Sylvain Grenier is best known in pro wrestling for his brief run with WWE, where he was a part of theLa Rsistance tag teamalongside Rene Dupree. During a recent appearance on "Developmentally Speaking," Grenier looked back at his run in OVW before he was promoted to the WWE.
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He revealed that he was a performer and entertainer before wrestling, and also had acting gigs, but was caught off guard by the rules and culture of pro wrestling.
"I nearly got killed. I was a f**king idiot," he said. "They don't teach you the respect thing, because I respect everybody, that's just me. I respect everybody, that's just me. I respect everybody, but there's a level of respect in wrestling."
Despite acknowledging the wrestling culture, he still described the situation as "some bulls**t, stupid s**t."Grenier then recalled his early experience in OVW and noted how it was filled to the brim with a variety of people.
"F**king monsters, and midgets, and f**king fat guy, and phenomenal girls, athletes, and I'm like, 'Wow, what is this?' And a lot of great wrestlers, a lot of phenomenal, technical wrestlers."
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Having previously worked with the likes of Hulk Hogan and The Rock, Grenier considered himself to be one of "the boys," but he was in for a rude awakening. "No 'Big Show' it's not 'Big Show,' it's Paul. You know? So, in my head, it went that way, so I went there and I'm like, 'Yeah, Paul' because I said 'Paul' I got heat, 'No, it's not Paul, it's Big Show.'"
