Leon Slater says his goal is ‘stealing the show’ at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event
Leon Slater says he plans to steal the show at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event.
Slater will team with Je’Von Evans against AJ Styles and Dragon Lee tonight in Washington. During a recent interview with SI.com, Slater said his goal is to prove that he belongs.
Slater said:
“I think it’s going to be very, very surreal. It’s another one of these things that I’ve always pictured. I’ve always seen in my head. I’ve always tried to manifest it, and now it’s actually happening. I feel like it might feel a bit dreamlike, but there’s going to have to be a point in there somewhere, as hard as it might be, to cut that off. Focus on the objective, stealing the show, having the best match of the night, proving that I belong on the stage that I’m being put on.”
Styles appeared at TNA Slammiversary this summer and cut a live promo endorsing Slater as the future of the industry. Slater said he wants to deliver a performance tonight that proves Styles was right.
Slater continued:
“I feel like I owe it to [AJ Styles] to put on a good performance and make sure that people can look back on that [Slammiversary] speech and go, ‘You know what? AJ Styles was right. That guy is everything he’s meant up to be.’ And I think Je’von’s coming in with the exact same mindset. So the fact that my main roster debut is against the guy that a lot of people would call Mr. TNA, I’ve always wanted to strive for that position and be the face of the company and be what AJ was in the 2000s to this new era of TNA.”
Slater also discussed teaming with Evans and TNA Wrestling’s new media rights deal with AMC during the interview. The full interview is available on SI.com.
Tonight’s WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event takes place at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. WrestleTix reported that the show is sold out, with 19,176 tickets distributed.
WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event lineup | Saturday, December 13 | Washington, D.C.
- John Cena vs. Gunther
- Cody Rhodes vs. Oba Femi
- Bayley vs. Sol Ruca
- World Tag Team Champions AJ Styles & Dragon Lee vs. Je’Von Evans & Leon Slater
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