Former WWE star Mojo Rawley who was also a former seven times WWE 24/7 champion recently said that once she wanted to be a professional wrestling manager. He even pitched the idea to the creative team of WWE at a point.
Professional wrestler turning out as wrestling managers are not very common to see. But it is not impossible. There are a lot of professional wrestler who later turned out to be managers. There are examples of professional wrestler working as wrestling personnel as well. To give a recent example, Sonya deville who is being a professional wrestler working as a personnel right now.
Mojo Rawley Says He Wanted To Be A Wrestling Manager Once
One of the most recent example of a professional wrestler turning out to be a full time manager has to be MVP. He started his career as a professional wrestler but right now he is the full time manager of the current WWE champion Bobby Lashley. He also wrestles occasionally but he is more focused on his managerial roles.
There are examples of wrestling managers turning out to be full time professional wrestlers as well. One of the big examples has to be Shawn Daivari who was mostly famous for managing Muhammad Hasan And The Great Khali but was also a professional wrestler. Another uncommon example of the same is Elijah Burke aka the Pope D’Angelo Dinero who was first seen managing Sylvester Terkay but later turned out to be a wrestler.
Mojo Rawley who was also a former seven times WWE 24/7 champion recently spoke to WhatCulture where he said that once she wanted to be a professional wrestling manager. He even pitched the idea to the creative team of WWE at a point. He said;
“No [I have not had any conversations with other promotions]. I’ve made it pretty clear that I wanted some time off from wrestling. I have been contemplating and maybe coming in and doing some managing or hype man work for somebody.
“Of course it’s harder to do that because I’m probably — it’s harder to do that. I always pitched being a manager in WWE. I didn’t wanna only manage but kind of having like a faction and being the mouthpiece and representing but, they always said it’s hard to manage guys that you’re bigger than.
“You know, it’s kind of backwards. I’d be open to some things like that I suppose but again, I really haven’t reached out to anyone. I’ve made it clear for anyone that has inquired about me that I’m not wrestling at this time. I got a plan in place and for me to just jump right back in, that’s not the move. Like I said, you wanna take some time, build your name and then come back when it’s right.”
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