NWA star EC3 talks 'full circle' moment at upcoming PPV, what Worlds Championship means to him

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EC3 made his National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) debut at the company’s 74th-anniversary show last year and a year later he defeated Tyrus for the Worlds Heavyweight Championship putting him on top of the historic promotion and ending the career of one of the most well-known performers in the business.

Two months after capturing the title at the 75th-anniversary show, Thom Latimer used the "Lucky Seven Rule" to drop the NWA World Television Championship for a chance at EC3’s title. The two will meet in a singles match at NWA Samhain later this month for the title.

Better yet, EC3 gets to perform in front of his hometown fans in Cleveland, Ohio.

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EC3 holds the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship. (NWA/Hiban Huerta)

"I’ve been gone for a long time but I did move back because what that means to me as a city is family," the champ explained to Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "I’ve been gone for so long and I haven’t been around family and what I’ve noticed through the travels and journeys through this industry, this business, you can get blindsided by fake relationships, fake friends, fake people, fake employers that, when you look down to it, who’s truly there for you no matter what and that’s family.

"That’s what the city kind of represents to me growing up here. Like, it’s not an easy place to grow up. I’ve had a very nice upbringing so I have no qualms about a rough childhood or anything like that but I guess it’s kind of parallel to being a Cleveland fan – constant frequent heartbreak. So, it kind of conditions you to be able to handle anything in life and within this