Lexis King – ‘Winning A Title In WWE Has Finished A Path My Father Started’

WWE Speed Champion Lexis King has reflected on what it means to hold the gold, and how this title reign is different to anything he’s held before. King won the WWE Speed Championship in April of this year at the WWE NXT Revenge event. He defeated EK Propser in the finals of a tournament for the vacant gold. On Instagram, King, who has been wrestling for close to a decade, made clear just how much a title from WWE means personally to him. “I’ve been a professional wrestler for over 8 years. “Making towns, learning my craft, going from one company to the next… “I always looked at titles and championships as sort of like props, not letting it affect me too much when it comes to winning or losing them. It’s just a show after all, right??? But this one, this one hits different… “Maybe it’s because it has the WWE logo on it, maybe it’s because of all the hours I spend at the performance center constantly striving to develop into the greatest version of myself, maybe it’s because I won it surrounded by my peers, people who share a similar story to me, my literal FAMILY in that ring!!! “While those are all maybes, one thing is for certain. “The reason this title hits different is because when I got into wrestling my original goal was to “finish what my father started” and this title represents a step further toward that goal! “To do something he never did, to win a championship title in the WWE!!! “So you can call it a prop, you can say it’s a meaningless title, you can say I didn’t “deserve” it. “But at the end of the day, it’s the end of the day and LEXIS KING is your WWE SPEED CHAMPION!!! “With haste, -The Fastest Man Alive” King’s father was Brian Pillman, who, while successful in other promotions, never held championship gold during his time with WWE. Pillman died on the day of WWE In Your House: Bad Blood in 1997. Vince McMahon would interview Brian’s widow and King’s mother, Melanie, the next night on RAW. WWE Magazine would reference Pillman’s sudden death that year, with the December issue referring to Bad Blood as ‘The Night The Loose Cannon Was Silenced.’