Otis is the primary to swing.
One of many in style babyfaces in WWE presently is former Uncooked Tag Workforce Champion Otis. He’s presently one-third of the Alpha Academy faction. One of many maneuvers that gained recognition for Otis is the notorious ‘Worm or Caterpillar’ signature transfer.
Lately, whereas talking to Chris Van Vliet on his Perception Podcast, Otis shared the story of how he discovered to do the ‘Worm.’
“I bear in mind it was referred to as the sock hop in Cooper Elementary Faculty. And mother says, ‘Get your ass out of the home. You watch an excessive amount of horror, watching an excessive amount of rattling wrestling. Get out the home. I’m gonna take you to sock hop.’ Apparently it’s a type of dancing. You get in there and it’s typical. I’m not gonna dance with a woman. It’s form of like fifth grade. I’m like, Alright, so stroll as much as the DJ and mentioned, ‘Excuse me, sir. Do you will have ‘Batter Up’ by Nelly?’ He’s like ‘Yeah, however I wasn’t planning on taking part in that.’ [I said] Play it subsequent. Walked away. Subsequent factor, I used to be ready for the tune to play.
“However 10 Extra Polka songs got here on lastly. That goes up. All of the dudes dance with their chicks, I simply dropped down, did it, increase. Received that first response consideration. I’ve by no means been an enormous consideration man nevertheless it’s at all times been like, present some like to on your like craft and performing. So I drop down on there. All the time been hooked [on wrestling] it’s a completely good habit to have,” Otis mentioned.
Are you a fan of Otis’ ‘Worm’?