Ben Carter on Getting Inspiration for Moves From WWE Video Games

– Fightful recently interviewed new NXT UK Superstar Ben Carter, who discussed how wrestling games inspired him to try out new moves. Below are some highlights.

Ben Carter on getting moves from WWE games: “Pretty much every single year I’d go through all the moves in the WWE games and literally just have my phone out, go through each and every single one and if I see one that I like and I can realistically do that I want to try it, I go, ‘Okay, let me quickly record this so I can try it in training the next day.’ So, I’ve literally got a folder in my phone of like moves and all of them are pretty much motion capped things from the WWE games.”

On encouraging people in training to check out the games: “That thing is such a cool tool to use. It’s literally perfect for an aspiring wrestler. So, when people at school, will sometimes be in training and be like, ‘I just don’t know what moves to do.’ I’m like, ‘Dude, have you ever played the WWE games? Do you have the WWE games? Because if you don’t, there’s Youtube videos. If you do, just go through and see which ones you like.'”

His favorite WWE video games: “I would say the wrestling games, the standard of them, has dropped in recent years, but I’ve always been a huge wrestling gaming dude. From [Smackdown! Versus RAW] 2007 onwards. 1000%.”