model of you that you would be able to and present the world your imaginative and prescient of who you wish to be.'”

Aldis understands that he has no management over the alternatives that come his method, solely how he handles them, referencing turning Brutus Magnus right into a world champion-caliber character, in addition to his work not solely reviving the NWA however the NWA title, and mentioning his function within the headlining match on the unique All In in opposition to Cody Rhodes.

“When you concentrate on what I did with these alternatives, [being the “SmackDown” GM] is the largest alternative that I’ve had, and I am totally able to execute,” Aldis mentioned.

Aldis joined WWE earlier this yr as a producer, turning into an on-screen foil for “WWE Uncooked” Common Supervisor Adam Pearce simply months later.