Kit Wilson on Creation of His Viral WWE Entrance Theme Song, “Pretty Deadly: The Musical” Being A Legit Music Project by Him & Elton Prince, His Goal of Wanting to Wins Singles Gold & Give Half To Prince, Prince’s Neck Injury & Being Supportive of His Singles Run

A recent episode of the Insight with Chris Van Vliet podcast featured Kit Wilson as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Wilson’s thoughts about his new entrance theme song called “Man Up” quickly becoming a viral sensation with wrestling fans and how much input he had in its creation.

“It’s super catchy. That was what I was going for, that was what I was hoping for. I didn’t think I realized how catchy it was gonna be, and how much it’s kind of clicked on and sat with people. But I’m not complaining. So I ended up having a fair amount of input. I was pushing for new music when I kind of found out what the situation was gonna be, and maybe I was gonna go solo. I started messaging a lot, saying, ‘I would love new music. Can I get new music?’ Then eventually, I got into contact with Neil (LawI) I believe, and then he called me. We had a little discussion on the phone, he said, ‘What kind of theme are you looking for?’ So I said, ‘Can I send you an email?’ Got off the phone and I started writing this email just with all my references, with all the songs I like, with all the ideas I had. Lyrics, kind of the theme of it, the vibe of it. So I had so much I had.

It was scary going from Pretty Deadly (to) being a singles guy, because our whole career in this company was Pretty Deadly, and I remember kind of having a discussion, and I think I was talking to Triple H and he said, ‘Do you still want this music? Do you still want the ‘Yes Boy?’ Do you still want this aspect?’ And I did and I cherish so much of that and that was so much of who I was as a person. I was scared, but I just felt like if we’re going into this new chapter, we have to go. So I said I wanna get rid of all of that, and then obviously if it comes back, it comes back. But I just wanted to start new and as you say, a fresh new start, it’s going pretty good. Pretty, pretty good.”

Wilson also gave his thoughts about how “Pretty Deadly: The Musical” was a legit musical project him and Elton Prince were working on and not just a comedic thing by them for WWE shows.

“The musical is a real thing. We have — or had — and I still have in my files — 10 songs. We had lyrics, we were learning them. We were trying to do it properly and do a proper good job of it. We wanted to go full force with it… But behind the scenes, we were prepping, we were preparing. Again, with a few more of the guys backstage, we had songs written, we had lyrics written. We had a story, we were looking to find a place to perform it. If you have ever seen ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,’ and the musical episode, we’d kind of based it around that. So we had a lot in place. So it still might happen. We never know. If this career goes well, I think there’s a good excuse to hit it.

Here’s the thing: What we were originally aiming for… You can’t find the time on a SmackDown. But as we know, WrestleMania weekend is so big. We’ve got an extra show here, we’ve got an extra show there. We were trying to find a venue and a location to have a theater performance.

When WrestleMania is in London, Pretty Deadly: The Musical will debut. How about that?… We had so many plans for it and again, in the ideal world, we were gonna do this, we were gonna do that, and I guess that’s the fun of it. These things can happen and it still can happen but, we are prepped.

We were deadly serious… Pretty Deadly serious. Elton (Prince) has a better voice than me. He’s more of the natural singer. I was more of the natural dancer, an instrument guy. But yeah, we were cooking something up. We were trying our hardest to make it work.”

Wilson also gave his thoughts about his current goal of wanting to win a singles championship in WWE and give half of it to his currently injured tag team partner Prince.

“I think I’d be a really good U.S. champion. I’ve always made this point in private, but I guess I’ll say it publicly, again, I’m a tag guy ’til I die. I would love to win the U.S. title, and I would love to cut that thing right in half. I’ll give half to Elton. I’ll take half. I’ll proudly wear the half. I’ll come to SmackDown, but the other half in my eyes belongs to Elton. So I think that’s a venture I’d like to take on.

I’m a singles guy now, I am. But, again, my mindset was always tag. I just never even remotely considered being a singles guy. And now I’m here, I’m going to commit just as much as I’ll commit to everything. So, yeah, I am a singles guy. I will come for the U.S. title. I really want the IC title. I love the Intercontinental Championship. It’s always been a favorite of mine. So those are two big goals now. I think we’ll get there.”

Wilson also gave his thoughts about the exact cause of Prince’s neck injury this past May resulting in him getting neck fusion surgery.

“He (Elton Prince) took a reverse DDT, and I think I was in it as well… maybe a reverse DDT and a flatliner. It was obviously an accident; things happen. We know what we’re getting into, but I think he just landed wrong, and he says he felt a certain kind of shock, and then he didn’t feel anything and then it’s quite… It’s alright. I’ll get there… It’s crazy because you watch it back and his fingers kind of curl up and it’s really a bit horrible to rewatch knowing what it was. He got injured, he got hurt. It was a reverse DDT, and then when he’s trying to figure out in the ring what’s going on, he took another thing which cut him open, so he was bleeding a fair amount, and I think initially, everyone, including myself and other people, thought that was like a big injury, because it was a lot of blood. I remember I was on the floor and he makes his way to the corner, and I’m kind of looking up at him thinking something’s up. Obviously, I didn’t know how serious it was. So I’m starting to shout at him and say things, and I can’t remember what he was saying but he was kind of saying, ‘I’m fine. I’m good, I’m good, I’m good,’ and then I think they maybe make their way to the top rope and I get on the apron and again, I’m kind of just assessing, and then I just realized, oh, I’m getting in… I’m kind of still trying to figure out what happened, and then it’s some point in there, I’m just screaming, ‘Get down! Get down! Get down!’ Because we were in a position, I think I was gonna electric chair him, and I assumed we would have gone for our old independent finish which I used to have electric chair. He used to jump off and do a European uppercut. The O.G. Split Milk. But then I just realized something was up so I said, ‘Get down, get down, get down,’ and then I think I powerbombed Nathan Frazer at the time, and then he was out for the rest of the match. I remember the doctors were with him, and then I was in there for maybe like a minute and a half more, kind of just trying to survive, and that was it. It was all the next few days just kind of trying to figure out what it was and then we had some phone calls, and it was this and it was that and it was tears, and he’s going through it. It’s his thing. It’s his challenge, it’s his battle. He’s doing great, but it’s such a hard thing. So horrible to see him go through it, especially because I love him so much.”

Wilson also gave his thoughts about how Prince has been supportive of his singles run in WWE.

“Oh my goodness-God, yeah. The first day I went to SmackDown without Elton (Prince), I felt like I was five years old going to school for the first time. Because again, we are best friends, we met on the independents, we signed together, we’ve done everything together. When we moved over to America, we lived together. We talk every day. I love him, and we viewed each other as one person. We never talk to anyone, and tried to talk as individuals. It was always about the team, so to do it on my own, I’ve never been more nervous in my life. But he’s been really supportive, we talk all the time. He’s always saying, ‘What have you got? What are you doing? You’re gonna smash it.’ He always says, ‘Good job.’ So it was nice to have his support but it was so nerve-racking going in, and now I feel like I’m finding my footing, and I feel comfortable. It’s kind of fulfilling doing this whole new part of it, but it is scary and I miss him.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com 1, 2, & 3, F4WOnline.com