Leon Slater On Competing On WWE Smackdown in UK, Working With Legends In TNA

Leon Slater has a chance to appear on WWE Smackdown in his home country, noting that it’s the most comfortable he’s felt in a WWE ring. Slater appeared on the January 16th episode of Smackdown, coming out to answer Carmelo Hayes’ United States Championship open challenge.

Slater spoke about the match as well as working with legends like The Hardys and Nic Nemeth in TNA during a conversation with The Sun in the UK. You can see highlights below:

On Facing Carmelo Hayes on Smackdown During the UK Tour:

“I’ll be honest, that’s probably the most comfortable I ever felt in a WWE ring because I felt like I was with my people, you know what I’m saying, like I remember. There was one point where Carmelo was punching me in the face or something, like, I was getting battered, but I remember hearing ‘he’s one of our own, he’s one of our own.’ And then I was like, ‘OK, right, we’re really at home. We’ve got the chants going and everything!’ Me and Melo hit it off, man, I feel like our chemistry and ring was on a different level and I’m glad we got to deliver that night in Wembley.”

On Working with the Likes of the Hardys & Nic Nemeth In TNA:

“It’s been a dream come true, man. When I walk into the TNA locker room, I’ve been here for a couple of years now, like you said, I’ve been rubbing shoulders, I’ve been working with these guys, they’re my peers now. So when I walk in the locker room, I see Matt [Hardy], I see Jeff [Hardy], I see Nick [Nemeth], I don’t see Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy and Nick Nemeth.

“Even though I should and there’s these points in time where I do have to pinch myself and I go like, oh my God, like the calibre of people that I’m sharing a locker room with and the calibre of people that I’ve been lucky to work with.”