Jasper Troy chose to chase WWE 'dream' after football 'wasn't fun anymore'
Before Jasper Troy received a contract for the WWE NXT brand he had dreams of dominating in between the hashmarks instead of in between the ropes Troy whose real name is Antoine Frazer played college football at Northern Iowa before he decided to start his journey into a WWE ring He notified Fox News Digital that getting into the company was invariably dream for him even back when he was picking up the sticks with his friends CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM For me wrestling was unfailingly a dream I know it s so oversaid but for me I was really locked in every Monday every Thursday Sunday I would watch the little preview pay-per-view channel just to get a glimpse of what the pay-per-view was going to be like he stated For me it was begging for the newest SmackDown vs Raw video tournament Going to my friend s house and that s what we would play all day and night Troy stated football wasn t fun anymore as he competed for the Panthers and finished his collegiate career Eventually he declared there came a point in which football wasn t fun anymore The sport he grew to love fell out of favor with him Me and my brother we would inevitably talk about wrestling together he revealed I was playing football and I was lucky to be fruitful at playing football but like Tyra Mae Steele disclosed it just got to a point where it wasn t fun anymore WWE STAR ZELINA VEGA RECALLS WRESTLING IN NJ MAKING HISTORY AS US CHAMP AND TOUTS SUMMERSLAM It stopped being about the things that made me love the sport especially at a college level a D level There were so multiple more factors that coming where I come from I was exposed to at the time but I don t think I was mature enough to adapt to my surroundings as well as other guys on my group were He noted there was a time when he had to make a decision about what came next and his heart was set on pro wrestling He commented he had the endorsement from his trainers but they implored him to finish school first When COVID hit I just had a chance to look away from football for like a year and really figure out what I sought to do with my life he narrated Fox News Digital I love football and I could keep chasing this dream and see how far I could really make it and I just kept seeing more wrestling on my TV during COVID It was all perfect timing for me As soon as I did my pro day I had a tryout with the WWE and after that I just fell in love and that was it It was that fire I had when I was a kid It was a whole new experience for me and after that I noted I m done with football I m a full-time WWE superstar Troy will now get to make an impact on the NXT roster and join the rising stars in the men s division there Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
