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Mike Knox on Being Kelly Kelly's Boyfriend, Becoming a Paul Heyman Guy

Originally posted on Wrestling News | By Michael Schrute | Last updated 7/6/23

In an exclusive for WrestlingNews.co, former WWE star/current NWA wrestler Mike Knox was interviewed by Steve Fall. Knox was on to promote the NWA's “HP Cares for Cooper” charity event. He also talked about his WWE and TNA career.

Billy Corgan's NWA will be putting on an event called "HP Cares for Cooper" on July 8 in Highland Park, IL. The event will benefit an 8-year-old boy named Cooper Roberts, who was shot during the devastating mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade at Highland Park last year. Seven people were killed and Cooper has been going through intense physical rehab and multiple surgeries. Admission to the show is free but if you make a minimum donation of $75 then you will get VIP seats in the first or second rows. The charity event is scheduled for July 8 and the NWA will hold a TV taping there on July 9. Visit NWATix.com for more information.

Knox on if he was a Paul Heyman guy:

"He was very instrumental. He was one of the guys, like him and Dusty were both on my side going through Deep South and all that. I don't know what he saw in me instantly or what, but yeah, Paul was always a huge supporter of me. Then whenever I went up to ECW, they kind of took it out of his hands anyway, but I was very grateful to be there.”

Knox on playing the role of the jealous boyfriend of Kelly Kelly in WWE’s ECW:

"I was wanting to get up to TV so bad, they could have told me anything. I was like, no matter what you throw at me daddy, I'm ready. They're like, 'You're the jealous boyfriend, blah, blah, blah.' So it was like, towel, boo, you know what I mean? Like, I was like, okay, ECW mother Effers. I'm going to show everybody how crazy I am. This is what I want. This is how I'm going to freakin make my mark. They don't know. I'm nuts. So I get there, and of course, like, it's like, nothing. I mean, everybody worked hard, but the way it was presented, the fans knew. They knew within two episodes that it wasn't what they were expecting to tune into. You have all these rules. Don't do this. Don't do that. You can't do that. We can do a table, but we can't do anything to the head. You can't have no blood, but we can do that. It was such a watered down, like, slap in the face to the hardcore fans at that point. There was no recovering from that no matter what they were gonna do. It was screwed screw from Jump Street." Click below for the full interview.

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