Tyler Reks Gives Advice For Released WWE Talent and More

Former WWE Star Tyler Reks recently was interviewed by Journey of a Frontman about his Body Spartan: Genesis nutrition book, his WWE career and more.

Below are some highlights:

On his favorite wrestlers to work out with on the road: "Masters was awesome cause he didn't miss a day. Hawkins because we rode together all the time. Curtis, currently known as Fandango, another great guy to lift with. Tyson Kidd. Just guys that are really consistent that aren't afraid to be pushed or to push me. Alex Riley was always in the gym, good guy to work out with. Mason Ryan, obviously huge and an inspiration, I think he was one of my main motivators while I was there. So those guys, great guys to work out with."

On his advice for current wrestlers who might get released and need a game plan: "That's a tough one. They can always come work for Body Spartan! (laughs) The door is wide open for any of my brothers in the wrestling community to come take part and be apart of the team. But on a separate note, as far as starting a business, I was lucky enough that I have a degree in civil engineering and I've always been an internet geek, that I was able to start something from scratch. I started an internet marketing company with my brother in law. I would just say for the guys out there, wrestling is not the end all. There is life after wrestling. You just have to stay motivated. It's like in the book where I talk about finding motivation for being in the gym, the same goes for life outside wrestling. Gotta be motivated to go make money. Be innovative. Be entrepreneurial. Don't get caught up in the rat race cause if you're wrestling, you don't wanna be in the rat race anyway. You're meant for something different with all the ways to make money out there. I encourage guys that if that happens, call me, tweet me, I'd be happy to chat with you. I do start ups all the time and we help brand new companies with their branding and with their digital marketing. Any of those guys, man, I'm happy to have a free consult, sit down to do a phone conference, and hopefully get ‘em on the right path."

On learning from William Regal: "Regal is just a book of knowledge. And it was little things like ways to engage the crowd, how to pick one single person out of the crowd that was an agitator and to make eye contact, getting that person riled up so the people in the crowd would get riled up, just ways to work the crowd. How to work differently and creatively, how to build a story creatively, how to take our time. There's a lot of stuff that the vets can offer, a lot of knowledge that you just can't get in FCW and you can't get unless you work with the guys in the ring, whether they're there to compete or watch your matches and give you advice. It was not something that he just dished out. He was quiet at first and then he understood that we cared and we wanted to learn, so he gave us a little more and a little more and before you know it, he was helping us out quite a bit."

On Matt Striker: "Striker's a great guy. He would always pull me aside and give me advice. Him and I are buddies, again, great guy. Another guy with a lot of knowledge, a great amount of knowledge for creating a story that's interesting, not just going out there and wrestling, but telling a story. It's just kind of a lost art. That's what those vets have to offer. And Striker would watch every match and watch every promo Hawkins and I did. He'd sometimes pull me aside or grab me and grab Hawkins and say, "Real quick, just wanted to tell you this, this, this. Maybe try this or may I suggest you talk to the writer and try something like this? You got nothing to lose." And ninety nine percent of the time, he was right. He just had a ton of good ideas that came to fruition for us."