When I was maybe 22, 23 years old or so, I was sort of floating in between New Japan, Ring of Honor, TNA - not really committed to one place. T. J. Perkins commitfloathonor Change image and share on social
I was an all-sport athlete growing up. My dad, I think, hoped I would go to college on a scholarship. T. J. Perkins athletecollegedad Change image and share on social
I could program the VCR when I was really young. T. J. Perkins programvcryoung Change image and share on social
I grew up kind of self-supported, that kind of environment, because my parents both worked for airlines. T. J. Perkins airlineenvironmentgrow Change image and share on social
I went to Japan and I lived there. I lived in Mexico for a year. I went to Europe. I lived in Canada. T. J. Perkins canadaeuropejapan Change image and share on social
So much of what I do has been based off of my heroes and guys I've watched come up. T. J. Perkins baseguyhave Change image and share on social
I got to do a lot of good things at a young age. I really kind of knocked out my bucket list when I was really young. T. J. Perkins agebucketgood Change image and share on social
I didn't want wrestling anymore; I wanted to not want it. But I couldn't get a job anywhere, which was part of the reason I was homeless. I couldn't get a job pumping gas. I couldn't get a job working at a warehouse, I couldn't get a job at Baskin Robbins, I couldn't get a job anywhere. T. J. Perkins anymorebaskinhomeless share on social
Part of the reason why Kobe Bryant is such a big inspiration to me is because he was shipped off to the Lakers right out of high school. He went from English class to the Great Western Forum. T. J. Perkins bigbryantclass Change image and share on social
Rich Swann is probably the only guy who's more charismatic among this whole bunch than me, and I think it showed in our match. T. J. Perkins bunchcharismaticguy Change image and share on social