Former UFC fighter and WWE wrestler Cain Velasquez was apprehended on February 28th after shooting the stepfather of a man accused of performing an obscene act on his son. To get revenge, Velasquez is said to have followed and rammed the car carrying the accused before shooting at him, his stepfather, and his mother. Subsequently, he was held without bail, although two weeks ago, he was released on a $1 million bond following a hearing that lasted two days. He is, though, required to wear a GPS tracker and is prohibited from contacting the victims.
However, in news that surprised many fans, Velasquez was permitted to wrestle on AAA’s December 3rd show in Arizona. Although he did have to pay for a police officer to attend with him. And now he has opened up about that experience while appearing on Konnan’s podcast, revealing he put a lot of pressure on himself after eight months behind bars.
It was crazy, man, probably the worst I’ve ever felt physically, mentally doing something. I feel like there was such a standstill, my body, and my mind. For eight months, just a low way of thinking, versus when you’re out there competing, it’s a different way of thinking, how your brain and your mind have to be firing, so, I felt like I was probably in the worst-case scenario for myself that I’ve ever been in and I feel like I always do this, I put a lot of pressure on myself, and I just wanna be ready when I go out there, and you know, compete and when I did, went out there and did it, dude.
Cain VelasquezVelasquez wowed lucha libre fans when he initially debuted for AAA at Triplemanía XXVII on August 3rd, 2019. Although instead of signing a long-term agreement with them, he would opt to join WWE as they wanted to have him face wrestle Brock Lesnar, whom he famously defeated inside the Octagon. Unfortunately, though, the heavyweight fighter looked lacking in the match due to a knee injury and was squashed by Lesnar quickly. Then after a single house show appearance in Mexico, he was released while training at the Performance Center due to budget cuts. Yet, AAA didn’t hold his WWE signing against him, as he returned for their Triplemanía Regia 2021 event, teaming with Psycho Clown and Pagano against LA Park and Los Mercenarios last December.
