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Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Thomas Pestock is an American professional wrestler and former professional football player. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Happy Corbin.
I don't get paid by the hour; I go out there and get it done and get out. That's the way I want it to be.
We have amazing people that help us backstage, and Arn Anderson is someone I always like to look to. He's a legend in his own right.
I want to allow myself to display myself to people.
When I left NXT, I was kind of mad that I was never NXT champ, so when I got to the main roster, that was my first goal.
Fit Finlay and guys like that, who can work with you and tailor who you are and what you're doing in the ring, are unbelievable.
I want to keep growing and keep getting better every day.
Metal fans have a connection. There is something there; just like the wrestling world, they are die hard about wrestling, and it's that passion that makes you enjoy what you do. That is why I go to metal shows; you watch these dudes on stage just shredding and letting loose. You can't help but love it.
I got to travel to Japan. I never in my life thought I would go to Japan.
John Cena - say what you want about the guy, but he is unbelievable in every aspect of WWE: what he does with kids from Make-A-Wish and to how he controls a ring and a crowd in the moment.
I learned to get what I wanted through any means necessary, and sometimes that means you have to get your hands dirty.
I came from the NFL, so people didn't like that, or they just try to make assumptions, and I think when you assume, you look stupid.
If you're not getting better, you're getting worse.
Going to that level, a lot of guys get to the NFL, and they don't make a long career out of it. The NFL is very hard. One percent of college athletes make it to the NFL.
Just like when I was in the NFL, you've got to find those smaller dudes - and when you get your hands on them, it's bad news - all day.
I think, ya know, he's called out a few WWE Superstars; I wouldn't mind taking a crack at Conor McGregor, and he's, like, 165 pounds, 185 pounds soaking wet. So, I would like to slam him on his head a few times.
My Instagram, my Twitter, is a form of advertisement for my business and what I do. Yeah, my brand. It is, but it is crazy how negative it is to everything!
I grew up going to rock shows, and the lines of rock n' roll cross over with wrestling so much.
I'm putting it all on my shoulders, and I'm going to be successful by my will, and no one else will be responsible for it.
I think 'Raw' is complacent in the fact that 'Raw's' been the flagship of WWE. 'Smackdown' wants to be number one.
I was always that little kid that irritated people.
If I have a friend - when I have a match, and you have a match with that person - then most people hold back. I'm not.
I've always been a dominant and violent person.
I'm the real deal.
I love just getting to experience the different types of fans and getting to perform in front of thousands of people every night; that is icing on the cake for me. That is the fun.
I aim to bring a little pain, and a little roughness to what I do.
Billy Gunn, Bill DeMott, and Dusty Rhodes all helped me find myself and how to express it to people so they understand.
Braun Strowman - that guy's a monster. He's done some amazing things.
My dad brought me up not to accept second place. I lost a karate tournament once and got a trophy for fourth place. My dad tossed that trophy out the window on the way home.
I'm here to leave my mark in WWE history.
What you see of me on TV and all of that, that is me - that's truly how I feel. I'm just multiplying it. It's that arrogance, that confidence, the belief that I'm the best, and there's a true attitude that I don't care what others think.
For those of you who don't know who I am, I don't care.
I'm not going to shed a tear for not being liked.
I am a big dude that can move, so I want to see what kind of magic a guy like Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins can bring against me.
That's what Twitter is: a very negative place.
It's the fun part of this business: you never know what your day is gonna hold. Some things could be very, very last-minute. It could be at that very last second. So, it's pretty wild, and it keeps you on your toes. That's for sure.
There's a great feeling when you look in someone's eyes and they have that 'look of defeat,' and that's what I'm looking for, and that's my game plan.
I think it's just in my nature to irritate people and push things as far as I can. It's really benefited me in WWE.
Sometimes I just go, 'Is it me? Am I really just not that likeable?' The cool thing is, when you go out there and see a lady get mad or a guy get mad, or they hate you because you didn't come from the independents, or whatever, what I like to do is just pour kerosene on that fire.
Honestly, I was a little bit arrogant because I came in and thought it was going to be easy and that I'd be on television in a year, no problem. Then you realize how many different things it takes to become a successful superstar, and it really is a rude awakening.
I am extremely tough and extremely physical, and that is because my father taught me to be tough, physical, and not to take no for an answer.
We're always out there to put on the best show possible.
It's a competitive business, and everybody wants to be the best. And when there's a new guy coming in, and there's buzz about him, 'Oh, he was a pro football player,' you instantly have people that don't like you because they're afraid you're going to take their spot.
When I won the United States Championship at Hell in a Cell, it was awesome. It was my first championship ever in WWE, so it's a really cool moment for me.
You look at me: you see the tattoos, and I ride a motorcycle.
I grew up watching 'Taker, and he used to scare me as a kid, so I think it would only add to the excitement to be in a casket match with a guy like that. There's definitely some jealousy.
I'm pretty good with being calculated in what I do, when I'm going to make my mark on somebody.
The atmosphere we get with NXT and NXT fans, they're a die-hard group. They care deeply about NXT.
NXT is the professional level, and it's the best of the best.
People in athletics thrive on competition. That's what makes you better.
Growing up, I idolized Big Boss Man and Bam Bam Bigelow just because they were big guys who could move and were tough. I felt like they both rode motorcycles. And Bam Bam had his head tattooed. Those are the guys who really got me into wrestling.
I think I was given an opportunity, and I ran with it. I think I've made a lot more of it than anybody thought I was going to, and that's why it's gone so well, but it's opened a lot of doors and a lot of eyes to what I can do.
If you look up what I did in Arizona, you'll see that I fought my way through training camp. I didn't have a problem fighting my teammates.
There's a fire on 'SmackDown Live' that I don't think 'Raw' has.
Football and boxing helped me immensely. Those sports helped me become dangerous.
It was great to get rid of the long hair. It's such a pain that, if you look at it, it's always wet when guys wrestle: you dump gallons of conditioner in it to keep it wet so you're not choking on it. You have all kinds of stuff in it, and just maintaining it is a lot of work.
For me, growing up, I'd always been a part of team sports, except for when I was boxing.
I don't envy people with long hair. So, I'm glad mine is gone.
I've always been a guy - I ran my mouth in NXT about the little guys who come through, and they are tough and feisty or whatever it is. To me, they're no more dangerous than a little chihuahua.
I think everybody wants everybody to be successful. There is that competitive nature, in a sense that everybody wants to be the best, but if A.J. Styles is more successful, and Braun Strowman is more successful, that makes the company more successful.
If I walk into a room, and nobody knows who I am, and they've never seen wrestling a day in their life, I want everybody in that room to look at me and go, 'That guy does something. He is somebody important.'