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Willie Mack talks suffering from depression after his WWE deal fell through

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#1 · (Edited)
Source: MLW Radio's VIP Lounge

Recently on MLW Radio's VIP Lounge, 'The Mack' Willie Mack appeared on the show to talk about his troubled upbringing, Hulk Hogan's racist comments, and the dark days following his WWE deal falling through.

Apparently, 'The Mack' was brought into Lucha Underground after his WWE deal fell through. Mack acknowledged that when approached by Lucha Underground personnel about joining its roster, he was suffering from depression after the WWE deal fell through.

" got signed [by WWE], did their little f--king tryout for like three days, busted ma ass, and then I had a little physical [examination] done and this nigg@ doctor, after six months in(the week I was supposed to report because I was supposed to be there October 26, 2014), this nigg@ says, 'I don't like how low your blood pressure is. I don't like how one of your knees feels.' And they said, 'oh, we can't sign you because of that' and I'm like, 'what the f--k?' And that messed me up bad because it was like I busted ma ass and nothing wrong with me then, but now it's time for me to go and ya'll pull that a week before I'm supposed to go down there? That ended up leaving a nigg@ homeless and I was depressed as hell. I was like, I thought I let ma moms down, ma daddy, [and] anybody who support me. I felt like the worst nigg@ on the planet. I wasn't feeling wrestling no more. I was like, 'F--k! I'mma gonna stop', but then, luckily, Konnan hit me up and then [Lucha Underground Executive Producer Chris DeJoseph] hit me up. And they said, 'hey, we heard what happened to you and wanted to invite you down to Lucha Underground.'"

Even though Hogan was the first professional wrestler to capture the imagination of Mack as a young child, Mack took umbrage with Hogan's racial tirade. When VIP Lounge co-host MVP asked Mack what he thought of Hogan's belief that African Americans are unworthy of dating his daughter, Brooke, Mack joked that he would not be interested in dating Brooke Hogan.

"Well, Hulk Hogan doesn't need to worry about me dating his daughter. Doing something else with is daughter, that's a different story." Mack laughs, "he be mad as hell, but I don't care."
 
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#30 · (Edited)
At you people looking down on him because of the way he talks....

:tripsscust

The guy is an inspiration! Coming from a heroin addicted mom in South Central LA. And realising he didn't have to follow his peers in gangs and crime. Instead following his dreams to become a wrestler instead of being another statistic! Shame on you guys!
 
#24 · (Edited)
Are these "oh why he's speaking like that" comments for real?

Long live The Mack.
 
#23 · (Edited)
Willie Mack in the WWE would be fucking hilarious :lmao

He'd have a single match and the people who complain about Owens' body would have a fucking BREAKDOWN watching this fatass doing his moonsaults and SSP's all over that ring in his speedos :lmao

Then on Raw Fallout he'd cut a one-minute promo with ten "nigg@"s and fifteen "fuck"s and be outta there on his first day :lol

Glad he's gone to LU. I must've watched that Ultima Lucha match like ten times already, that was fun as hell.
 
#57 ·
I don't really care so much how the guy talks away from the camera, I'll never meet him so it doesn't effect me in the slightest, but I enjoy seeing his work in LU. I'm glad he's there, that stone cold bit last year was great enough to start with but Stryker selling it like it should have been topped it off. All the ranting about how the guy talks is irrelevant in the end, he rose above his history to a point where he's making a life for himself, that's all that counts.
 
#58 ·
C'mon guys, the dude was raised on a place where it was hard as fuck to grow up, and he overcame that and has does what he loves and entertains a lot of people...and you complain about the way he talks? Hell, he even had depression because of this WWE deal that failed.

Yeah, he doesn't talk too good to be honest, and if you view it on one way, it could be a PR nightmare...but hell, his story could motivate a lot of young kids who are living a hard life, you know.

Just saying guys. No need to be harsh with him.
 
#61 ·
C'mon guys, the dude was raised on a place where it was hard as fuck to grow up, and he overcame that and has does what he loves and entertains a lot of people...and you complain about the way he talks?

Yes. I can't really respect someone who doesn't take time or effort to speak correctly in their native language.
 
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#117 · (Edited)
This. The amount of elitism in this thread is absurd, especially when The Mack has a pretty inspirational story. But of course, they are just gonna ignore that, and focus on the way he talks.

Fucking jackasses. :no:


A ghetto thug who ended up homeless. Who would have seen that coming.

Praise to Vince for dropping this guy on his ass.


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So, despite there being several videos on the internet of Mack speaking perfect english, and the fact that Mack managed to get out of the hood, and make a career in wrestling instead of being another statistic, he's a ghetto thug just because of the way he speaks in this one interview? :punk2
 
#10 · (Edited)
From the man who can't spell educated, the irony is hilarious.

And fuck WWE. From all the stories you hear, he'd have probably got depression from working for WWE anyway. Glad to know he's in a better place now, he's doing great stuff in LU and winning over a lot of people. The Mack in LU > anything in WWE anyday of the damn week.
 
#18 ·
Willie Mack was born to a drug addict mother and found himself in foster care as a child. Growing up in South Central Los Angeles, California, Mack saw professional wrestling as his ticket out of a bleak situation.

"It was like, growing up as kid, you notice lot of shit and I saw half [of those] fools not go [anywhere] in life and I was like 'I'mma do something different and make people proud and be happy instead of scared and be afraid when I showing up.' When I was four, the first thing I saw on TV was some [professional] wrestling. I saw Hogan and somebody talking some trash they [were] going beat up and it looked like they [were] having some fun and shit, entertaining the crowd and I said to myself, 'hey, that's what I'mma gonna do.'"
 
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