Eddie Kingston Explains How He Uses Rapping To Craft Promos

Eddie Kingston made his AEW debut back in July of last year, where he faced off against Cody Rhodes for the TNT Championship. While he was unsuccessful in the match, Kingston impressed many and signed with the company.

Kingston quickly cemented himself as one of the best talkers in AEW as his promos are known to be from the heart and very natural. He is also very passionate when it comes to the pro wrestling world.

While speaking on Q/A session for Pro Wrestling Junkies, Eddie Kingston was asked about the process of how he comes up with his promos. Kingston revealed that he listens to a lot of rapping and ultimately shapes his promos from various lyrics.

“I used to talk a lot of shit on the street and you have to be quick-witted on the streets when you’re talking shit, before you knuckle up. It is reality-based, but I try to make sure I bring it back around to wrestling. You can go too far on reality where it doesn’t come to wrestling and has nothing to do with wrestling. Lyrics from some of my favorite artists help me out a lot like AFI, 2Pac, DMX. I’m into a group called The Builders and The Butchers. Their lyrics speak to me. When I hear a certain lyric, I’ll take that lyric and run with it and figure out how I can put it in wrestling. Music has a lot to do with it. Movies as well. I put reality in, but make sure I put pro wrestling because the people are there for pro wrestling.”

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Eddie Kingston is set to team up with Penta El Zero as they are set to square off against The Young Bucks in a non-title match on this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite. We will have to see if they will be able to beat The Young Bucks or not.

h/t to Fightful for the quotes