During the interview, King revealed that he wrestled his first-ever independent match under the name Alex King. His idea was to create a character unrelated to his legacy, but he eventually began using his birth name because of the recognition. Over time, King feels he began leaning too heavily on his father's name.

"I went [through] 30 years of my life with someone else's name, you know what I mean?" King stated. "I never even knew my father [so] why am I running around with his name? He built that name, he deserves to keep that name and keep it far away from me. Because the only way I'm gonna write my own story is to have my own name and create my own legacy."

King made his WWE television debut on October 24, 2023, defeating Dante Chen in a short match. After a little bit of a slow start, King has started building up momentum on the brand this year, making it to the final round of the WWE NXT Heritage Cup as well as picking up wins against Baron Corbin and Von Wagner.