Roode informs that he’s actually a shy introvert in real life. Like a lot of other wrestlers, Roode is forced to draw upon an alter-ego when the red light goes on, in order to entertain the WWE Universe. He’s proud to say that he hasn’t made any enemies during his career in the business, and he tries to be professional every single day.
He says that people always think he’s an asshole at first because he doesn’t really talk to people or socialize, but after some time people begin to realize that he’s a nice guy who simply doesn’t like being around groups of people. Approaching people, shaking hands and making small talk all feel awkward to him.
Roode informs that he doesn’t like change. Although he’s in a different town most nights, he does his best to make sure his routine stays the same. He notes that the TNA work schedule wasn’t too bad, and he even had some weekends off while he worked in NXT, but since jumping to the main roster he hasn’t really had any weekends off so that makes family life tough. In that sense, he’s glad his kids are a little bit older so they can understand why he’s gone so often.
He thinks that TNA gets a bad wrap, but some of it is deserved. There were some issues with performers getting paid late, and there were also some issues with the way certain people were treated there. Nonetheless, he had more good experiences than bad there, and he learned a lot of things in and out of the ring while working there.
