Silas Young Discusses the Origin of His Real Man Gimmick, Talks TV Title Run

– Silas Young spoke with DirtFork for a new interview discussing the origin of his Real Man gimmick and more. Highlights are below:

On how his Real Man gimmick came to life: “The Real Man thing came about as a nod to my father and just how guys are nowadays. The whole Real Man thing comes about as basically if our fathers or grandfathers looked at how men act nowadays, they’d be ashamed. Men of today are not the men our fathers were or our fathers’ fathers were.”

On the wrestling lifestyle: “It’s a lot of travel especially on the UK tour. It seemed every day, you were getting on a plane to fly somewhere or getting on a bus or getting on a train,” Young said. “Luckily, the trains in the UK sell beer on them so a lot of the nights after the shows, we’d ride back on the train and buy all of the beer on the train that they had. We’d all hang out, drink, and play some games and do whatever to have fun and pass the time.”

On the TV Championship: “As a kid growing up, you watch wrestling on TV and see these guys with these title belts and it’s the greatest thing in the world. So to be wrestling for a reputable company with a worldwide reach and be a multiple time champion and have some great title defenses during the run is a great honor.”

On his childhood: “I had a pretty normal life but at the end of high school and out of high school, I got into drugs a little bit. More than a little bit, to be honest. I was doing dumb crap I shouldn’t have been doing.”

On his son: “When Jack was really young, I didn’t want to be one of these dads who pushes things on their kids. My wife is a big wrestling fan as well. So we’ve always had wrestling on at home and he’d come and peak in a little bit but it wasn’t until a couple of years ago when he started to really get into wrestling. Now he’s a huge fan. He watches all of the YouTube videos on it, he does stop motion videos with his figures on his iPad so he’s super into it and thinks it’s pretty cool.”